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US President George W Bush has announced that his government will host a multinational conference on climate change in Washington next month.

The US has invited the UN, EU and 15 of the world’s leading economies to the high-level talks on 27-28 September, the White House said in a statement.

The talks will seek to set the stage for an agreement by 2008 on a long-term goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Scientists say the accumulation of such gases is causing global warming.

Mr Bush had first proposed the conference on 31 May, shortly before the G8 summit in Germany.

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