Ah, California in mid-June: Swimming Phelps flies to victory in chilly Santa Clara

ANTA CLARA, California: Olympic superstar Michael Phelps had a lot more trouble with the cold weather than with his competitors Friday at the Santa Clara Invitational swim meet.
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"It's cold out here, I'm freezing," Phelps said. "It's windy and chilly."

[One step "forward", three steps "back"?]: Denmark says climate talks moving 'too slow'

COPENHAGEN: Danish climate and energy minister Connie Hedegaard, whose country will host a UN climate summit in December, said Friday that talks towards a treaty to tackle global warming were moving "too slow."

"Of course we have to respect the way the United Nations works. But to me, there is no doubt that things are moving too slow," Hedegaard said in a statement as the preparatory 12-day talks in Bonn wound up.

"At the negotiators meeting in Bonn that has just finished, only a reading of the text was achieved. At the same time, the text is now over 200 pages," she said.

The draft negotiation text was initially 50 pages, but swelled to include overlapping or competing proposals that will lead to a great deal of haggling over the coming months.

"This is a shame because there actually existed a focused document with contribution of all parties when the meeting started," Hedegaard said.