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Protest in Qatar calls for climate action

Hundreds gather at UN climate conference in Doha calling for urgent action to tackle global warming.
Last Modified: 01 Dec 2012 17:49

Hundreds of people have gathered in Doha to press negotiators at UN climate change talks being held in the Qatari capital to urgently tackle global warming.

The activists, who came from several countries in the region, called for negotiators - and their own national leaders - to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley reports from Doha.

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