1.   A Foreign Affairs and Trade Department official said Monday it was also a vital opportunity to lobby Japan ahead of the crucial Kyoto climate change conference in December.

2.   Germany is at the forefront of a European plan to toughen the plan at the third climate change conference in Kyoto in December.

3.   Hashimoto seemed determined to keep his options open before Japan hosts an international climate change conference in Kyoto in December.

4.   In Bonn, the site of an international climate change conference, environmental protesters already gathered held a moment of silence.

5.   IN the intense lobbying at the climate change conference in Kyoto, one voice holds firm in the face of international pressure.

6.   The island leaders wanted to present a strong and unified pro-reduction front to the international climate change conference in Kyoto, Japan, in December.

7.   The two sides first squabbled over the issue ahead of a climate change conference in Kyoto, Japan, last year.

8.   World leaders will resume talks on the issue at an international climate change conference in Kyoto, Japan, in December.