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Another United Nations Earth Summit: Rio+20
Two decades after the first Earth Summit in Rio, world leaders are back to try anew at jump-starting a sustainable global economy. What's happening? Who's there? Who's not?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenTwo decades after the first Earth Summit in Rio, world leaders are back for another attempt to jump-start a sustainable global economy. We hear what's happening at Rio+20. Who's there? Who's not? Also, the Taliban attack a hotel outside of Kabul. On Reporters Notebook, yesterday Mitt Romney told Hispanic leaders that Democrats take them for granted. What has the President told them today?
Banner image: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a speech during a plenary session of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 22, 2012. Photo by Antonio Scorza/AFP/GettyImages
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