Ahern blasts US resistance at Summit

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has criticised the United States for trying to obstruct Earth Summit plans to protect the poor and save the environment.

In an unexpected broadside, he said the US had been trying to change existing deals and this was hampering talks in Johannesburg.

“They have a terrible habit of trying to unlock things. These are things which have been agreed and long understood, yet you find yourself back pulling at them again.”