Brussels, 17/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The hopes of an agreement in Bonn between the 180 countries that gathered to negotiate the arrangements for application of the Kyoto Protocol have just faded away (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.9). But for all that, the Union's stands just as firm in its determination to rally all its energy to safe the protocol against all odds - and particularly against the attempt by the United States to hinder its ratification by key partners such as Japan and...