Washington Post: The proposed accord was just hours from a final vote when the glitch was spotted. Someone had changed a single word in the draft text -- from a should to a shall -- and suddenly the entire climate deal appeared at risk of faltering.
Secretary of State John F. Kerry phoned his old friend, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, in exasperation over a tiny revision that implied huge new legal and financial obligations.
We cannot do this, Kerry warned.
Less than four hours later, the...