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Fri 09 Sep 2007EU, US clash over airline emissionsThe European Union will press ahead with plans to include aviation in its emissions trading system despite United States' efforts through a UN body to discourage it, the European Commission (EC) said today.Airline emissions are at the top of the agenda of a tri-annual meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, which began earlier this week.