Reuters: U.N. climate negotiators sought on Wednesday to break deadlock on the launch of a new fund in 2009 to help poor nations adapt to more floods, droughts and rising seas. The 189-nation talks split between rich and poor nations about controlling planned payouts under the Adaptation Fund, which could grow to about $300 million a year by 2012 to help developing nations cope with global warming. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, said about 100 ministers who …