Associated Press: Germany should set an example for other nations at the upcoming Bali climate conference, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday in her weekly podcast. Merkel, who has made combatting climate change a keystone of her government’s program and of the country’s presidency of the G-8 and EU this year, said the Dec. 3-14 conference in Bali is a crucial one. "A timetable must be decided upon in Bali under which we negotiate a successor agreement to Kyoto by the end of 2009," …