Agence France-Presse: Japan on Monday welcomed a deal fixing a 2009 deadline for a new treaty to tackle global warming, rejecting criticism from environmentalists that it had not done enough to help broker an agreement. The Bali accord launches a two-year round of negotiations for the most ambitious treaty ever attempted to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. "The deal is in line with the proposal of Japan," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura, the government’s top spokesperson. …