Associated Press: Negotiators began their first talks Monday on forging a devilishly complex global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol — and faced wide divisions between rich and developing countries over how to slash greenhouse gases. The weeklong gathering of representatives from 163 countries launched a 21-month process aimed at concluding a new climate change agreement by December 2009 to rein in gases such as carbon dioxide blamed for the rise in world temperatures. Organizers of …