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Asia: Natural Disasters Spur Regional Cooperation - Irin
three months after cyclone nargis struck southern myanmar - leaving nearly 140,000 dead or missing - many storm-affected people lack basic necessities of food and shelter bangkok, 29 july 2008 (irin) - a sense of urgency after several natural ...
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Asean's Regional Cooperation And Multilateral Relations: Recent Developments And Australia’s Interests
asean is the most prominent regional cooperation group in east asia. australia has had a multilateral relationship with asean since 1974, and this year appointed an ambassador to asean and signed a free trade agreement. this paper surveys asean’s evolution and australia’s relations with it.
www.apo.org.au

Asean Ministers To Arrive Sunday For Mining Conference
manila, philippines - ministers from the association of southeast asian nations (asean) are due to arrive starting sunday for a five-day asean senior officials meeting on minerals and the second asean ministerial meeting on minerals in manila.
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Saturday 26 January - World Economic Forum
yasuo fukuda, prime minister, japan and chair of the forthcoming g8 hokkaido toyako summit in june 2008 told participants that the g8 summit will focus on setting fair carbon emission reduction targets for the g8 countries. the prime minister also ...
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Asean Leaders To Discuss Economic Issues In Dubai - Gulf News
dubai: the fifth asean fin-ance ministers investor seminar is due to take place in dubai on wednesday. the event, "dynamic asean: dependable partners for sustaining growth", is supported by the dubai international financial centre (difc) and ...
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Now What?
in the new world order, the asean’s place in the sun has become less than assured. economically as well as politically, the regional grouping needs to integrate closer to remain relevant. that is the real reason the asean charter needs ratifying.
opinion.inquirer.net

Asean Finance Ministers Investor Seminar To Be Held In Dubai
the fifth asean finance ministers investor seminar is due to take place in 8th of october in dubai.
www.ameinfo.com

Dhaka, Yangon Agree To Start Work - That's Cricket
dhaka: bangladesh and myanmar have agreed to start at the earliest the construction of the proposed road, which would lead to better connectivity between the two neighbours and is expected to eventually link the former to china. "the strategic ...
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A "third Neighbor" Strategy For Asia - American Enterprise Institute
as the united states loses ground in asia, the struggle for influence is heating up, with small states caught between authoritarian and democratic nations alike. the pressure being put on these small states provides a rare opportunity for the united ...
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Mcot Public Company Limited.2008
seoul, oct 7 (yonhap) -- south korea's defense ministry officials will head to singapore this week, where they will attend a regional security forum with 26 other asia-pacific nations, the ministry said tuesday.
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Goff: Foreign Policy Speech At Nziia Debate
i believe the labour-led government’s achievement over its term of office in foreign policy has been to strengthen new zealand’s reputation internationally as a country which thinks independently, has strong values and, despite its small size, makes ...
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Thailand Embarks On Maritime Security Cooperation - Nation - Thailand
after decades of ambivalence and recalcitrance, thailand has now embarked on a whole new security scheme - maritime security cooperation - that would allow the country to provide full surveillance and protection of its territorial waters as well as ...
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Goff: Foreign Policy Speech At Nziia Debate - Scoop
can i thank the nziia for organising this debate and those who have shown the interest to attend it. i believe the labour-led government’s achievement over its term of office in foreign policy has been to strengthen new zealand’s reputation ...
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Dhaka, Yangon Agree To Start Work On Road Construction
anisur rahman dhaka, oct 8 bangladesh and myanmar have agreed to start at the earliest the construction of the proposed road, which would lead to better connectivity between the two neighbours and is expected to eventually link the former to china.
www.chennaionline.com

Daily Express News
kota kinabalu : malaysia is currently enhancing its national tsunami early warning system through a second phase expected to be completed in 2009.
www.dailyexpress.com.my

Key Role For Security Agencies - Straits Times
the private security industry will play an increasingly important role in the fight against terrorism as state resources are channelled to concentrate on important state security functions. the industry has a key role in supporting the authorities in ...
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Nsc Claims No Role In Nixed Moa-ad - The Daily Tribune
from various government agencies’ claims, not one appears to want to admit having any kind of involvement — including president arroyo — in discussing or even recommending conditions listed down in the aborted memorandum of agreement on ...
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Region To Discuss Warming
ha noi — regional co-operation on climate change will be the key issue at the first meeting of east asian environment ministers in ha noi next thursday.
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn

Nsc Claims No Role In Nixed Moa-ad
from various government agencies’ claims, not one appears to want to admit having any kind of involvement — including president arroyo — in discussing or even recommending conditions listed down in the aborted memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (moa-ad) earlier agreed upon between the moro islamic liberation front (milf) and the philippine peace negotiators.
www.tribune.net.ph

Annual Meeting 2008: What Is The Meeting About? - World Economic Forum
annual meeting 2008: what is the meeting about? conceptual pillars of the world economic forum a variety of trends and assumptions will drive the development of next year’s annual meeting programme under the principal theme of the power of ...
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