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The Secretary General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat Dr. Surin Pitsuwan said that the secretariat can provide platform for researchers, scholars and policy makers to work together in seeking solutions to climate change, the Antara news agency reported here on Saturday. "Our task is to translate all these policies and strategies into actions. Seeking the climate change...
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BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | yesterday
Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders By JIM GOMEZ, AP MANILA, Philippines -President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington’s new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record. The Nov. 15 meeting between Obama and leaders of the 10-member Association of [...]
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Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
MANILA, Nov. 8 (PNA) -- Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States on Saturday concluded a two-day special meeting here to set the stage for the 1st ASEAN-U.S. Leaders’ Meeting in Singapore on November 15, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
ASEAN urged Cambodia and Thailand to exercise restraint after tense relations between the two erupted this week when Cambodia named Thai ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra its economic adviser.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, next month in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that the recent dispute between Thailand and Cambodia is not good for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The ministry said in a statement that Singapore is concerned about the deteriorating relationship between Thailand and Cambodia. "It is not good for ASEAN. We hope that both our friends will keep the larger interest of...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, next month in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.
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Singapore Angle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Cable, over at Foreign Policy, notes that the Obama administration is sending a sizable high-powered team to attend the upcoming APEC Summit in Singapore; it also finds it noteworthy that the side-meeting between the US and all ten ASEAN countries is finally taking place and sees it as a reaction against China's recent diplomatic successes. Back in 2007, in a Foreign Affairs piece marking ASEAN's...
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Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | yesterday
MCOT English News (from Thai News Agency) : Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday that Japan will provide over 500 billion yen in official development assistance to five Mekong countries in Southeast Asia over the next three years. Hatoyama made the commitment at the first summit meeting involving the leaders of Japan and the five Mekong-region countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and...
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Aguanomics (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
This [unedited] guest post is by a student in my EEP100 class ( background post ). Please praise/critique/comment on its economic quality and importance to you. Kim Thai says: Simple. The answer to any economics question is that they want to profit. The Chinese, who already have political and economic power over Southeast Asian countries of the ASEAN, are ensuing new development projects in the Mekong...