European, Asian leaders wrap up summit, sidestep Myanmar issue
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Asian and European leaders were to wrap up summit talks here by calling for the United Nations to lead the fight against terrorism while largely side-stepping a rift over military-ruled Myanmar.
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The European Union said Friday it &quot;hoped to reach a conclusion&quot; at a meeting of foreign ministers on the participation of military-ruled Myanmar in an upcoming summit of Asian and European nations.
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The absent member will be the one holding  center-stage at a meeting in Hanoi of leaders of Asia and  Europe. In a hard-fought compromise, Myanmar's ruling junta  will not send its government head.
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Sixteen Asia-Pacific leaders converge on reclusive Laos this weekend for a major summit likely to be dominated by mounting concerns over Muslim unrest in Thailand and Myanmar's "road map" to democracy.
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Asian and European leaders open their biennial summit with the EU promising new sanctions against Burma.
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The European Union and Russia moved closer on thorny issues of trade and political relations at a summit here on Friday that steered clear of confrontation on major policy disputes.
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The European Union says Burma can attend an Asia-Europe summit next month, but only if it sends a low-level delegation. But some rights activists are disappointed by the decision.
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Asians and Europeans left Hanoi Saturday after a summit that renewed economic coordination, but deadlocked over Myanmar&#39;s human rights situation.
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Asian and European leaders began arriving in Hanoi ahead of a summit aimed at boosting political, economic and cultural ties despite profound inter-regional differences over Myanmar.
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Leaders of 10 South East Asian nations have started a two-day summit in the Laos capital, Vientiane. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting will focus on deepening economic integration
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The European Union (EU) summit, which ended on Friday in Brussels, Friday reached agreement on EU enlargement, especially on Turkey accession talks.
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The showdown between Myanmar&#39;s military regime and the European Union at the upcoming Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of Asian and European leaders has been propelled into one
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Asean should consider suspending Myanmar from the regional grouping if the junta fails to release Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a conference in Malaysia was told.
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European and Asian leaders opened summit talks in Hanoi yesterday to rekindle inter-regional ties despite divisions over how to persuade Myanmar&#39;s military dictatorship to relax its grip on power.
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Efforts to promote democracy in Myanmar must remain a priority for the international community, European Union special envoy for Myanmar Piero Fassino said here Friday.
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Thirty-eight European and Asian leaders ended a Helsinki summit with lofty statements on global warming, world trade and the battle against terrorism but they stopped short of making firm promises.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  ended a fence-mending trip to Europe on Thursday having begun  repairing transatlantic ties but with nuclear crises looming  larger with North Korea and Iran.