Shoving Match Breaks Out at APEC Briefing
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It didn't quite rival the weekend brawl at an NBA game in Detroit, but a shoving match broke out here Saturday as Chinese and American journalists jostled for position to hear statements from leaders of the two nations.
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Representatives of world media organizations keen to hear what Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt had to say about his breakup with Jennifer Aniston were frustrated on Thursday when only their Japanese rivals -- who promised to be polite -- were let into his news conference in Tokyo.
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The prime minister will address MPs on the Asian disaster, as he tries to quell fresh rumours of a rift with Gordon Brown.
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The biggest-ever takeover battle in Japan got even bigger today as Sumitomo Mitsui sought to disrupt a rival's expansion plans with a $29 billion hostile bid for UFJ.
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What Tony Blair disarmingly calls his &quot;damn high wire act&quot; is getting shakier. The bridge between Europe and the United States has become a frayed rope in a tug-of-war match.
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By Ryan Blitstein, Constance Loizos, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Mar. 5--First it was dueling chips. Now it's dueling press conferences.
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prices to record highs and presented the US-backed interim government with is biggest crisis yet. &quot;Bring those Americans here to fight hand to hand,&quot; said one militant, biting his finger for emphasis.
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The normally hushed corridors of diplomacy are about to get a jolt.
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Riot police used water cannons and tear gas Friday to break up a demonstration by hundreds of rock-throwing protesters before more than 20,000 people marched to vent their anger at Pacific Rim leaders, particularly President Bush.
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Chilean police clashed for a second day with protesters against the upcoming APEC summit, and the weekend arrival of US President George W. Bush.
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PRIME Minister John Howard joined world leaders from across Asia and the Pacific today for the 12th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders&#39; meeting.
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ELEANOR HALL: Tensions are rising ahead of an historic ASEAN leaders summit to be held in Laos next week. Australian diplomats are trying to overcome an 11th hour hurdle that could block John Howard&#39;s ambition
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Leaders of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Sunday urged a speedy resolution to the stalled Doha round of world trade talks.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Hooded anti-American marchers  protesting an Asia-Pacific summit in Chile on Friday hurled  Molotov cocktails and stones at police who retaliated with  water cannons and tear gas.
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North and South Korean military officers briefly got into a shoving match on Thursday at talks on forming a joint fishing area in disputed waters, after the North tried to put on a slide show on where it should go.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought on Sunday to contain fallout from his remarks about women forced to act as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers as the furor threatened to cloud summits with Chinese and U.S. leaders.
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With final preparations being made for next weekâs Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, plans to discuss terrorism and European-style integration have received a major jolt.