ASEAN agrees on bird flu plan
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Kuala Lumpur - Southeast Asian countries have endorsed a plan to combat bird flu that aims to prevent the disease from spreading and reduce its risk for human pandemic after a two-day meeting in Singapore.
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Vientiane: The 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) today decided to establish a &#39;formidable regional grouping&#39;, comprising India and China as well, that will rival the trade blocs of Europe and the United States.
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Every country in the world must come up with a plan urgently to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia
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SINGAPORE: Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan has outlined three areas of global cooperation in dealing with international public health emergencies such as the current bird flu outbreak.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) declared in Vientiane Monday that it now recognizes China as a full market economy.
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KAMPUNG PASIR PEKAN, Malaysia  - Malaysia gassed  hundreds of screeching birds in a village near the Thai border  on Thursday, seeking a quick end to its first outbreak of bird  flu, a scourge that has killed 27 people in Southeast Asia this  year.
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Southeast Asian nations agreed  on Friday to set up a task force to coordinate the fight  against a deadly bird flu which has killed 31 people and  ravaged poultry flocks across the region.
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VIENTIANE, Laos Southeast Asian and Chinese officials put the final touches Friday on agreements for next week&#39;s regional summit meeting to create a free-trade area covering nearly two billion people by 2010.
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The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday agreed to pick up the pace in combining its economic strength to create a powerful regional
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The leaders of 10 Southeast Asian countries have reached an agreement with China that will lead to the creation of the world&#39;s largest free trade zone.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Building a stockpile of bird flu vaccine would help ensure that poor countries do not lose out if a flu virus starts killing people worldwide, the World Health Organization's top flu official said yesterday.
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VIENTIANE: India and 10 Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday signed a âprosperityâ blueprint focused on plans for a full free-trade area by 2016 and political and security cooperation to combat terrorism.
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Southeast Asian ministers have wrapped up preparations for ASEAN&#39;s 10th summit, which starts Monday. Free trade and expanding ties with Asian neighbors China and India are high on the agenda.
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VIENTIANE -- Southeast Asian ministers yesterday finalized a free trade pact with China and a host of other accords to be adopted at a leaders summit, but touchy topics like the lack of democracy in Myanmar and Islamic unrest in Thailand were sidestepped. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting of 10 leaders was a prelude to a two-day summit. ...
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China has reached agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, on completely removing tariffs on merchandise goods by 2010 as part of a proposed free trade agreement, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce says.
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Bangkok, Dec. 13 (VNA) - Thailand and Hong Kong have agreed that their cooperation in the fight against bird flu must continue until the deadly virus is completely wiped out, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Chaturon Chaiseang said.
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Indonesia will resume sharing bird flu samples with the World Health Organization (WHO), but under a new mechanism aimed at ensuring developing nations get access to vaccines, the health minister and the WHO said on Friday.