ASEAN, Japan team up vs terror
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A2 of the Dec. 1, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. VIENTIANE, Laos -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations yesterday agreed to work
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Japanâs military is one of the best-equipped in Asia and its economy is the worldâs second largest. It spreads its wealth around the world generously with foreign aid.
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With China's rise looming large over Asia, building an alliance with the continent's other fast-growing giant, India, has turned into a mantra for Japanese policymakers.
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CANBERRA - Australia wants to base counter-terrorism teams in Southeast Asia, the government said on Monday as it traded blows with opposition Labor over the best way to wage the war on terror ahead of an Oct. 9 election.
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Militant groups are devising new  strategies to prevail as countries cooperate more closely,  keeping victory against terrorism out of reach, Indonesia's  Foreign Minister said on Monday.
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Leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations started a two-day summit in Vientiane on Monday, focussing on deepening economic integration to create a powerful bloc that could compete with the United States and Europe.
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Japan's two largest parties failed to agree Tuesday on continuing a naval mission in the Indian Ocean, dealing a setback to the government which has pledged to support the US-led "war on terror".
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UNI New Delhi Oct 25: India and Myanmar today agreed to cooperate in the fight against terrorism and border crimes as Yangon assured that it would initiate action against North-East insurgents operating from its soil and sought New Delhiâs support in
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VIENTIANE, Laos  - Japan and India courted  southeast Asian leaders Tuesday, a day after China signed a  landmark deal with ASEAN to create an Asian free trade market  of 1.8 billion people by 2015.
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JAKARTA: Asean economic ministers agreed yesterday to start talks on free trade agreements with Japan and South Korea, and agreed on parts of a pact with China.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has gone out of its way to protect Burma in regional and international arenas, believing - wrongly, of course - that peer pressure might in some way help transform this dictatorial pariah-state into an
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Foreign ministers from Japan and from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Laos Saturday to discuss terrorism, Kyodo reported.
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Southeast Asian economic ministers meet this weekend with counterparts from regional powerhouses China, Japan and South Korea in an effort to liberalize trade and boost business.
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Asia-Pacific powers, gearing up for a weekend summit, vowed to keep mobile missile launchers out of terrorist hands and to curb nuclear proliferation by &quot;axis of evil&quot; members North Korea and Iran.
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JAKARTA - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries are planning to boost regional cooperation in investment amid tight international competition - especially in the sector of infrastructure.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro  Koizumi wooed southeast Asia on Tuesday a day after regional  giant China signed a landmark deal with ASEAN to create an open  Asian market of 1.8 billion people by 2015.
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Japan and India courted southeast  Asian leaders Tuesday, a day after China signed a landmark deal  with ASEAN to create an Asian free trade market of 1.8 billion  people by 2015.