Philippines postpones Asean talks
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A meeting of East Asian leaders in the Philippines next week is postponed due to bad weather, officials say.
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The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, initially expected to begin Wednesday, have been postponed, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
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Heavy fighting between Philippine troops  and Muslim rebels on Monday left at least 19 soldiers and  guerrillas dead, breaking a 17-month truce just weeks before  peace talks hosted by Malaysia were due to restart.
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Malaysia has called a last-minute delay in a planned huge round-up of illegal immigrants, the majority from neighboring Indonesia just a short boat ride away, newspapers said on Tuesday.
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VIENTIENE, Laos: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hopes ASEAN will be able to bring forward the deadline to become an Economic Community before 2020.
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PRIME Minister John Howard today said Australia was unlikely to sign a non-aggression pact with its Asian neighbours. The issue is reportedly causing tension ahead of Mr Howard&#39;s visit to Laos for the ASEAN leaders&#39; summit next week.
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Six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs will resume on December 18 after more than a year's suspension, China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
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CEBU, Philippines  - The Philippines hastily shelved a high-profile gathering of Asian leaders until early January on Friday due to concerns an incoming tropical storm could wreak havoc at the venue this weekend.
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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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EU member states postpone a vote on whether to impose import tariffs on shoes from China and Vietnam.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A1 of the Nov. 23, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. SANTIAGO, Chile -- (Via PLDT) -- Pacific Rim leaders ended their two-day summit late Sunday
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A summit scheduled for Thursday between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been postponed at the Palestinians' request, Olmert's office said on Wednesday.
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JAKARTA -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to start free-trade negotiations with Japan and South Korea next year and expects to wrap up talks within two years, ministers said.
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Nepalese Prime Minister, Girija Prasad Koirala, meets top Maoist leader, Prachanda, after talks between the two sides are postponed.
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VIENTIANE  - The leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations are holding summit talks to speed up economic integration and forge an economic bloc capable of standing up to rising competitors such as India and China.
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Airbus said Monday it postponed a news conference at which it had been expected to announce its long-awaited restructuring strategy.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israeli-Palestinian talks  on security coordination scheduled after a ceasefire summit  meeting were postponed on Thursday because of a fresh outbreak  of violence, Palestinian officials said.