Philippines plays down security threat at summit
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CEBU, Philippines  - Philippine officials played down on Thursday the risk of militants bombing a gathering of Asian leaders next week after the British and Australian governments warned of potential terrorist attacks.
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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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Pacific Rim leaders pledged yesterday to shore up global security and push ahead with the World Trade Organization&#39;s negotiations on lowering global trade barriers.
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The Philippines plans to drop murder charges against 185 members of the country's largest Muslim separatist group, removing a major barrier to resuming peace talks, officials said Thursday.
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North Korea was building nuclear weapons for political blackmail, the head of U.S. forces in South Korea said on Wednesday, adding he was not overly worried about the military threat they posed.
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By Ignacio Badal SANTIAGO, Chile  - While President Bush may haveboosted his tough-guy image at home in a brief scuffle withlocal police during a summit in Chile, orderly Chileans wereless impressed that he got physically involved and floutedsecurity rules.
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THE PHILIPPINES on Wednesday ordered all its embassies abroad to be on heightened alert after its mission in Sweden was threatened with a terrorist attack, the foreign office said.
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A US-Australia push for stronger nuclear safeguards is likely to dominate the security debate at this year&#39;s APEC leaders meeting in Santiago, Chile.
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Pakistan's military Monday played  down a report in the latest edition of Time magazine describing  what it called a "summit of terrorists" held in March in  lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
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On the final day of a 21-nation summit that ended with a joint commitment to work against terrorism and for free trade, President Bush on Sunday assured
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said  on Friday the Philippines&#39; new security pact with Australia  would make the Southeast Asian region safer and more secure  from Islamic militants.
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Asian and European leaders endorsed a stronger role for the United Nations and a multilateral approach to issues including terrorism, regional security and trade as their two-day summit drew to a close in Hanoi today.
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The Philippines' promotion of Southeast Asia as a compassionate community and itself as a reinvigorated developing economy could prove to be a hard sell when it hosts the region's annual summit this month.
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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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The leaders of the United States, Japan and Australia held landmark security talks Saturday, after moving to allay China&#39;s fears that the alliance is aimed at containing the regional superpower.
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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.
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While President Bush may have boosted his tough-guy image at home in a brief scuffle with local police during a summit in Chile, orderly Chileans were less impressed that he got physically involved and flouted security rules.