ASEAN peace pact signing &#39;unlikely&#39;
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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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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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Way to verify IRA&#39;s decommissioning of arms is last obstacle to deal on N. Ireland. By Tod Robberson. LONDON -- Northern Ireland&#39;s feuding leaders came close but ultimately failed to reach a peace agreement
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Its presence at the talks is not matched by any leverage
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Asean nations agree on the outline of a free trade pact with Japan, that could be signed as early as November.
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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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Â· Simplified treaty could be put to British electorate Â· Minister says Brown will not prejudge summit deal
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VIENTIANE (Laos), Nov. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) here Saturday welcomed a document under which an ASEAN-ROK Free
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Talks to end North Korea's nuclear arms program fell short of an accord on Saturday as a dispute over how to compensate Pyongyang for taking disarmament steps clouded prospects for agreement on an initial plan.
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An economic and political integration in Asia based on the European Union model is unlikely at this stage because the region is too diverse, the president of the Asian Development Bank said.
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SYDNEY - Australia is considering signing a new defence and security agreement with Indonesia to replace a treaty that was scrapped after Canberra led United Nations peacekeepers into East Timor in 1999.
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New Delhi, Nov. 26: An agreement on peace, progress and shared prosperity will be the highlight of the third India-Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit in Laos next week.
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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Oct 20  (IPS) - Including the so-called new generation or Singapore  issues in the economic partnership agreements (EPAs) will make  the conclusion of the deals unlikely by the December 31 deadline.
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When the leaders of the People&#39;s Republic of China insist that the pre-condition for the peaceful resolution of the decades-long face-off across the Taiwan Strait can only be &quot;one China,&quot; they are making it quite clear that &quot;unification,&quot; and not peace
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The United States and the European Union are unlikely to reach agreement on a new civil aircraft pact, a European Union official said on Thursday, increasing chances the two sides could fight out the issue at the World Trade Organization.
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Southeast Asian ministers on Saturday completed a free trade pact with China and other accords to be adopted at a meeting of their leaders, but touchy
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Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to tackle a series of disputes that have long soured neighbourly relations. The issues include the price of water Malaysia supplies to Singapore and the use by Singapore&#39;s air force of Malaysian military airspace.