Asian leaders gather in Helsinki for summit with EU
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Finnish President Tarja Halonen shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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HELSINKI, May 31 (IPS) - As leaders of the world's eight richest  countries prepare to meet in Germany's Baltic resort of  Heiligendamm, Germany next week, a Fair Trade ship has left the  shores of Finland and is on the high seas heading towards the  summit venue.
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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair is greeted by Finland's Prime Minister Maati Vahanen, whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, prior a European Union summit in Brussels.Comment
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Asian and European leaders were to wrap up summit talks here by calling for the United Nations to lead the fight against terrorism while largely side-stepping a rift over military-ruled Myanmar.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra today joined other leaders of Asian and European nations in concluding the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-5), which had been held in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi since 7 ...
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The government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) are ready to resume peace talks in Helsinki later this week, with both sides planning to send high-level officials, according to people familiar with the talks.
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Delegates from Asian and African governments, organizations and private sectors are gathering Monday in Tokyo for a conference on promoting economic cooperationto realize a self
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A summit between the two nations' leaders is a sign of how Japan's new prime minister is looking beyond the U.S. and embracing its Asian partners
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The heads of 13 Asian delegations to the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 5) met in Hanoi on October 7 afternoon to discuss issues to be tabled in the upcoming plenary meetings.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark left here Sunday for Vientiane, Laos, to attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, which is expected to reach
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South-east Asian countries have agreed to hold an East Asia summit in Malaysia next year with China, Japan and South Korea, a move that could eventually shift the leadership of regional
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Vietnamese leaders on Thursday met with leaders from Asian and European countries who are attending the fifth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 5). While meeting with Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroya, ...
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World leaders have concluded a summit in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, designed to set out priorities for dealing with Asia's tsunami disaster.
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German, French and Turkish leaders meet, with Ankara's EU bid expected to be high on the agenda.
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Laotian officials hosting the 10th annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations made final arrangement Saturday for the summit.
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Leaders gather in the Portuguese capital for the first summit between the European Union and Brazil.
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The Indonesian government and Aceh separatists are expected to meet again in Helsinki to continue peace talks, former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, mediator of the negotiations, said after a first round ...