SE Asian Leaders Meet on China Trade, Myanmar
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Southeast Asian leaders met on Monday to agree a landmark tariff-cutting deal with China, the first flesh on the bones of what will be the world&#39;s largest free trade deal within a decade.
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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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Security, trade and energy will top the agenda when Asian leaders meet in the Philippines next week, with declarations expected on combating terrorism, accelerating economic integration and boosting energy security.
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European and Asian leaders held a summit in Hanoi to rekindle inter-regional ties amid deep divisions over how to persuade Myanmar's military dictatorship to relax its grip on power.
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European and Asian leaders opened summit talks in Hanoi yesterday to rekindle inter-regional ties despite divisions over how to persuade Myanmar&#39;s military dictatorship to relax its grip on power.
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The leaders of Japan and China agreed to a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a summit, overcoming a diplomatic impasse between the Asian powers that have been increasingly at odds.
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Leaders of 13 Southeast and Northeast  Asian states Monday underlined their determination to turn  growing economic power into political influence by establishing  a new summit-level grouping.
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BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will push leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit in Laos, to address the lack of political reform in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.
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South East Asian leaders are joined in Laos by officials from six regional powers for this year's Asean summit.
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Southeast Asian economic ministers met on Saturday with counterparts from powerhouses Japan and China, and made progress toward liberalizing trade and boosting business, officials said.
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By Ed Cropley VIENTIANE  - Leaders of 13 Southeast and Northeast Asian states Monday underlined their determination to turn growing economic power into political influence by establishing a new summit-level grouping.
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Thirtynine leaders from Asia and Europe yesterday began informal talks on issues on trade, security threats and terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
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Sixteen Asia-Pacific leaders converge on reclusive Laos this weekend for a major summit likely to be dominated by mounting concerns over Muslim unrest in Thailand and Myanmar's "road map" to democracy.
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Leaders from Asia and Europe pledged on Saturday to tackle everything from climate change to terrorism but dodged calling for the release of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi at the end of their two-day summit.
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The absent member will be the one holding center-stage at a meeting in Hanoi of leaders of Asia and Europe. In a hard-fought compromise, Myanmar's ruling junta will not send its government head.
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China&#39;s President, Hu Jintao, and Premier, Wen Jiabao, are due to meet North Korea&#39;s number two leader as part of efforts to revive stalled talks on the nuclear standoff.
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VIENTIANE, Laos Southeast Asian and Chinese officials put the final touches Friday on agreements for next week&#39;s regional summit meeting to create a free-trade area covering nearly two billion people by 2010.