Martin meets with cabinet ministers, diplomats over tsunami aid
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin met with key cabinet ministers and diplomats Sunday to talk about Ottawa's response to the tsunami crisis that has devastated south Asia.
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= Ministers from nations facing the Pacific Ocean discussed stronger economic ties and the elimination of trade barriers against a backdrop of street clashes between anti-globalisation protesters and Chilean police.
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Top government ministers from 21 Pacific Rim nations are discussing problems facing the world today which ranged from war on terrorism to a creatin a free-trade area between Pacific nations.
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South-east Asia's tourist chiefs gather in Malaysia to discuss ways of reviving their tsunami-hit industry.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin wades into Sri Lanka's murky domestic politics Monday when he meets with parliamentarians whose views reflect those of the Tamil Tigers, a separatist insurgent group.
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Indonesian ministers and exiled rebel  leaders seeking the independence of the tsunami-devastated Aceh  province agreed with Finnish mediators on Thursday to hold  face-to-face talks about ending nearly 30 years of fighting.
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ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The government of Pakistan on Monday dispatched food, medicine and other relief goods to Sri Lanka for the victims of Sunday&#39;s massive tsunami.
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US President George W Bush, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a host of world leaders today telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and offered support in the wake of the tsunami disaster.
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Southeast Asian economic ministers began talks to discuss ways to speed up economic integration and free trade in an effort to move closer to establishing a regional economic community.
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World leaders met on Thursday to  discuss tsunami aid, the task's urgency underlined by a  chilling warning that the death toll could double to about  300,000 without swift action to prevent disease.
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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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US officials held a conference call yesterday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin met with his cabinet in Ottawa Thursday to lay out a strategy on health care and deal with fallout over anti-American sentiments.
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World leaders met on Thursday to  discuss tsunami aid, the task's urgency underlined by a  chilling warning that the death toll could double to about  300,000 unless action was taken this week to prevent disease.
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Representatives of insurance firms are meeting ministers to discuss claims following the recent floods.
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EU ministers meet in Brussels to plan reconstruction aid for the tsunami-hit Indian Ocean countries.
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Indonesia's government and rebels are focusing on aid after last month's devastating tsunami, not tough political issues, on a second day of talks to try to end 30 years of war, a rebel source said on Saturday.