Tokyo to host Japan-ASEAN summit<\/p>\n
JAPAN: Japan's government on Friday decided to host a special
\nsummit with the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
\nin December to mark 2003 as the year of cultural and economic
\nexchanges between Tokyo and the Asian bloc, the foreign minister
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The Japan-ASEAN summit will be held at the government's
\nguesthouse in Akasaka, central Tokyo, on Dec. 11-12, Foreign
\nMinister Yoriko Kawaguchi said.<\/p>\n
The foreign ministry has printed posters for the ASEAN-Japan
\nExchange Year 2003, first proposed by Japan's Prime Minister
\nJunichiro Koizumi last November, featuring a picture of a smiling
\ncomputer-generated young woman as a goodwill envoy.<\/p>\n
The annual ASEAN summit is due to be held on the Indonesian
\nisland of Bali in October. China, Japan and South Korea are to
\nhold separate talks with the 10-member ASEAN as dialog partners.
\n--AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thailand-wargames
\nU.S., Thai, Singapore troops begin military exercises against
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
U.S., Thai, S'pore stage wargames
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\nTHAILAND: More than 13,000 troops from the United States,
\nThailand and Singapore began annual military exercises on Friday
\nthat will focus on anti-terrorism, peacekeeping and civilian
\nevacuation.<\/p>\n
The two-week \"Cobra Gold\" exercises will be held in several
\nareas of Thailand, and will include land, sea and air operations.<\/p>\n
The exercises, the biggest in Southeast Asia, have been
\nconducted by the U.S. and Thai armed forces since 1982. In 2000,
\nSingapore became a full participant after being an observer since
\n1993.<\/p>\n
U.S. Ambassador Darryl N. Johnson said the exercises have
\nacquired greater importance following suicide attack in Saudi
\nArabia this week, as well as the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the
\nUnited States and last year's bombings in Bali, Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The attacks \"emphasize the need for the international
\ncommunity to come together and protect ourselves, our societies,
\nand our citizens from the menace of terrorism,\" Johnson said in a
\nspeech at the opening of the exercises. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Myanmar-SuuKyi-visit
\nMyanmar's Suu Kyi encounters \"most serious\" protest
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Suu Kyi encounters protest<\/p>\n
MYANMAR: Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi encountered
\na pro-junta group of some 300 people protesting her movement as
\nshe arrived in the capital of northernmost Kachin state on
\nFriday, her party said.<\/p>\n
It was the \"most serious\" incident on this trip so far,
\nNational League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman U Lwin said.<\/p>\n
The leader is currently on a month-long political tour, the
\nlengthiest of a number she has made across the country since
\nbeing released from house arrest in May last year by the ruling
\nmilitary junta.<\/p>\n
U Lwin said on Friday that Suu Kyi was met by a group of some
\n300 members of the junta's Union Solidarity Development
\nAssociation (USDA) who were carrying catapults and small objects
\nsuch as bicycle nuts as she attempted to cross a bridge to
\nMyitkyina. --AFP<\/p>",
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