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Delegates start arriving in Singapore for APEC SummitChannel News Asia - - 2 hours ago By Hetty Musfirah & Abdul Khamid, Channel newsasia | Posted: 07 November 2009 1900 hrs SINGAPORE: Delegates attending the 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit starting Sunday have started arriving in Singapore. US-Asean summit a good sign AsiaOne Controversy over remarks played downStraits Times - - 12 hours ago BEIJING - THE recent uproar among Chinese netizens over Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's call for the United States to remain engaged in Asia to balance China is 'normal', the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Greater acclaim lies abroad for Minister Mentor Malaysia Star MM Lee says future challenges will focus on economic issues Channel News Asia us Army gunman's act "impossible" - grandfatherReuters - - 1 hour ago AL-BIREH, West Bank, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The grandfather of a US Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act. |
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Straits Times - - Nov 5, 2009
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