US, Southeast Asia in trade-liberalisation pact
The United States and 10 Southeast Asian nations
signed a trade and investment agreement on Friday that opens the
door to possible free-trade talks.
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Suspects in airline diversion to be released
Dutch prosecutors found no evidence of a
terrorist threat aboard a Northwest Airlines flight to India that
returned to Amsterdam, and they are releasing all 12 passengers
arrested after the emergency landing.
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Do not back North Korea into corner, Seoul says
Regional powers should not try to back North
Korea into a corner over its missile tests and nuclear weapons
programme but should stand firm when Pyongyang behaves badly, South
Korea's foreign minister said on Friday.
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