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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations took a major step towards becoming an EU-style community.
Monday, December 15, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations took a major step towards becoming an EU-style community on Monday with the passing into force of a new charter setting benchmarks for democracy.
The charter sets out rules of membership, transforms ASEAN into a legal entity and envisages a single free trade area by 2015 for the region of 500 million people.
It came into force with a meeting of ASEAN fo
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Is self-interest more important than democracy?
Monday, September 29, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Is self-interest more important than democracy? Or do principles matter in foreign policy? As India readies to receive Myanmar's Vice Senior General Maung Aye, the number two man in the military junta, such questions become wholly legitimate.
Maung Aye, who has visited India previously as Army Chief, is said to be "pro-India" in his approach. He's been invited by Vice-President Hamid Ansari and
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ASEAN to issue declaration on greening region by 2020
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Leaders of Southeast Asian countries will unveil a plan to plant trees on millions of hectares in the region by 2020 to absorb greenhouse gases, a news report said on Tuesday.
The Mainichi newspaper said the plan to plant more than 10 million hectares of trees will be announced as a special declaration at the summit meeting of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Singapore nex
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