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<title><![CDATA[Survey on ASEAN Competitiveness]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Deadline Oct 14, 2011]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 9:48:37</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Illicit amphetamine industry knows no bounds : UN]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) industry has pioneered new manufacturing bases and trade routes over the past five years, clinching its position as the world's second most popular drug after cannabis, a United Nations report revealed Tuesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:06:57</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burma wants peace with ethnic groups, EU commissioner says]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Burma's new government has vowed to pursue peaceful solutions to its decades-old conflicts with ethnic minority groups that have forced thousands to flee the country, a European commissioner said Sunday after an official trip.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 6:04:21</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burmese opposition leader dares to take political tour]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took a "political tour" of a neighbouring province Sunday despite previous warnings that such an adventure might lead to re-arrest.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 5:17:16</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[South China Sea disputes on front burner at regional meet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea were expected to dominate the agenda at the gathering of South-East Asian foreign ministers and their regional counterparts on Indonesia's resort island of Bali this week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 3:11:29</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First Virtual Master's Program for persons with disabilities in Asean]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Students with disabilities in Asean will attend the world's first virtual master's program on disability and public policy.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/07/14/mekong/First-Virtual-Master&039;s-Program-for-persons-wit-30160268.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 0:40:39</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burmese army uses convicts as forced labour : HRW]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called for an international investigation into the Burmese army's practice of forcing convicts to work as porters under inhumane conditions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 3:06:50</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burma warns Suu Kyi off political activity ahead of tour]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rangoon - Burma's government sent a stern letter to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of her planned tour of the country, reminding her of the illegal status of her party, state media reports said Wednesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 4:51:50</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thai, Cambodian PMs hold talk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen met early this morning on the sidelines of Asean summit to discuss the border conflict.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/05/08/mekong/Thai-Cambodian-PMs-hold-talk-30154855.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2011 17:50:17</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Two-day Asean summit starts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Asean leaders open their two-day meeting today facing a myriad of divisive issues of intra-Asean conflict, controversial chairmanship and enlargement of their 44 year old organizations.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/05/07/mekong/Two-day-Asean-summit-starts-30154815.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2011 9:41:33</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asean refuses to make Pakistan full dialogue partner]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asean has again refused to grant Pakistan a full dialogue partner citing the lack of benefits to the grouping.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2011 13:11:35</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Laos agrees to swap Asean chair in 2014]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Laos has agreed to swap with Burma for the chairmanship of Asean in 2014, The Nation
has learned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2011 14:10:33</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rights group blasts Burma offer to host next Asean summit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jakarta - Burma's offer Friday to host the Asean summit in 2014 has drawn flak from human rights groups, which said the country's new elected government needs to improve its act first.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2011 4:10:49</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asean expected to reject Burma's chairmanship request]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asean has gotten tough with Burma's appeal to chair Asean in2014 citing the need to preserve the grouping's creditability.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/05/06/mekong/Asean-expected-to-reject-Burmas-chairmanship-reque-30154749.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2011 7:02:42</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mekong River countries disagree over controversial Lao dam]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bangkok - The Mekong River Committee on Tuesday failed to reach a common agreement on a 3.5-billion-dollar dam proposed by Laos, which environmentalists warn could have a disastrous impact on downstream countries.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/04/19/mekong/Mekong-River-countries-disagree-over-controversial-30153449.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:22:31</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shan community denounces atrocities against civilians]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shan human rights groups on Tuesday denounced widespread atrocities against civilians inside Burma, one day after the Thai National Security Council (NSC) talk about repatriating more than 100,000 Burmese refugees back to the trouble-plague country.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/04/12/mekong/Shan-community-denounces-atrocities-against-civili-30153075.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:36:24</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ASEAN establishes world's first virtual graduate program for disabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ASEAN's higher learning institute for disabilities has formally opened today in support of the grouping's people-oriented community.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/04/04/mekong/ASEAN-establishes-worlds-first-virtual-graduate-pr-30152452.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Apr 2011 12:56:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Miliary junta to be officially disbanded today]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rangoon - Burma's military supermo announced the junta that ruled the country for the past two decades would be disbanded Wednesday in favour of a newly elected government.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/03/30/mekong/Miliary-junta-to-be-officially-disbanded-today-30152120.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 0:47:38</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asean pours aid to Japan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Like other countries around the world, Asean has contributed both in cash and in kind to help Japan recover from the recent natural disasters.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/03/16/mekong/Asean-pours-aid-to-Japan-30151021.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 8:54:26</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India: future engine of growth in Asean]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[India will be a future engine of growth in the Asean region because of its fast growing economy and foreign investment abroad, Asean Secretary General Dr. Surin Pitsuwan said today.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/03/03/mekong/India-future-engine-of-growth-in-Asean-30150029.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Mar 2011 19:24:23</pubDate>
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