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Asian leaders give rival visions for economic blocs

HUA HIN, Thailand - Asian leaders heard competing plans from Australia and Japan for a massive EU-style economic and political bloc as they wrapped up an annual summit in Thailand on Sunday. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Sun, Oct 25 2009

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