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S prime minister, Abdullah Badawi, was asked at a press conference whether Australia was part of Asia as its government at the time very much wanted to be. Cuba appealed to the co sponsors of the text to think more deeply about the way in which they presented the draft, which was an intrusion into [...]

With Guam on the receiving end of the realignment of US forces in Japan, this might be the closest the US-Japan alliance gets to the presidential campaign all year. Both candidates have prepared statements on the relocation of US forces to Guam. Senator Obama promises to balance economic needs with social needs in the planning [...]