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He talks to CNBC's Maura Fogarty & Rebecca Meehan   Asian African Summit 2005 Final Communique AA conference, Bandung - April 1955 Jakarta Post: Indonesia and the 1955 AA conference 04/05 Jakarta Post: The leaders of 1955 04/22/05   Jakarta Post: High school students watch a film of one of President Sukarno's fiery speeches shown on Wednesday at one of the stands at the Asian-African Summit Trade Expo in Senayan, Central Jakarta. (JP/Mulkan Salmona) 04/21/05     Photo: Jakarta Post (JP/Mulkan Salmona) VOAnews: Co-chairpersons of the Asia-Africa Summit, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, and South African President Thabo Mbeki attend the closing ceremony of a two-day meeting in Jakarta 04/23/05   VOAnews: Heads of state from over 40 Asian and African countries re-enact their historic walk from 1955, as part of the conclusion of the Asia Africa Summit in Bandung 04/24/05   Jakarta Post: FRIENDLY MEETING: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono greets UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Jakarta Convention Center. The two met on the sidelines of the Asian-African Summit on Friday. JP/Mulkan Salmona 04/23/05   CNN: North Korea's Kim Yong-nam, left, with South Korean PM Lee Hae-chan 04/23/05 MSNBC: Japanese P MJunichiro Koizumi, left, and Chinese President Hu Jintao meet in Jakarta on to discuss dispute over Japan's aggression during World War II 04/23/05   China Daily: President Hu Jintao (L) and Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono shake hands after they sign agreements establishing a "strategic partnership" between the two Asian countries at the presidential palace in Jakarta April 25, 2005. [Reuters]       VOAnews: Kofi Annan urges AA leaders to back UN reform 04/22/05 VOAnews: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, shakes hands with his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki 04/21/05 VOAnews: Junichiro Koizumi addresses leaders at Asia-Africa summit in Indonesia 04/22/05 MSNBC: Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives for the opening of the Asian-African leaders summit in Jakarta 04/22/05   VOAnews: Foreign Ministers from Asia, Africa Meet in Jakarta 04/20/05 BBC: Leaders at the summit represent most of the world's population 04/23/05   Jakarta Post: CHINESE WELCOME: Citizens of the People's Republic of China living in Jakarta smile and wave both Indonesian and Chinese flags as they wait to greet visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and his entourage. Jintao arrived at Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport in East Jakarta on Thursday to attend the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta 04/23/05 (JP/Mulkan Salmona)       VNagency: Joint statement Vietnam-Indonesia 05/30/05 VNagency: Indonesia President welcomed in Vietnam 05/30/05 VNAgency: Indonesian President's visit to strengthen ties with Vietnam 05/27/05   VNagency: Presidents Vietnam & Indonesia hold talks 05/30/05 IHT: China and Indonesia seal strategic pact 4/26/05 China Daily: Indonesia now a strategic partner 04/25/05 Deccan Herald: AA leaders resolve to reshape their destiny 04/25/05  CNN: China warns on Asian stability 04/24/05 APworld: Asia, Africa vow to improve economic ties 04/24/05 TeamIndia: Asian-African Summit 2005 far cry from 1955 meet 04/24/05 VOAnews: Japanese Foreign Minister hails Japan-China talks 04/24/05 IHT: Paying homage to giants of anti-colonialism 04/25/05 APworldnews: Super powers inspired AA summit 04/24/05 VOAnews: Asian, African Leaders Make Nostalgic Visit to Bandung 04/24/05 VOAnews: AA leaders welcome partnership 04/23/05  Reuters; AA leaders pay nostalgic visit to Bandung 04/24/05 CNN: Two Koreas meet at Jakarta summit 04/23/05 BBC: Leaders praise AA partnership 04/23/05  MSNBC: Chinese, Japanese leaders discuss lingering dispute 04/23/05  CNN: Hu warns on Japan dispute 04/23/05 BBC: Japan and China hold good talks 04/23/05 MSNBC: Chinese, Japanese leaders meet amid tension 04/23/05 BBC: Asia press conceren at China Japan row 04/23/05 BBC: Background - Uneasy neighbours JapanToday: Annan welcomes Koizumi speech 04/23/05 TimesUK: War crime apology is welcomed by China 04/23/05 ArabNews Editorial: Koizumi's apology 04/23/05 Newindpress: Asia Africa to reassert role 04/23/05 JapanTimes: Koizumi issues rare war apology 04/22/05 CBC: Japan China meeting set for Saturday 04/22/05 XinhuaNet: Bandung conference marks new century 04/22/05 VOAnews: Japanese PM apologies for war crime 04/22/05  NYT: Japan reiterates apology to China for WW II 04/22/05 MSNBC: China gambles on the Third World 04/22/05 VOAnews: Asian Afrincan leaders call for greater cooperation 04/22/05 IranMania News: Iran's first VP arrives in Indonesia 04/22/05 ABCnews: Japan PM apologizes over WWII aggression 04/22/05 Jakarta Post: AA business people issue joint declaration 04/22/05 Jakarta Post: AA Summit attended by 89 Heads of State 04/22/05 Guardian: Japanese PM apologises over war 04/22/05 NYT: Japan's leader offers War apology 04/22/05  ABConline: Koizumi apologises over Japan war time record 04/22/05 BBC: Japanese PM apologises over war 04/22/05 VOAnews: Asia Africa push for full globalization 04/21/05 JakartaPost: Welcoming Asia Africa 4/19/05 Reuters: AA summit will close gap in ties 04/19/05 VOAnews: Asian issues may dominate AA summit 04/19/05   Asia Quake Disaster Report   MSNBC/Newsweek: How to help, where to send Donations 12/28/04   MSNBC: Disease fears rise as Tsunami Death toll rises to 63,000 12/28/04 - Updated8.29 EST NYTimes: Merciless Unpredictable, Quakes defy Seismologists 12/28/04 NY Times: Summary - Tsunami death by country 12/28/04 Filed 7.31 p.m. EST BBC: Asia's Quake Disaster in-depth 12/28/04 USA Today: Graphic -Tsunamis kill thousands in Asia  BBC: Wave toll could exceed 100,000 12/29/04 - 21.59 GMT BBC: In pictures- Traumatic search 12/29/04  XinHuanet: SBY - China's growing economy benefits Indonesia 02/07/05    CNN: Foreigners among Tsunami Death 12/30/04  BBC: Thai "missing" now presumed death 12/3/04 BBC: US forms quake relief coalition 12/30/04  Business Week: After the Tsunami 12/29/04 MSNBC: Disease fears rise as tsunami toll reaches 70,000 12/29/04 - 7.22 a.m EST  Newsweek: International community pledges $260 million for relief effort 12/29/04 CNN: Deadly Tsunamis rival worst waves of the past 12/29/04  BBC: World boosts aid to wave victims 12/29/04 Newsweek: Earthquake's size, Damage called Biblical 12/28/04 TIME: The drowned world 12/28/04  NYT: Internet Blogs provide vivid disaster details 12/28/04  Newsweek: The Christmas Tsunami 12/28/04 NYT: Broadcasters struggle to make sense of a disaster 12/28/04 NYT: Broadcasters struggle to make sense of a disaster 12/28/04 WHO: Disease could double death toll 12/28/04  AP/Reuters: Tsnunami death toll surpasses 55,000 12/28/04 NYT: Asia deadly waves 12/28/04  NYT: Asia considers warning system 12/28/04 Turkish Press: Asia Disaster toll surges past 55,000 12/28/04  NYT: A third of the dead are said to be children 12/28/04 BBC: Indonesia's death toll surpasses 27,000 12/28/04  Fox News: Quake death toll reaches 52,000 12/28/04 BBC: Disease could swamp wave zones 12/28/04  BBC: Quake prompts enormous aid effot 12/28/04 WP: Death on a mass scale 12/28/04  MSNBC: How scientistrs watch for killer waves 12/28/04  MSNBC: Tsunami's death toll tops 52,000 12/28/04 CNN: Tsunami death toll could top 60,000 12/28/04 CNN: Tsunami toll rises above 33,000 12/28/04  CNN: Relief effort builds for Asia 12/28/04 BBC: Hundreds dead in Thai resort 12/28/04  BBC: How earthquakes happen 12/28/04 BBC: Tragic calm follows Aceh chaos 12/28/04  BBC: Indonesia toll could be 25,000 12/28/04 BBC: Reporter's Log-Asia Disaster 12/28/04  BBC: Quake economic's costs emerging 12/28/04 BBC: Asia quake disaster pictures 12/28/04  BBC: Aid flow triggers Clinton warning 12/28/04 CNN: Asia quake tolls 21,000 12/27/04  BBC: Massive aid effort gets underway 12/28/04 Reuters: News images 12/26/04 CNN Special Report: Waves of destruction 12/27/04 NYT: Untld numbers are missing in 6 countries 12/27/04 CNN: Fatal lack of a warning system 12/27/04 Reuters: News images 12/26/04 NYT: Indian Ocenas vulnerable 12/27/04 BBC: At a glance - Countries Hit 12/27/04 BBC pictures: Asian sea surges 12/27/04 BBC: Indonesia hunts for survivors 12/27/04 BBC: Quake prompts Asia disease fear 12/27/04 BBC: Thailand sea toll doubles 12/27/04 BBC: Asia battles earthquake aftermath 12/27/04  USA Today: Tsunami death toll tops 11,000 12/26/04 USA Today: Disaster strikes vacationers in Thailand 12/26/04 AP: Indonesia Quake said among most powerful 12/26/04 YahooNews: Asia Quake's Tsunami kills more than 8000 12/26/04 CNN: Quake hits Aceh province 12/26/04 Reuters: prisoners flee after tsunami hits Indonesia 12/26/04 Reuters: Quake, Tsunami hit South Asia 12/26/04 IHT: Massive quake and tidal wave slam Southeast Asia 12/26/04 BBC: Sea surges kill thousands in Asia 12/26/04 BBC: Indonesia earthquake death mounts 12/26/04     Reuters: News images 12/26/04   USA Today: Tsunami death toll tops 11,000 12/26/04 Reuters: Quake, Tsunami hit South Asia 12/26/04  YahooNews: Asia Quake's Tsunami kills more than 8000 12/26/04 BBC: Sea surges kill thousands in Asia 12/26/04  BBC: Asia quake disaster in pictures| 12/26/04  TIME: Pacific Devastation  IHT: Massive quake and tidal wave slam Southeast Asia 12/26/04 BBC: Combating terror in S E Asia  CNN: APEC 2003   BBC: S E Asia's terror clamp down MSNBC: Taiwan VP returns from Indonesia  BBC: No migrant deal  BBC: Taiwan's VP denied entry to Jakarta MSNBC: Malaysia Indonesia can handle terror  BBC: Indonesia migrants under spotlight CNN: ASEAN aims for 4% economic growth  BBC: Indonesia and Malaysia discuss migrants BBC: Megawati embarks on Asian tour  BBC: Asian forum acts on terror funding FEER: Asia economies Ready to run  CNN: Megawati in China to push trade  BBC: Asian nations agree to free trade zone Asiaweek: Who is likely to survive? 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