Leaders of 16 Asian nations aim to seal agreements on counter-terrorism, energy and trade next week at a summit in the central Philippines clouded by bomb threats and regional insecurity. The British, Canadian and Australian governments continue to warn of possible militant strikes against the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) meeting and East Asia summit, postponed last month ostensibly due to a typhoon. Manila has said leaders face no terror threat in the central city of Cebu and insists that its surprise decision to postpone the original summit, despite advice to proceed from the national weather bureau, had nothing to do with security risks. Full Story
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