The east Asia Summit was the last in a series of meetings held over the weekend that provide an annual opportunity for Japan, China and India to compete for influence in south-east Asia.

上周末举行了一系列会议，为日本、中国和印度角逐在东南亚的影响力提供了年度机遇。东亚峰会是其中最后一场。

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South Asia and East Asia fared better than expected, while remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa were weaker.

南亚和东亚地区的汇款情况好于预期，但拉美和加勒比及中东和北方地区的情况较差。

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The H5N1 virus was first detected in birds in South-East Asia and this year was reported in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.

H5N1病毒首先在东南亚的禽类中发现，而今年在欧洲、中东、南亚和非洲均有报告。

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Clinton says the State Department's science envoys program is sending some of America's brightest scientists to North Africa, the Middle East, South and South-East Asia to fulfill President Obama's mandate to foster scientific and technological cooperation.

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Now, however, thanks to their countries' economic woes, fewer parents in South Korea, as well as in other parts of East Asia and in South-East Asia, can afford the fees.

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But for strategists grappling with the diminished safety of the world's seas off east Africa and in other perilous spots such as South-East Asia and the waters of Nigeria figuring out a sensible and workable division of labour between navies and private firms is not easy.

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