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15th ASEAN Summit opens
(Agencies/Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-23 17:28
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) leads other ASEAN leaders including Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd L), Philippines' Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo (L), Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein (R) and Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in joining hands together with the representatives of the newly inaugurated ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. [Agencies]
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