Detection is difficult for Asian governments because the trade is not organized and the drug is not manufactured in the region.
Experts in the region say that because multilateralism has not been promoted in the region, efforts such as, for instance, regional flood forecasting has not progressed well.
And what we see here -- a multibillion-dollar deal between Lion Air -- one of the fastest-growing airlines not just in the region, but in the world -- and Boeing is going to result in over 100, 000 jobs back in the United States of America, over a long period of time.
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Gerberding downplayed the risk of cholera, saying it has not been found in the region for years, and is not likely to emerge now as a threat.
And I know that a democratic Egypt can advance its role of responsible leadership not only in the region but around the world.
As Brazil has grown economically, it has become self-conscious of its ability to become politically influential, not merely in the region but also in the world.
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Not Asian, not resident in the region, the IMF chief won out on the basis of the make-or-break influence his organization had on Crisis-hit Asian countries.
It warns that if the countries in the region do not participate in the conference "this will give the Turks a suitable pretext for undertaking greater co-operation with Washington".
Qatar is not the only country in the region feeding support to the rebellion, and the various lines of backing have prompted worries that numerous countries are trying to win influence, often with conflicting agendas.
Mr Morales's demand for more coca in the Chapare region does not resonate in the parts of the Yungas where coca is grown legally for traditional use.
They were stopped not in the sensitive disputed region between Iraq and Iran, but lower down in the Gulf.
However, while it has been widely welcomed it has not generated the savings anticipated in the region's social work budget.
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There is no doubt about the interest that the United States of America has in the resolution of some of those issues, that turmoil in that region is not in the best interests of the United States of America.
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The issue is of particular concern to utilities in the Southeast, like Southern, which argue that there is simply not enough wind energy in the region to warrant a mandatory standard for renewables.
But Tony Lloyd said the cut would "not be happening" in the region.
In the end, though, the real commercial victims of the failure of structural reform in Europe are not the region's existing companies, but those that are never born.
Rap may seem an unusual choice for a Kashmiri artist, as it is not particularly popular in the region.
The war of grid references might be comical were it not for the increasingly high stakes in the region.
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Which? also suggested that British Gas offered a cashback deal to one caller, but not another in the same region.
The UAE has not experienced the unrest seen elsewhere in the region.
Mr Hussein is not much liked in the region, but he is feared more as a potential martyr than as a hobbled dictator.
However, it was not in doubt that the region had produced many authoritarian regimes and, until last year, some fantastic rates of economic growth.
The union said Network Rail had agreed not to impose rosters in the region and to hold further talks.
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"I am convinced that the conflict will not spread to other countries in the region, " Reuters quoted Aznar as saying.
Richardson said the emergency stockpile would be used only if there was a disruption in heating fuel supplies and not to control energy prices in the region.
That is especially bad news for Mercosur, an agricultural superpower, which is one of the few areas in the region not actively negotiating a bilateral trade agreement with the United States.
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These four countries account for less than a fifth of euro-zone output, so their frailty has not outweighed the strength in the rest of the region.
Mrs Clinton met Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in New York and made it clear to him that this was not the time for more tension and volatility in the region.
As it has been for six decades, our alliance is going to be indispensable to our shared future, the security we need and the prosperity that we seek not only in this region but around the world.
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