Last year Ecuador's government ended the lease under which American AWACS and Orion aircraft flew surveillance missions to spot drug movement in the eastern Pacific from a base at Manta.

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TXU, Texas's main power-generator, led the company to abandon eight out of 11 planned coal-fired power stations because the private equity firm concerned, Texas Pacific, wanted to square the environmental movement.

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Both depend on commodity exports, both trade heavily within the Asia-Pacific region and there is (almost) free movement in trade, labour and capital between the two countries.

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Boosted his international profile by heading the Non-Aligned Movement, chairing a conference on Cambodian peace and hosting an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

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Health: While technological progress has dramatically increased the movement of people, products, and ideas throughout the Asia-Pacific, it has also facilitated the spread of infectious diseases, some with pandemic potential.

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