As Bill Clinton prepared for an official visit to Mexico and Central America, Latin Americans at a high-level meeting in Atlanta accused the United States of footdragging over pan-American free trade.

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South African President Jacob Zuma, who joined the African Union in recognizing the new leadership last month, said NATO's military intervention in Libya undermined efforts by the pan-African body to find peaceful solutions for member states.

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First, Japan and the United States, at this meeting of APEC, of pan-Pacific countries, we shall step up our cooperation.

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According to its website, the quasi-government agency is recognized as the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American and Paralympic events in the United States.

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The initial lustre of the government that emerged under Gamal Abdel Nasser, a pan-Arab nationalist who was both visionary reformer and stern dictator, made Egypt a model for other Arab states.

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Unlike the PAN, whose leaders seem obsessed with causes and crusades -- for Fox, defending Mexican immigrants in the United States, and for Calderon, the drug war -- the PRI kept the trains running on time.

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Yet during my term of office I have strengthened the political impact of the pan-European Council of Europe, which, over the past five years, has enlarged from 41 to 45 member states.

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