For Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki the summit is an opportunity to show how the country is progressing since US troops left last year, our correspondent says.

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Kuchar, an accountant by training, said Thursday after his two-bogey, six-birdie opening 68 that he's ready to win a major because his career is progressing in the right order a Players Championship last year, a World Golf Championship earlier this year and now, maybe, the Masters.

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The Brunei-U.S. joint five-year English language program, which was launched last year, is progressing well.

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