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AFP – BANGKOK (AFP) – Former US president Jimmy Carter launched a campaign Monday in which thousands of volunteers will build homes for the poor in five nations along the Mekong River, a humanitarian group said.

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Former US president Carter builds homes in Asia

AFP – BEIJING (AFP) – US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on Monday from Shanghai, for the second leg of his maiden state visit to China, an AFP photographer said.

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Obama arrives in Beijing: AFP photographer

AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama arrived in China late Sunday for his first visit to the Asian giant — a three-day mission aimed at convincing Beijing that Washington is its partner, not its rival.

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Obama arrives in China for maiden visit

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama remains committed to closing the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison, but may not meet a January 2010 deadline, a top White House aide said on Sunday.

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Obama may not meet Guantanamo deadline: top aide

AFP – SINGAPORE (AFP) – US President Barack Obama announced Sunday his home state of Hawaii would host an Asia-Pacific summit in 2011, and teased regional leaders they would be obliged to wear loud shirts and grass skirts.

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Obama says Hawaii to host ‘grass skirt’ 2011 Asia-Pac summit

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States has no long-term stake in Afghanistan and its primary aim is to defeat Al-Qaeda there, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday.

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US has no long-term stake in Afghanistan: Clinton

AFP – TEL AVIV (AFP) – Former US president Bill Clinton on Saturday said he believes there would have been a comprehensive peace in the Middle East a decade ago if Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin not been assassinated.

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Clinton says Rabin killing torpedoed Mideast peace