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Two smart guys trying to figure it all out...China and America in Beijing last week. U.S. President Barack Obama was on the third leg of his Asia tour, after first hitting longtime Asian ally Tokyo and then Singapore for an international meeting. With all smiles but little evident... In this article: Unemployment, Hu Jintao, China, United States, Barack Obama, Beijing, Asia, Pacific, and Tokyo |
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New Kerala | 6 days ago
Obama says will send envoy to N.Korea
...alliance. They also discussed the situation on ground in Afghanistan, and how best to restart talks involving six countries over efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Obama has visited Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing.
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Reuters | November 14, 2009
Obama warns of more crises if imbalances persist
...that failure to re-balance the global economic system would lead to further crises. Obama was addressing Asia Pacific leaders in Singapore, where officials removed any reference to market-oriented exchange rates in a communique after...
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 6 days ago
Obama lands in S Korea for nuke talks
...Lee's spokeswoman said this month. Obama's arrival in Seoul followed stops in Japan and Singapore and his first trip as president to China, which he ended on Wednesday with talks with premier Wen Jiabao. Obama and Wen hailed their...
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China to give two pandas to Singapore, sign other pacts
China to give two pandas to Singapore, sign other pacts Singapore, Nov 13 : Beijing and Singapore have signed four cooperation pacts, including procurement of two pandas from China, to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of...
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The Times of India - World | November 15, 2009
US President Barack Obama arrives in China
...of his first visit to China. Obama arrived at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport aboard Air Force One from Singapore, where he attended the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. He will visit China for three...
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USTR Kirk sets speech on long-delayed Korea pact
The speech will come just weeks before Obama visits South Korea at the end of an Asian tour that will also take him to Singapore for the annual summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and to Shanghai and Beijing. Obama...
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washingtonpost.com | November 12, 2009
Obama comes to Japan mulling Afghan war options
...said, is to demonstrate U.S. commitment to the region. Aside from Japan, Obama will travel to Singapore, for meetings with Southeast Asian leaders, and then China and South Korea. Many governments are keen to see a revitalized U.S....
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Obama in Asia: Setting a newly cooperative tone
...him with risks at every stop. After Japan, Obama goes to Singapore, where he is to join a larger meeting that includes the leader of Myanmar's brutal regime, the first U.S. president to make such close contact. Then he flies to China, where...
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Trade is big in Asia. Too bad America lacks a trade policy.
...OBAMA has a busy week ahead in Asia. His meetings in Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing and Seoul will touch on repression in Burma, U.S. military bases in Japan and the pursuit of nuclear weapons in North Korea. But as the leader of a nation...
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Singapore (; Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர், Cingkappūr), officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying 137 km north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 710.2 km2, Singapore, a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast Asia, is by orders of magnitude larger than Monaco, San Marino, Andorra and Vatican City, the only other surviving sovereign city-states.
Before European settlement, the island now known as Singapore was the site of a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Singapore River. Several hundred indigenous Orang Laut people also lived along the nearby coast, rivers and on smaller islands. In 1819, the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island, which was used as a port along the spice route. Singapore became one of the most important commercial and military centres of the British Empire, and the hub of British power in Southeast Asia.
During the Second World War, the British colony was occupied by the Japanese after the Battle of Singapore, which Winston Churchill called "Britain's greatest defeat". Singapore reverted to British rule in 1945, immediately after the war. Eighteen years later, in 1963, the city, having achieved independence from Britain, merged with Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak to form Malaysia. However, the merger proved unsuccessful, and, less than two years later, it seceded from the federation and became an independent republic within the Commonwealth of Nations on August 9, 1965. Singapore was admitted to the United Nations on September 21 of that year.
- Name:
- Singapore
- Capital:
- City of Singapore
- Motto:
- "Onward, Singapore"
- Government type:
- Parliamentary republic
- Legislature:
- Parliament
- Founding Date:
- September 16, 1963
- Formations:
- Merger with Malaysia
- Area:
- 710.2
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $238.755 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 4th
- GDP (nominal):
- $181.939 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 22nd
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $38,972
- Time Zone:
- SST
- Currency:
- Singapore dollar
- Demonym:
- Singaporean
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- SGD
- Country Calling Code:
- +65
- ccTLD:
- .sg
- Anthem:
- Majulah Singapura
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