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Clinton urges Myanmar to begin planning 2010 vote...role in ensuring the vote is "free, fair and credible." Clinton, speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of the APEC meetings in Singapore, said Washington would like to see the reclusive military-led government of the former... In this article: Hillary Clinton, Burma, Washington, United States, Democracy, Thomson Reuters, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, U.S. State Department, Singapore, and China |
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Kansas City Star | November 11, 2009
APEC ministers agree economic crisis far from over
...AM APEC ministers agree economic crisis far from over U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, walks to a APEC ministerial meeting in Singapore, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Singapore will host 21 world leaders at the APEC summit...
In this article: APEC, U.S., George Yeo, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Asia, Democracy, Recession, Climate change, and Global warming
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NPR | November 11, 2009
Despite Skirmish, U.S. To Send Envoy To North Korea
...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. Clinton, speaking on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore, said envoy Stephen Bosworth will go to North Korea "in the near future" in an attempt to...
In this article: North Korea, Hillary Clinton, U.S., Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Washington, South Korea, and Pyongyang
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
... (APEC) Leaders Lunch at the Presidential Palace on November 14, 2009 in Singapore. ... Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the 67th and current ...
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Hillary Clinton in Singapore Today for APEC Summit "
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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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