APEC Media Roundup: MEETING - September 6, 2007

Links to coverage of the APEC 2007 meeting in Sydney this week from media around the Pacific rim.

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New Zealand

NZ keen to be green but not nuclear
By TRACY WATKINS in Sydney

Prime Minister Helen Clark has drawn a line at endorsing nuclear power as a climate change fix, putting her at odds with the United States and Australia ahead of the Apec leaders summit. LINK

NZ fights lonely battle over nuclear energy
By Ian Llewellyn

SYDNEY - New Zealand is resisting a push by Australia and the United States for nuclear power as the answer to global warming. LINK

China in US sights over hacking

SYDNEY - United States President George W. Bush may confront China's leader in Sydney over computer hacking raids on the Pentagon, the German Chancellery and Whitehall. LINK

Peters and Goff smiling after talks with Apec counterparts

Senior New Zealand ministers yesterday emerged from talks with counterparts from some of the world's most powerful economies with renewed confidence in the world's ability to negotiate climate change and trade agreements. LINK

Vladimir Putin: 'Apec - the most promising economic group on the planet'

Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of Russia becoming a full-fledged member of Apec. It was a committed and strategic choice for us, based on objective economic factors and geopolitical circumstances. Life itself has since then convincingly demonstrated that the decision made then was timely and well-founded. LINK

Australia

PM backs Bush's new climate strategy

THE Prime Minister, John Howard, has backed George Bush's new global climate-change strategy to replace the Kyoto Protocol with a plan that calls for all big emitters to cut greenhouse gases, but avoids imposing binding targets on developed economies. LINK

China holds key on climate change deal
Matthew Warren and George Megalogenis | September 06, 2007

CHINA is standing in the way of John Howard's plan to forge a clear commitment to tackle climate change by improving energy efficiency among APEC nations. LINK

APEC nations 'must set emission goals'

APEC nations must move towards a common commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. LINK

Traffic snarls test Sydney's patience
Linton Besser and Edmund Tadros

THE traffic chaos yesterday threatens to be the precursor to worse problems today, when a stream of presidential convoys is set to bring parts of the city to a standstill. LINK

City besieged, but the beer must get through
Les Kennedy

IT'S A crisis that no hotelier would like to face: a pub with no beer. But thanks to security operations in the Sydney CBD and the enforcement of tow-away clearways, the licensee of Sweeney's Hotel, Shayne Turner, has been staring down the barrel, so to speak, of Slim Dusty's classic song A Pub with No Beer. LINK

United States

In Australia, Bush Finds an Enthusiastic Supporter
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

SYDNEY, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 5 — As lawmakers in Washington debate the future of his troop buildup in Iraq, President Bush flew halfway around the world and wound up with an endorsement from at least one leader who supports his policy: John Howard, the prime minister of Australia.LINK

Bush Supports APEC Climate Change Pact
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- President Bush urged Pacific Rim nations Wednesday to band together on tackling global warming, saying all major polluters must be part of any solution. But finding consensus among Asian leaders at their annual summit has proven elusive. LINK

Slow Trade Talks Bother APEC Leaders
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Pacific Rim leaders are ''greatly concerned'' about the lack of progress in global trade talks, according to a draft of the final statement to be released at the conclusion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit this weekend. LINK

Australian troops to stay in Iraq
By Maura Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- Prime Minister John Howard pledged forcefully today not to reduce the number of Australian troops serving in Iraq despite growing calls in his country to withdraw. LINK

China

Hu: Ties maintain sound development momentum
(Xinhua)

CANBERRA, Sept. 5 - Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Tuesday that China-Australia relations have maintained a sound momentum of development in recent years. LINK

APEC businesses call for free trade, investment
(Xinhua)

SYDNEY -- The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) on Wednesday called on APEC economic leaders to take measures to improve the flow of trade and investment in the region. LINK

Japan

Brothels prepare for APEC summit in Sydney

SYDNEY — Sydney's brothels are preparing for a business boom as thousands of delegates and journalists descend on the city for a major Asia-Pacific summit this week, local media reported Monday. LINK

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