Evening Roundup: MEETING - September 7, 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

Clark seeks talks over latest crisis in Fiji
Prime Minister Helen Clark intends holding talks during this weekend's Apec summit in Sydney to look for ways to deal with the latest crisis in Fiji. LINK

Bush slips up on Apec name
NZPA

US President George W Bush has mistaken the name of the conference he's travelled halfway around the world to attend, in front of a summit of business leaders in Sydney. LINK

APEC tackles business corruption
TVNZ

Asia-Pacific leaders will fire a shot in the battle against corruption at their weekend summit, endorsing a code of conduct banning companies from paying bribes to speed up deals or making dubious political contributions. LINK

Australia

Chaser 'sniper targets'
Alexandra Smith

The cast from ABC TV's The Chaser could have been the targets of snipers when they breached Asia-Pacific Economic Co-Operation security by driving a fake motorcade into a restricted zone yesterday, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said today. LINK

Big John is Bush's 'battler' buddy

US President George Bush has used his opening remarks to the APEC business summit in Sydney to again praise his close friend, Prime Minister John Howard. LINK

Oops, Dubya picks wrong PEC
Stephanie Peatling

United States President George Bush made one of his characteristic pronunciation bungles this morning welcoming business leaders to the "OPEC" meeting instead of the APEC meeting. LINK

Fences, foes and farces
Arjun Ramachandran

With 21 leaders arriving for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, the world's media already had one eye on Sydney this week. LINK

Putin and Howard sign uranium deal
Chief Political Correspondent Phillip Coorey

Prime Minister John Howard and President Vladimir Putin have signed a deal for Australia to sell uranium to Russia. LINK

Rudd Hu woo pays off

China's President Hu Jintao has made an extraordinary offer to Kevin Rudd, inviting the Labor leader and his family to Beijing for next year's Olympics. LINK

Sydney empty as APEC keeps people away

Central Sydney was all quiet on Friday - not counting a heavy police presence, helicopters, motorcades, snipers, protesters and reporters. LINK

APEC resource deals push shares higher

THE Australian sharemarket was higher at noon as stronger base metal prices pushed up the bellwether resource stocks. LINK

Results point to promise
Russian President Vladimir Putin

NEXT year will mark the 10th anniversary of Russia becoming a full-fledged member of APEC. LINK

Aust exports to benefit from APEC summit

New research by the Federal Government's international business agency suggests the APEC conference will lead to significant financial gains for exporters. LINK

United States

Bush Shows Gift Of Gaffe At APEC Summit

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Even for someone as gaffe-prone as U.S. President George W. Bush, he was in rare form on Friday, confusing APEC with OPEC and transforming Australian troops into Austrians. LINK

Bush Presses Asia - Pacific on Trade And Climate

YDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush urged the Pacific Rim's economic powerhouses on Friday to help secure elusive global deals on trade and climate change and pledged an "unshakeable" commitment to the region's security. LINK

Bush Pledges Flexibility to Revive Doha
By REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said Friday he was ready to show flexibility to revive the moribund Doha round of world trade talks, but warned that intransigence by just a handful of countries could bring negotiations to a standstill. LINK

Bush Calls For Release Of Myanmar Activists
By REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday demanded the immediate release of Myanmar activists detained by the army and called on the ruling junta to stop "assaulting pro-democracy activists." LINK

Bush urges APEC leaders to fight terror

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday urged Asia-Pacific nations to keep up the anti-terror fight, deploying both military might and democratic ideals to turn the tide against extremists. LINK

China

It's time to 'get tough on Taiwan'
By Qin Jize (China Daily)

SYDNEY: Beijing has to send tougher warnings to the Taiwan authorities as the situation across the Taiwan Straits has entered a "highly dangerous period", President Hu Jintao told his US counterpart George W. Bush Thursday. LINK

Hu warns against secession

Sept. 6 - President Hu Jintao Wednesday reiterated Beijing's firm opposition to Taiwan "independence", saying secessionist activities in any form will not be allowed. LINK

Japan

Whaling foes to Howard: Press Abe at APEC visit
Japan Today

SYDNEY (Kyodo) Australian animal rights activists have seized on the opportunity to protest Japan's "scientific" whaling program during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Sydney for this weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit.

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