Chinese President Hu Jintao (right) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi prior to their bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, October 20, 2003. Pacific Rim nations have agreed to join forces to dismantle transnational terrorist groups that threaten their economies and to push for swift progress in stalled world trade talks, their final draft communique said. [Reuters]
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