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| | Rice, in Southeast Asia, Draws Fire for Plan to Avoid Forum - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | If, as seems likely, her decision stands, she will be the first secretary of state in more than 20 years not to attend, and some of the region's leaders are upset by her choice to skip the meeting and send Robert B. Zoellick, the deputy secretary of state. |
 | | At a news conference in Phuket with the Thai foreign minister on Monday morning, she defended her decision, saying: "I am very sorry not to be going to the Asean summit this year. |
 | | The new one, a large complex of dormitories and buildings, will house 1,000 children, including 300 tsunami orphans, said Barbara Franklin, a former president of the school's parent-teacher association. |
| www.nytimes.com /2005/07/12/international/asia/12rice.html?ex=1278820800&en=68fde30a1008686e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (870 words) |
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