Maritime Tensions Dominate ASEAN Meeting

Maritime tensions dominated a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders Sunday in Burma, also known as Myanmar, with Vietnam calling on its neighbors for support in their territorial dispute with China.   Tensions rose last week following China's controversial decision to move an oil drilling rig into waters also claimed by Hanoi.   Vietnam's deputy foreign minister Pham Quang Vinh called for China to remove the rig.   "For us, Vietnam, we consistently are...

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