BREAKING NEWS: ASEAN summit ends with walk-out by the Philippines’ foreign minister

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BREAKING NEWS: ASEAN summit ends with walk-out by the Philippines' foreign minister

The ASEAN summit has concluded, leaving the South China Sea territorial issues undiscussed. The Philippines’ foreign minister walked out of ASEAN meeting early in protest of the fact that the Scarborough Shoal issue was not discussed. He accused China of convincing the summit’s host nation, Cambodia, to leave it off of the official agenda. Al Jazeera’s Steve Chao reportsAl Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيرة‎ al-ǧazīrah IPA: [æl dʒæˈziːrɐ, æl dʒæˈziːrɑ], literally “The Island”, abbreviating “The [Arabian] Peninsula”; also Aljazeera or JSC [Jazeera Satellite Channel]) is an independent[3][4] broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel, Al Jazeera has since expanded into a network with several outlets, including the Internet and specialty TV channels in multiple languages. Al Jazeera is accessible in several world regions. The original Al Jazeera channel’s willingness to broadcast dissenting views, for example on call-in shows, created controversies in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. The station gained worldwide attention following the September 11, 2001 attacks, when it was the only channel to cover the war in Afghanistan live from its office there.[5] In the 2000s, the network was praised by the Index on Censorship for circumventing censorship and contributing to the free exchange of information in the Arab world, and by the Webby …
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BREAKING NEWS: ASEAN summit ends with walk-out by the Philippines’ foreign minister

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