New dynamics, new realities: ASFABY MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008 1:10PMTimor-Leste president and Nobel Peace laureate Dr Jose Ramos-Horta told delegates at the annual ASFA conference to prepare for the "new economic realities", where countries often overlooked in global policy-making such as Saudi Arabia, India and South Africa will take more prominence in the future. |
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