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MANILA (AFP) - Asia's annual security summit opened here Thursday with a message of support for Seoul and a call for the 21 South Korean hostages held by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan to be released.

Foreign ministers from nearly 30 countries extended their sympathy to South Korea and the families of the hostages, and expressed "deepest regret at what has happened," Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo said.
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SEOUL (AFP) - Thirty Asian and Middle Eastern nations agreed Tuesday to try to bridge the IT divide between rich and poor countries through shared expertise and joint research projects.

Ministers also pressed North Korea to make an early start on scrapping its nuclear programme, according to hosts South Korea.

The declaration on IT came at the end of the sixth meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), attended by foreign ministers and other minister-level officials or deputies.
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SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER SONG MIN-SOON
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MANILA (AFP) - Asia's annual security summit opened here Thursday with a message of support for Seoul and a call for the 21 South Korean hostages held by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan to be released.

Foreign ministers from nearly 30 countries extended their sympathy to South Korea and the families of the hostages, and expressed "deepest regret at what has happened," Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo said.
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SEOUL (AFP) - Thirty Asian and Middle Eastern nations agreed Tuesday to try to bridge the IT divide between rich and poor countries through shared expertise and joint research projects.

Ministers also pressed North Korea to make an early start on scrapping its nuclear programme, according to hosts South Korea.

The declaration on IT came at the end of the sixth meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), attended by foreign ministers and other minister-level officials or deputies.
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