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| Philippines postpones Asean talks | Philippines postpones Asean talks |
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| An annual summit of East Asian leaders set to be held in the Philippines next week has been postponed. | An annual summit of East Asian leaders set to be held in the Philippines next week has been postponed. |
| Officials said a tropical storm was due to hit the Cebu region, where the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) meeting was due to be held. | |
| As many as 1,000 people died after a typhoon hit the Philippines last week. | As many as 1,000 people died after a typhoon hit the Philippines last week. |
| Several countries warned on Thursday of a possible terrorist threat in Cebu, although Philippine officials say they are not aware of a specific plot. | Several countries warned on Thursday of a possible terrorist threat in Cebu, although Philippine officials say they are not aware of a specific plot. |
| The heads of the 10 nations in Asean were due to gather in Cebu, in the central Philippines, on Monday for the two-day summit. | |
| The Asean meeting was due to be followed the East Asian Summit, which has also been postponed. | |
| The Philippine head of the summit organising committee denied the recent warnings of an imminent terror threat had played any part in the decision. | |
| "Categorically I will state that the decision was based on this weather disturbance and this weather disturbance only," Marciano Paynor told a news conference. | |
| He said Typhoon Utor was expected to hit Cebu over the weekend as the Asean leaders flew in. | |
| Ministerial meetings were expected to go ahead as planned. | |
| No new date has been set for the Asean leaders' meeting, although one official said it had been moved to January. |