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At times, President  Vladimir V. Putin  of Russia seemed to be limping and in pain this weekend, but as the  annual Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation  meeting wrapped up here on Sunday, the Russian leader showed some of his trademark swagger, hitting back at political opponents who mocked his latest stunt:  flying a motorized glider to help lead endangered cranes  from Siberia on their migration south.

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s stuntman President, donned a white helmet and coveralls Thursday and took to the Siberian skies in a motorized, white hang glider. It was a ruse designed to fool a flock of rare cranes into following him on a practice flight before they’re released into the wild. Today Mr. Putin will be in Vladivostok, Russia’s Pacific capital, preparing to introduce the city to 22 visiting leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit. Russia, he will try to convince them, is ready to play a bigger role in Asia, with Vladivostok ready to join Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo as one of the economic hubs of northeast Asia. At a quick glance – and that’s all Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the other APEC leaders will have during the 48-hour summit this weekend – Vladivostok looks ready for prime time. The APEC summit will be hosted on Russkiy Island, an isolated former Soviet military base that has been overhauled into the new campus of the Far East Federal Univer...

Словом «саммит» во Владивостоке только что детей не пугают. Слухи среди горожан ходили страшные: якобы крупные рынки к международному форуму закроются, привоз товаров в магазины будет ограничен. Так что есть смысл закупать соль и спички, мусор вывозить, ведь из домов, расположенных по предполагаемому пути следования кортежей, людям носа высунуть не дадут. К счастью, пока сплетни себя не оправдывают. Но и без этого проблем в столице Приморья хватает. Дорогие мои дороги: Самое приятное, что построили в городе к саммиту (не считая федерального университета на острове), — это, конечно, мосты. Первый мост — на мыс Чуркина. Это отдаленный район Владивостока, расположенный по другую сторону бухты Золотой Рог. Раньше, чтобы туда попасть, приходилось делать большой крюк, час-полтора от центра города трястись в маршрутках, стоять в невыносимых пробках. Теперь же — десять минут, и ты на той стороне. Правда, квартиры на Чуркине по такому поводу стали дороже еще три года назад, и теперь цены на...

В аэропорту Владивостока приземлились три авиалайнера на борту которых находились представительные делегации стран-участниц Азиатско-Тихоокеанского экономического форума APEC 2012. Первым на новую взлетно-посадочную полосу приморского аэропорта приземлился самолет авиакомпании Air China, на котором во Владивосток прибыли высокопоставленные чиновники Китая во главе с председателем КНР Ху Цзиньтао. Далее на приморскую землю ступили председатель Фонда национальной политики Китайского Тайбэя Лянь Чжань и министр финансов Гонконга Джон Цанг. Поздно вечером в аэропорту «Владивосток» была встречена делегация Австралии во главе с премьер-министром страны Джулией Гиллард и делегация Папуа — Новой Гвинеи, возглавляемая премьером Питером О`Нилом.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A push to free up Asia-Pacific trade in environmentally friendly goods has hit a rough patch amid bickering over whether products such as bicycles and honey are "green", diplomats said. Trade officials preparing for an Asia-Pacific summit this weekend in the Far Eastern Russian city of Vladivostok have been in talks to draw up a list of green goods whose tariffs would be cut to five percent or less by 2015. Economies belonging to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping hope that slashing tariffs on such products will boost their use and help cut greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change. APEC leaders who met in Honolulu last year had directed officials to come up with a list of such products by the end of this year. However, there have been disagreements on what should be in the basket, with the United States wanting a "credible" list of products, China pushing to include bicycles and others saying honey is also ...

By some estimates, over a billion individuals across the globe face undernutrition while many more live with erratic access to clean water and unreliable electricity. Imagine being hungry at seven years old or walking six kilometers every day to stay hydrated in Africa. As nations prepare to gather for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vladivostok, Russia in September 2012, food and energy are two areas where the international community can make quantifiable steps toward better cooperation and sustainability. Food and Hunger When the world’s largest exporter of wheat, corn, and soybeans faces its worst drought in 50 years, the world shudders, grocery prices sky-rocket, and experts start warning of a “food crisis” that will hit the poorest and most fragile communities the hardest. In the United States alone, one in five children is hungry. By no means limited to the rural areas, childhood hunger is acutely evident in various elementary schools in Northern Virgin...

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  2012         January-February 30 Jan - 19 Feb 2012 First Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM1) and Related Meetings Moscow, Russia 16 - 17 Feb 2012 Finance and Central Bank Deputies' Meeting Yaroslavl, Russia 20 - 24 Feb 2012 Transportation Working Group Meeting Thailand  March-April 25 - 27 March 2012 The Seminar "Modernization of the Treasury Systems in APEC Economies" Kazan, Russia 28 March - 3 Apr 2012 Committee on Trade and Investment 2 (CTI2) and Related Meetings Singapore 2 - 7 Apr 2012 Telecommunications and Information Working Group Meeting Viet Nam   May-June 21 - 23 May 2012 Education Ministerial Meeting Gyeongju, Republic of Korea 20 May - 5 Jun 2012 Second Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM2) and Related Meetings, Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade Kazan, Russia 30 - 31 May 2012 Food Security Ministerial Meeting Kazan, Russia 4 - 5 Jun 2012 Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade Ka...