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01-09-2007, 03:36 PM
mainichi Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was scheduled to depart Tuesday for a tour of Europe before traveling to the to the Philippines to attend an Asian summit. Abe's European tour runs through Jan. 13 and will take in Britain, France, Germany and Belgium. Abe will then visit the Philippines for two days starting Jan. 14 for the East Asia Summit of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The summit was initially scheduled for Dec. 11-13 but was abruptly postponed when a typhoon approached the island of Cebu where it was to be held. Read here. (http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070109p2a00m0na005 000c.html)