Show Standard-Examine- World r Sunday November 26 2000 5A Southeast Asian leaders brush aside troubles Tine Associated Press SINGAPORE - Southeast Asian leaders brushing aside troubles ranging from beleaguered presidencies to violent street battles announced ambitious plans Saturday to entice wary foreign investors back to the region During their two-da- summit y that ended Saturday the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations proposed an ex- panded Asian trade alliance endorsed a plan to build a huge railroad from Singapore to China and signed a pact to catapult their region into the digital age With many of their economies still smarting from the 1997-9- 8 Asian financial crisis and with enough dling” said Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad referring to the camaraderie that characterized the meetings at a plush Singapore hotel Their counterparts from Japan China and South Korea joined the ASEAN summit in Singapore But it wasn’t clear if a proposal to create a new East Asian trade alliance including ASEAN and China Japan and South Korea would come to fruiJapan and China’s huge economies could overshadow ASEAN defended military-rule- d Myanmar against criticism from the is strong Peru’s interim 'bv Peru’s interim TV' "“'s president took a step toward healing the country’s battered democracy in the wake of President Alberto Fujimori’s ouster by apCabinet pointing a on Saturday which within hours ordered a shake-u- p in the military Valentin Paniagua and his new ministers aim to root out corruption in the army police judiciary and other government institutions before special elections are held April 8 A new president is to be inaugurated in July The mood was festive as Pani- A A r ' 't v ’K ’ i rij - 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l jr curd SHOW AT THE WEBER COUHTY FAIRGROUNDS Gift Card pre-pa- id works president names Cabinet Peru 25-2- 6 European Union saying the EU is free to call off its dialogue with the region if it wants Our LIMA FJOVEKIBER X— to Thailand’s economy And despite the group’s claims of a new openness and willing some said “Until OGDEH1 riddled with violent separatist movements A weak currency high oil prices and bad bank loans are dealing serious blows tion ASEAN CROSSROADS OF THE WEST ness to discuss “sensitive” issues ASEAN held steadfast to its controversial doctrine of noninterference in members’ domestic affairs The group on Saturday I think we should not move too quickly into that kind of a grouping because there is a danger that ASEAN may be eclipsed” Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said Putting a happy face on the Singapore summit couldn’t hide the problems back home Joseph Estrada’s presidency in the Philippines is hanging by a thread as is Yoshiro Mori’s prime minister-shi- p in Japan Gunmen attacked government buildings in Cambodia this week and Indonesia is crucial foreign investment flowing to other regions the ASEAN leaders focused on unity “We were huddling and cud- twik |