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Obama to Promote US Interests at ASEAN Summit

U.S. President Barack Obama is using his first trip abroad since winning re-election to push for renewed U.S. interests on trade and economic development in Asia.

 But some critics are urging the president to press Asian countries on human-rights abuses.

 In Phnom Penh, where Obama arrived late Monday to meet with leaders from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, demonstrators staged a rally urging the U.S. president to press the government to end land grabs, which rights ...

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