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Leaders and representatives of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) discount michael kors forum met here Monday on maintaining growth and regional integration amid a faltering economic recovery process. Under the theme "Resilient Asia-Pacific, Engine of Global Growth," the annual gathering seeks to ensure that the Asia- Pacific maintains dynamic economic growth and resilience and swiftly recover from shocks and contagions from other regions. "In spite of uneven pace of recovery in the APEC region, the APEC economies continue to be a driving force for global growth," said Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his keynote speech. According to the IMF, APEC is expected to grow by 6.3 percent in 2013 and by 6.6 percent in 2014. "I'm convinced that the role of APEC becomes even more important," the president said. The summit highlights three priorities related to the attainment of the Bogor Goals, the achievement of sustainable michael kors canada growth with equity and the promotion of connectivity. During these gatherings, they used megaphones and engaged in threatening speech near a Korean school located in southern Kyoto. The district court stated their speech and other related activities against the foreign residents are behavior that indisputably breaches the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, thus confirming their illegality. In addition to ordering the groups to promptly compensate the victims, the judge also ordered a ban on the extremists staging any protest near the school, rejecting their argument that they were exercising their freedom of speech under the Constitution. The NHK report cited lawyers as saying that Monday's judgment marks the first case in Japanese juridical history to recognize " hate speech" as a crime. At least six people including four policemen were killed and 12 others injured on relogio michael kors Monday morning when a bomb blast hit Pakistan's northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, local media and officials said. Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, is scheduled to visit Japan's Tokyo and the U.S. capital city Washington D.C. this week, the city-state's Ministry of Finance said on Monday. Floods from Mekong River and heavy rainfall have killed at least 83 people and affected more than 800,000 people in Cambodia in the last three weeks, a senior disaster control official said Monday. "Up to now, 83 people have died of drowning and over 800,000 people in 15 flooded-hit provinces have been affected," Nhim Vanda, vice-president of the National Committee for Disaster Management ( NCDM), told Xinhua over telephone. "Authorities have been continuing to evacuate affected people to higher grounds as emergency relief michael kors bags uk from charitable groups and the Cambodian Red Cross have been provided to some of affected families."Fukui Prefecture, which located in north central Japan, reached an agreement Monday with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on cooperation in training nuclear and radiological engineers. According to the memorandum sighed by Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano, the two sides will use the prefecture's nuclear plants and radiological facilities to nurture young Japanese and foreign engineers. The prefecture expects to receive IAEA technical support for nuclear plant safety control and radiological medical services. michael kors satchel "We would like to take advantage of Fukui Prefecture's experience to make contributions to nuclear safety around the world," said Nishikawa. Besides, some 120,000 houses and 120,000 hectares of rice paddy are also inundated, he said. Nhim Vanda said as of Monday, water levels at Mekong River have not posed a concern to northeastern provinces, but flash floods still severely hit some provinces in northwestern cities and provinces such as tourism city Siem Reap Angkor, the provinces of Pursat, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Pailin. "In Siem Reap province, water situation is still at an alarming level as more than 4,000 houses have been submerged and over 6,000 families have been forced to flee their homes for higher grounds," he said. On Friday, a heavy rain and high wind caused a large tree to collapse on the 12th century Preah Khan temple at the complex of the Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province, Sok Leakna, deputy director general of Apsara Authority, which is in charge of protection and management of the Angkor Archaeological Park, confirmed with Xinhua on Sunday. He said the tree, up to 30 meters high and 0.8 meter in diameter, fell on the body of the temple when there was a strong rain and wind, adding that a small portion of the temple broke apart and michael kors handbags uk fell down, but there was no any crack or serious damage to the main body of the temple. Preah Khan temple is located in the Angkor Archeological Park, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992. Floods usually hit Cambodia between August and October. In 2011, the country was hit the worst from floods, killing up to 250 people, according to the NCDM. Last year, floods killed only 14 people. During his stay in Japan from Tuesday to Wednesday, Tharman, who is also chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, will meet his counterpart, Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Taro Aso, as well as the Governor of the Bank of Japan Haruhiko Kuroda. He will also meet other government officials and business leaders there. From Thursday to Sunday, the deputy PM will be in Washington. He is scheduled to chair the meetings of the International mulberry outlet york Monetary and Financial Committee, and participate in the Meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. Tharman will also have several bilateral meetings with his counterparts.