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ASEAN foreign ministers (L-R) Myanmar's U Nyan Win, Phillipine's Undersecretary of Policy Erlinda F. Basilio, Singapore's George Yeo, Thailand's Kasit Piromnya, Vietnam's Assistant Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh, Indonesia's Marty Natalegawa, Cambodia's Hor Namhong, Brunei Darussalam's Mohamed Bolkiah, Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysia's Dato' Sri Anifah Aman and ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan pose during a group photo before the opening of the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meeting (AMM) Retreat in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province January 16, 2011. REUTERS/Foreign Ministry

 Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Surin Pitsuwan (L) and ASEAN foreign ministers including Malaysia's Dato' Sri Anifah Aman (2nd L), Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith (3rd L), Cambodia's Hor Namhong (4rd L) and Indonesia's Marty Natalegawa symbolically plant coral reefs at the site of the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meeting (AMM) retreat in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province January 16, 2011. ASEAN wants the U.S. and Europe to lift sanctions against member Myanmar after its recent elections and release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, it said on Sunday. REUTERS/Aulia Ahmad

 

Cambodian women react during a protest near the Chinese embassy in Phnom Penh January 17, 2011. About 60 residents of Boeung Kak Lake appealed to the Chinese embassy for help in getting fair compensation from a Chinese firm involved in a real estate development at the lake. The protesters were representatives of at least 2,000 remaining families, who are facing eviction from the lake, a local rights group said. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

A Cambodian woman holds her baby during a protest near the Chinese embassy in Phnom Penh January 17, 2011. About 60 residents of Boeung Kak Lake appealed to the Chinese embassy for help in getting fair compensation from a Chinese firm involved in a real estate development at the lake. The protesters were representatives of at least 2,000 remaining families, who are facing eviction from the lake, a local rights group said. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodian men grill fish for smoked fish before selling in their fish harvesting time at Prek Kmeng village, Kandal province, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)  

A Cambodian girl walks upstairs on a bamboo ladder as she enters her house at a fishing village of Prek Kmeng, Kandal province, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)  

A Cambodian man smoke fish before selling in their fish harvesting time at Prek Kmeng village, Kandal province, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)  

A Cambodian woman prepares fish to smoke them before selling during their fish harvesting time at Prek Kmeng village, Kandal province, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)  

A Cambodian boy looks at water buffalos as a man rows his wooden boat on a stream at a fishing village of Prek Kmeng, Kandal province, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)