By Bill Tarrant 58 minutes ago SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific nations on Thursday called for greater coordination in dealing with natural disasters, including deploying military resources, in a region prone to earthquakes, cyclones and tsunamis. Foreign ministers from the 26-member ASEAN Regional Forum held wide-ranging talks about threats to the region's security, including North Korea's nuclear program, Myanmar's rocky road to democracy and a Thai-Cambodia border spat. But the ministers spent a great deal of time talking about disaster management in a region that has seen international aid efforts mounted after a major cyclone in Myanmar and a devastating earthquake in China in recent months, and where worries persist about a potential bird flu pandemic. "They recognized that military assets and personnel, in full...
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