obama hawaii apec 111409
On the homepage
NewsBreak
Out There
Sunday's paper
Reusse's Turkey
Obama steers 2011 Asia-Pacific summit meeting to his native Hawaii
Print this story
E-mail this story
Save to del.icio.us
Share on Facebook
Share on DiggMore from Nation
SINGAPORE - President Barack Obama is steering some tourism trade and international attention to his native Hawaii in a couple of years.
The president said Sunday he will host the 2011 version of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Hawaii. Obama announced his plans at the current APEC meeting being held in Singapore.
Obama told representatives of APEC's 21 member nations that he looks forward to seeing them in flowered shirts and grass skirts.
APEC's members include Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia and Vietnam.
Recent Nation stories
Police in LA suburb seek man caught on videotape stealing nun's purse at supermarket - November 14, 2009
Police in LA suburb seek man caught on videotape stealing nun's purse at supermarket - Police in Southern California say a man has been caught on surveillance videotape stealing a nun's purse at a Los Angeles-area supermarket. More
Lilacbreasted Roller - South Africa. Would you be able to pull this in at all, it is beautiful. I have a bipmap of it, but not a close jpeg
See thousands of photos from other StarTribune.com readers and share your own photos and video today.
|
|
Win tickets to Doomtree at First Avenue, and maybe a Doomtree grand-prize pack that includes its album, t-shirt and signed poster.Vita.mn presents Doomtree Blowout V at First Avenue on Dec. 5. |
Comment on this story | Be the first to comment | Hide reader comments