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Reporters around the world continue to track APEC developments. Here’s a look at some of the coverage that caught our eye on Sunday:

• The Washington Post that tensions are calming in Europe, where new Greek and Italian governments are being formed, providing a sense of relief among APEC leaders. The Washington Post also has from the summit.

• , President Barack Obama said the latest in Europe makes him “cautiously optimistic.”

• RIA Novosti, Russia’s state news agency, that the country’s president is committed to advancing free trade in the Asia-Pacific region.

• X¾±²Ô³ó³Ü²¹ that China’s foreign minister is calling for initiatives to advance “green economies” and the implementation of “responsible macroeconomic policies” among APEC member countries to deal with debt and financial risks.

• The Mainichi Daily News, a Japanese paper, a Honolulu meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chinese President Hu Jintao.

The leaders reportedly discussed stalled talks on a joint gas development project in the East China Sea, and Noda asked Beijing to ease restrictions on Japanese food imports that were implemented after the tsunami and related nuclear accident in Japan last March. The meeting marked the first time that the leaders have had “substantial talks” since Noda took office in September, Mainichi Daily reports.

• Reuters produced from top government and business leaders at APEC. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt had this to say about why trade in the Asia-Pacific region presents an opportunity for U.S. economic growth, according to Reuters:

“Because they want our stuff. Trust me, they want it. If you look at the view of America in Asia — we have excellent Hollywood films and things like that — but we’re fundamentally the best area for research and new innovation for the industries that they care about. A simple model is that America invents the technology, it’s initially commercialized in places like Korea and Taiwan and then it’s globalized at scale in these vast manufacturing caverns of China.”

• Reuters also from President Barack Obama’s bilateral meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The leaders talked about Afghanistan, Iran and Syria, but Obama didn’t disclose what was said about Syria, the news service reports.

• Asia One, a Singapore news outlet, between public and private-sector leaders to discuss disaster response. A top official with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which provides aid across the world, said that the meeting was crucial because of “disasters happening more frequently in this densely populated world, especially in the Asia-Pacific region,” Asia One reported.

• The Sydney Morning Herald that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke highly about the Trans-Pacific Partnership draft that world leaders outlined at APEC on Saturday. Australia’s farmers and manufacturers stand to gain from the deal, which leaders hope to finalize next year, the newspaper reports.

• Another Sydney Morning Herald says a potential TPP deal would create “windfall gains” for Australian exporters.

• The Australian Broadcasting Company that the security presence in Waikiki is “suffocating,” but a small price to pay for the progress that’s been made on a potential Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

• Philippine website Bulatat an each-country-for-itself attitude at APEC, and that the U.S. is among “the most aggressive in looking for commercial opportunities overseas.”

• Tempo, a news outlet in the Philippines, of President Benigno Aquino’s APEC schedule.

• Russia’s RT has we’ve seen about APEC, calling the summit “political speed-dating… in a place more fit for a honeymoon.” The author of that piece points out that, due to APEC’s non-binding nature, political leaders are able to “openly flirt” with one another without any requirement to follow through on trade promises.

• A Saipan Tribune article of President Barack Obama and China President Hu Jintao.

• One AP reporter tried to get into the Hawaii spirit by starting with “Mahalo!”

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