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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (L) walks with her Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo to a meeting at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin October 24, 2009. The Philippines and Thailand are squaring off in an escalating row over rice that threatens to derail a trade pact at the heart of Southeast's bid to build an EU-style economic community by 2015. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (THAILAND POLITICS)