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*East Asia's big 3 economies unite in face of global crisis*
FUKUOKA, Dec. 13 KYODO
East Asia's three biggest economies showed a united front Saturday on
efforts to counter the adverse effects of the global financial turmoil,
calling for enhanced ''regional cooperation.''
Japan, China and South Korea, which account for nearly 17 percent of
the world's economic output, stressed the need for strengthening the
''surveillance mechanism,'' involving other Asian economies, to monitor
regional financial markets
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