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HONOLULU (Reuters) ? Following are quotes from leaders of Pacific Rim countries and business executive attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Saturday.

On the agenda — promoting free trade and liberalizing regulations in order to strengthen economic growth.

JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIKO NODA

CHINA: opening remarks at a bi-lateral meeting with China’s President Hu Jintao:

“We had a brief chat at Cannes. But I’m very delighted to have this occasion today to exchange views on many issues. Bilateral ties between Japan and China are very important for the region as well as for the world. It is important to make our ties develop steadily. China’s development represents a great opportunity for our country. I believe it is necessary that both countries deepen our engagement with the region and the international community.”

Noda told reporters after the bilateral:

“Japan and China will be marking the 40th anniversary of the normalization of our ties next year, a major point in the history of our relations. In our talks today, we have agreed to work toward my visit to China by the end of this year.”

RUSSIA: Noda’s remarks on a bilateral with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev:

“We talked about promoting our cooperation in each and every field amid changing security environment in Asia-Pacific. We agreed that although our stances greatly differ when it comes to territorial issues, we will hold practical talks in a quiet environment in order to solve the problem,” Noda told a reporters.

UNITED STATES: Noda’s remarks on U.S.-Japan bilateral:

“I’m very much encouraged by the fact that America is increasing its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, and I do believe that Japan and the United States must work closely together to establish economic goals and also establish security order in this region.”

According to the White House, U.S. President Obama said of their bilateral that he has been impressed by Noda and “the boldness of his vision.” He said the U.S.-Japan relationship was a corner stone of security in the Asia-Pacific and said they would keep working together on commerce and security issues.

JAPANESE TRADE MINISTER YUKIO EDANO

Transpacific PARTNERSHIP: “By and large, participating countries have shown their intention of welcoming Japan’s decision to seek to join the talks. But we cannot afford to be very optimistic. We aim to make progress slowly but steadily,” Edano told reporters on the sidelines of the APEC meeting.

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER HARPER

“In the past few years, our Government has been aggressively expanding commercial relations with the Asia-Pacific region to create jobs and economic benefits here at home,”

“Our efforts are yielding results. We are maximizing opportunities for our entrepreneurs through innovative trade, investment, air, and science and technology agreements. We are also attracting regional investment to Canada by ensuring a speedier transport of goods through a much strengthened Asia-Pacific Gateway.”

CATERPILLAR INC PRESIDENT RICH LAVIN

U.S.-CHINA FX TENSIONS: “I think it’s inevitable that currency will become a political issue. But we’ve seen that kind of behind-the-scenes discussions and negotiations have been very effective in encouraging China to strengthen their currency and in fact I think it’s strengthened between 35 and 40 percent over the past three or four years.

“So I think the worst thing we can do is encourage a process that may result in some sort of trade friction or a trade war in the two largest economies in the world. At Caterpillar we’re really encouraging continuing behind-the-scenes discussions and negotiations to move China toward a stronger currency.”

FAN GANG, DIRECTOR, CHINA’S NATIONAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, and a former policy adviser to the People’s Bank of China.

“If you had $3.2 trillion, where would you put it?” he said, referring to China’s foreign reserves stockpile. “If euro bonds now are in big trouble, should we put it in euro bonds?”

However, Fan said buying bonds issued by the European rescue fund was a “different story” because it is backed by the European Union, making it safer. “If you buy bonds in the market, like a commercial activity, what are you going to buy? You’re not going to buy Italian bonds now. You’re not going to buy Portugal either.”

GOOGLE INC EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN ERIC SCHMIDT

TRADE: Why Asian economies should liberalize trade ties:

“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.

“So they need what we’re doing. We obviously need access to their products and they help out with our debt. It’s in all of our countries (interests) to have these free trade agreements. It’s in their interest too. I think in many ways America’s best export is its companies, because when we operate by American rules.”

U.S. JOBS OUTLOOK: “We have to be growing pretty well before hiring really starts. The jobless problem is much more severe as a structural problem — by the way it’s much worse in Europe than it is in the U.S. and much worse in Japan. So for my view, the TPP and the other things are part of a much broader package that the president and businesses are pursuing that will ultimately result in job improvement.

But if you just do the math, it takes some number of years just to absorb just the terrible things that occurred in 2008 because of the financial crisis. And so I’m worried that it’s much longer than people are talking about and I say that without humor.

“I mean it’s a very, very serious issue. and the way we need to operate as a businesses as the government, we’ve got to talk about it honestly and say we’ve got figure out a way to get these economies growing faster, and that’s done by investment in the private sector, creating new businesses and all the things we represent, and new markets, free trade etcetera.”

(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; David Lawder; Emily Kaiser and Rachelle Younglai; Editing Stella Dawson)

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Weather Underground Forecast for Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.

More rain and snow was expected to persist in the West, while the East remained quiet on Saturday. Two weather features over the Western U.S. were expected to bring more precipitation to the region. To the south, a low pressure system spinning off the coast of California continued to move southward, remaining just offshore. However, flow around this system expected to continue pushing cool and moist air onshore, allowing for scattered showers to develop along the coastal regions. Only light showers were anticipated in the interiors, while light snow may persist in the Sierras. Meanwhile to the north, a trough of low pressure expected to quickly advance southeastward from the Pacific Northwest and into the Northern Rocky Mountains. Moderate to heavy snow showers were expected in addition to strong winds across Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Snowfall accumulation was expected to range from four to eight inches, up to a foot at highest mountain peaks. With strong wind gusts from 30 to 40 mph, dangerous travel conditions were expected, especially at high mountain passes. Caution should be used on the roads.

In the East, a low pressure system in eastern Canada was expected to move further eastward and away from the region. The Great Lakes was expected to start drying out as lake effect rain and snow showers diminished. High pressure over the Plains was expected to slide eastward, bringing more dry and cool air into the East. However, plenty of daytime sunshine was expected to allow for a gradual warming trend. The Southeast and Lower Mississippi River Valley was expected to see slightly warmer temperatures, with highs reaching into the mid-60s.

The Northeast and Great Lakes were expected to see highs in the mid-50s. Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Friday ranged from a morning low of 1 degree at West Yellowstone, Mont. to a high of 88 degrees at Fort Stockton, Texas

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Arranged marriages are common throughout the Muslim world — primarily because dating before marriage is a big “no-no” and also because “parents know best.” While some, very few, fall in love after marriage, other wealth-driven traditional marriages are nothing but a recipe for disaster.

A 31-year-old Pakistani bachelor from Karachi told me that he has no qualms about an arranged marriage. But since he wants to be sure that his bride-to-be is the one that he wants to spend the rest of his life with (without a shred of doubt), he doesn’t accept the decision with the nonchalant attitude of “let’s see if it works out or not.” Being pushed into marrying a girl who he’s not the least bit attracted to, he is unsure how to deal with his family members as they aggressively lobby for that girl.

“I don’t ask for much,” he said, adding that “the push is due to the fact that she’s from a ‘good family.’” In explaining what constitutes a good family, the would-be bridegroom says: “what else, they are moneyed and politically well-connected and that has blinded nearly everyone in my family.”

Though the priorities may differ from one family to another, wealth remains a factor that is integral to the choice of a marriage partner, regardless of which strata of society you look at. The gardener at my family home in Karachi cried bitterly as he narrated how his daughter’s marriage was called off because he couldn’t meet the groom’s increasing demands for dowry. The dynamics remain the same when you look at the educated and wealthy classes, the only difference being that they use the code words “good family” or “socially acceptable” as euphemisms for “wealthy.”

A marriage between individuals of differing socioeconomic status could benefit one party or the other, or a marriage between equals could be a merger of two giants aiming to further climb the social ladder. Whatever the circumstances of an economics-driven match, there’s certainly nothing wrong with marrying into wealth if the couple is agreeable and is able to lead a happily married life. But more often than not, I’ve seen such arrangements, in which compatibility is overlooked in favor of economic gain, lead to a debacle.

Though divorce is religiously permitted in Islam, it is considered the the most abhorring thing by God.

According to a 2011 report, “more than 100 divorces are registered in [Lahore] family courts in a day.” Besides the ego that influences two people to split apart, “forced marriages and early marriages” contribute to failed marriages in Pakistan, said psychiatrist Najeeb Zaheer. Other Muslim-majority countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt, are witnessing a similar trend.

“The [Jeddah] court registers 40 marriages and 20 divorces a day,” Somayya Jabrti, now deputy editor of Arab News, wrote in an article published in 2003. “The situation has only worsened,” a Saudi said on grounds of anonymity. In addition to polygamy and illicit relationships that fuel breakups, lack of compatibility is also to be blamed for failed marriages.

When I asked around, friends in Saudi Arabia claimed that they knew divorcees in every other household in their social circle, despite the social stigma attached with divorced women and the enormous pain a woman has to endure in separating from a spouse unwilling to cut the marital cord.

In Egypt, while I was teaching high school Social Studies in an American curriculum school, nearly every other teacher said that I was wasting my breath in pushing my female students to challenge themselves in order to realize their true potential. The reason I was given was that most of the girls that I taught would be married off after high school or college and divorced soon thereafter — at least that’s the trend.

On my parting note, I implored my students to realize their dreams. When I had joined the school, shortly after the Egyptian revolution, most of them replied with blank stares when I asked, “what do you want to do with your life?” Five months later, almost everyone had something to say. Interestingly, one of the 10th graders, who perhaps understood my emphasis on “doing something constructive in life,” said “don’t worry…I will not marry a rich man and end up divorced soon after…I will become an architect and make you proud.” Well, I truly hope so!

Even though the correlation between marriage for money and the increasing divorce rate cannot be backed by quantifiable data, one cannot reasonably expect marriages devoid of love and respect to stand the test of time.

Being coerced into marriage — because wealth, power and tribal ties are good for you — is the beginning of a slippery slope towards renouncing all autonomy in life decisions for those willing to sell their souls for material gain.

For those looking for a lasting relationship with their mate, they may want to investigate what they really want in a spouse. If you want buff, you’ll get buff, but, hey, don’t expect emotional support. If you want fair and lovely, you’ll probably find someone, but how long that romance will last is a question that you have to ponder.

“A marriage based on the desire for security, money, privileges, culture, beauty or lust can never be a fulfilling marriage,” said Maryam Agha, 27, from Karachi.

Marriage, as a union between two people, tends to last when it’s predicated upon profound understanding of the spouse, coupled with unconditional acceptance of each other, and underpinned with patience to endure through thick and thin. Anything less will not likely endure.

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