Global Warming’s Friend: APEC?
SYDNEY (Reuters) – As Asia-Pacific leaders jetted home on Sunday with yet another APEC souvenir to stuff into their “funny shirt” closet, folks back home may well ask: “So what did you get out of that meeting besides the outback raincoat?”.
Host Australia shelled out A$300 million ($250 million) to accommodate the 21 leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Sydney, whose disgruntled residents were subjected to the biggest security operation in the country’s history.

