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Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

China and US leaders share same table again

Premier Wen Jiabao and US leaders meet again in Bali for Asean and the expanded East Asia summits starting today. It follows last week's Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum talks. Up for discussion will probably be US President Barack Obama's announcement of an increased US military presence in Australia, and the statement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (pictured) promising the Philippines greater defence support in the face of rising tensions with China over energy reserves in disputed waters.

Spacecraft heads back down to earth

The spacecraft Shenzhou VIII is due to land in Inner Mongolia , ending its successful mission to dock with the Tiangong I module, a milestone in China's space station programme. China will conduct two more space docking missions next year, and plans to establish its own space laboratory around 2016 and a manned space station around 2020.

Case of Re-occupy Wall Street for protesters

Protesters have flooded back into the New York park where police demolished their tent village, vowing to step up the Occupy Wall Street campaign despite a ban on camping there. Protesters have agreed to march to the New York Stock Exchange today to mark the two-month anniversary of a movement that has inspired similar protests in other US cities and abroad.

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