By IAN TIMBERLAKE
AFP
Southeast Asian leaders open talks on Thursday with their vision of building a regional "community" of nations overshadowed by major unrest in Thailand and Burma's widely criticised election plans.
On the eve of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in the Vietnam capital, Thailand's premier declared a state of emergency as protesters stormed parliament in a dramatic escalation of an anti-government campaign.
Thailand's long-running political drama is among the domestic issues within the 10-member ASEAN bloc which are distracting it from moving forward collectively, observers say.
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