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(AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, 2nd right, gestures as she invites other heads of foreign chamber of commerce during the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce of the Philippines workshop on Foreign Direct Investment Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006 in Manila’s financial district of Makati. President Arroyo laid out her plans on how the country can attract US $3 billion a year on foreign investments which was the target of the workshop participants. With President Arroyo in the front row are Stewart Hall, left, of the Canadian chamber of Commerce, former President Fidel Rramos, 2nd left, and Henry Co vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)