Thursday 27/09/2007
|CHINA: Worldwide interest in contemporary Chinese art|MALAYSIA: Lawyers protest over judicial fixing charges|ASIA: World Bank admits mistakes, says progress now possible|BURMA: Asian neighbours under pressure to act|BURMA: Protests continue despite security build-up|AUSTRALIA: New funding announced for Mekong River Basin|BURMA: Police fire teargas, warning shots at protestors|
Wednesday 26/09/2007
|INDIA: Companies begin outsourcing jobs|ETIMOR: China to invest $100m in coming decade|AUSTRALIA: New funding announced for Mekong River Basin|JAPAN: New PM warns LDP could lose government|BURMA: Police fire teargas, warning shots at protestors|INDONESIA: Government urged to probe West Papuan deaths|BURMA: UN diplomatic blitz on Burma|
Tuesday 25/09/2007
|INDONESIA: Sharia law is not extensive despite perceptions|INDONESIA: Government urged to probe West Papuan deaths|PAKISTAN: Police round up Musharraf opponents|BURMA: Junta threatens military action against protestors|BURMA: UN diplomatic blitz on Burma|
Monday 24/09/2007
|ASIA: Scientists create flood-resistant rice strain|INDIA: Pakistan angry over Siachen glacier treks|PHILIPPINES: President may pardon Estrada|CHINA: Hosts international solar energy congress|TAIWAN: Ruling party chairman steps down|BURMA: Protests against junta gain momentum|EAST TIMOR: Ramos-Horta due to appear before Truth Commission|BURMA: Protests draw international concern|
Friday 21/09/2007
|INDIA: Boy's killing prompts calls to fight 'cyber criminals'|AUSTRALIA: Campaign against cluster bombs|EAST TIMOR: Ramos-Horta due to appear before Truth Commission|INDONESIA: Gus Dur announces presidential candidacy|BURMA: Protests draw international concern|BURMA: Protests a sustained challenge to military junta|ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS: 21/09/2007|AUSTRALIA: Inquiry endorses Pacific seasonal labour|CHINA: Price freeze ordered to control inflation|
Thursday 20/09/2007
|INDONESIA: Plan for ban on giving to beggars|MALAYSIA: Stronger laws to tackle illegal logging|AUSTRALIA: Inquiry endorses Pacific seasonal labour|CHINA: Price freeze ordered to control inflation|CHINA: Constitution change to reflect Hu Jintao's new directions|THAILAND: Moderate choice for new army chief|AUSTRALIA: Senior diplomat to head UN Democracy Fund|CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge leader arrested|
Wednesday 19/09/2007
|CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge leader arrested|AUSTRALIA: Senior diplomat to head UN Democracy Fund|SRI LANKA: Defence secretary vows to 'defeat' Tamil rebels|THAILAND: Interim PM calls for 'free and fair' Dec elections|NEPAL: Former Maoists quit interim government|ASIA: Less affected by US credit crunch|INDIA: Thousands still homeless after 2004 tsunami|
Tuesday 18/09/2007
|ASIA: Tour bus heads overland from London to Sydney|INDIA: Thousands still homeless after 2004 tsunami|PHILIPPINES: Population and fishing problems 'tied together'|ASIA: Less affected by US credit crunch|THAILAND: Political instability one year after military coup|PAKISTAN: President's bid to head off constitutional crisis|INDIA: Korea's Poscao says massive steel plant on track|PAKISTAN: Spokesman says President will resign as army chief|
Monday 17/09/2007
|PACIFIC: Tonga beats Samoa in rugby union world cup|INDIA: TV sting operation backfires on reporter|INDIA: Korea's Poscao says massive steel plant on track|EAST TIMOR: Controversy over energy revenue plan|PAKISTAN: Spokesman says President will resign as army chief|THAILAND: Worst air disaster in a decade|CAMBODIA: Opposition to stock market plans|
Friday 14/09/2007
|UN: Declaration on Indigenous rights adopted|CHINA: Suicide rate among highest in the world|INDIA: Hindu groups protest canal project|CAMBODIA: Opposition to stock market plans|MALAYSIA: Violent protests over electoral laws|JAPAN: Two frontrunners emerge for prime ministership|Asia Pacific Business:14/09/2007|
Thursday 13/09/2007
|CHINA: Move to demolish low-income housing|AUSTRALIA: Nuclear weapons risk in Asia|CHINA: Inflation at ten year high|INDONESIA: Time vows to fight Suharto defamation suit|JAPAN: LDP looks for new leader|BURMA: Pressure mounts on military junta|JAPAN: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns|
Wednesday 12/09/2007
|NZ: Could cyber-attacks target Pacific governments?|BURMA: Pressure mounts on military junta|PHILIPPINES: Life prison for Joseph Estrada|JAPAN: Limited market reaction to PM's resignation|JAPAN: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns|AUSTRALIA: APEC cautiously endorses Free Trade Area|SINGAPORE: Tiger Air plans to expand in Asia|
Tuesday 11/09/2007
|CHINA: Films on show at Hollywood festival|SINGAPORE: Tiger Air plans to expand in Asia|FIJI: EU considers suspending aid|AUSTRALIA: APEC cautiously endorses Free Trade Area|PAKISTAN: President set for showdown with judiciary|
Monday 10/09/2007
|SOUTH KOREA: Confirmation of first astronaut boosts space programme|INDONESIA: Megawati considers 2009 presidential bid|JAPAN: PM Abe fights for political life|AUSTRALIA: Indonesia, Australia must overcome mutual suspicions, says|PAKISTAN: Former PM returned to exile|
Friday 07/09/2007
|INDONESIA: Person to person bird flu transmission|FIJI: NGO calls for more sanctions against Fiji|AUSTRALIA: APEC endorses anti-corruption code|AUSTRALIA: China has 'legitimate concerns' over trilateral talks|AUSTRALIA: US calls for Asian democracy partnership|Asia Pacific Business: 7/09/2007|AUSTRALIA: Howard, Hu announce strategic dialogue|AUST: Climate change unity recedes at APEC|
Thursday 06/09/2007
|BURMA: Monks take security forces hostage|AUSTRALIA: Howard, Hu announce strategic dialogue|AUSTRALIA: Foreign Minister condemns Fiji emergency laws|AUST: Climate change unity recedes at APEC.|FIJI: Interim government reimposes emergency laws|
Wednesday 05/09/2007
|AUSTRALIA: Business wants climate change response from APEC|AUSTRALIA: Howard, Bush to upgrade defence ties|SOUTH KOREA: Hostages receive mixed homecoming|WORLD: Fuel companies developing safer biofuels|INDONESIA: Vice President promotes batik|
Tuesday 04/09/2007
|AUSTRALIA: No consensus on India's APEC membership|INDIA: Climate change not a concern yet|TAIWAN: Envoy warns against placating Beijng on UN bid|PAKISTAN: Two bomb blasts hit Rawalpindi|FIJI: Judiciary in turmoil as six judges resign|
Monday 03/09/2007
|NAURU: Australian rights body barred from detention centre|INDONESIA: President vows to change crime-ridden image|BANGLADESH: Former PM on corruption charges|AUSTRALIA: Free trade area on APEC agenda|AUSTRALIA: Enhanced security cooperation with US|PNG: Patients evacuated after Tarvurvur eruption|MALAYSIA: Celebrations to mark 50 years of independence|
Friday 31/08/2007
|AUSTRALIA: President Bush says Asia needs strong US presence|MALAYSIA: Celebrations to mark 50 years of independence|PNG: Patients evacuated after Tarvurvur eruption|ASEAN: Railway project to link countries to China|INDIA: Tata Motors prepares to launch 'world's cheapest car'|EAST TIMOR: Peacekeeping lessons must be learned|AUSTRALIA: Most Australians fear climate change more than terrorism|
Thursday 30/08/2007
|EAST TIMOR: Peacekeeping lessons must be learned|SOUTH KOREA: Seoul criticised for hostage deal with Taliban|CHINA: Communist Party set for reshuffle|AUSTRALIA: Most Australians fear climate change more than terrorism|PACIFIC: Call for Australia to ban illegal timber imports|PAKISTAN: Appeal against President Musharraf|CHINA: Tobacco advertising to be banned by 2011|PNG:Govt to establish new microfinance bank|
Wednesday 29/08/2007
|PAKISTAN: Appeal against President Musharraf|INDIA: Demand for ransom and abduction insurance rises|CHINA: Tobacco advertising to be banned by 2011|APEC: Business leaders want progress on climate change|FIJI: Ousted PM says travel to Suva 'blocked' by military|
Tuesday 28/08/2007
|AUSTRALIA: Skilled worker program under scrutiny|FIJI: Ousted PM says travel to Suva 'blocked' by military|BURMA: Buddhist monks join fresh protests in northwest|CHINA: Police in hunt for missing uranium|CAMBODIA: Energy resources finds prompt navy expansion|
Monday 27/08/2007
|JAPAN: PM reshuffles cabinet to win back support|BURMA: Fresh protests in wake of fuel price rises|AUSTRALIA: Climate change high on APEC agenda|PNG: HIV patients reportedly buried alive|NAURU: Reformist government returned to power|PACIFIC: Warning on tuna stocks relaxed|CAMBODIA: Opposition echoes UN call for Tribunal judge's reinstatement|INDONESIA: Bali fears economic downturn after birdflu deaths|
Thursday 23/08/2007
|BANGLADESH: Curfew in six cities following riots|ASIA: Security experts voice concern over US role|ASIA: W.H.O. calls disease 'the new terrorism'|VIETNAM: Economy showing possible signs of overheating|INDONESIA: Military no longer considers Aceh rebels a threat|BURMA: Second protest over petrol price rises, more arrests|CHINA: Central Bank lifts interest rates again|INDONESIA: Praise for bilateral trade deal with Japan|CHINA: Miners clash with security guards|
Wednesday 22/08/2007
|BURMA: Second protest over petrol price rises, more arrests|AUSTRALIA: Navy fires on 'illegal' foreign fishing boat|CHINA: Central Bank lifts interest rates again|PNG: PM due to announce cabinet this week|THAILAND: UNHCR details plight of Hmong refugees|CHINA: Beijing Airport scales back flights, citing safety|
Tuesday 21/08/2007
|AUSTRALIA: War of words with NZ over Iraq|FIJI: No sugar subsidies in 2007|CHINA: Miners clash with security guards|CAMBODIA: Golf course to be built on Vietnamese border|INDONESIA: Praise for bilateral trade deal with Japan|NEW ZEALAND|THAILAND: Voters say 'yes' to army-backed constitution|CAMBODIA: Rare birds to benefit from global conservation bid|
Monday 20/08/2007
|CHINA: Pig disease spreads to most provinces|JAPAN: PM embarks on Asia tour|THAILAND: Voters say 'yes' to army-backed constitution|TONGA: Dual citizenship welcomed by NZ Tongan leader|CAMBODIA: Rare birds to benefit from global conservation bid|ASIA: Markets looking irrational|NORTH KOREA: English language university set to open|
Friday 17/08/2007
|PAKISTAN: US prods Musharraf to share power|THAILAND: Voters prepare for landmark constitutional referendum|CAMBODIA: Judge transfer raises fears of Khmer Rouge trail delay|ASIA: Markets looking irrational|NORTH KOREA: English language university set to open|Asia Pacific Business 17/08/2007|PAKISTAN: Warnings of chaos unless elections are held|TONGA: Second military contingent headed to Iraq|TIMOR: New national park crucial for local environment|
Thursday 16/08/2007
|MALAYSIA: Mining giant Rio Tinto to build major aluminium plant|NORTH KOREA: Floods kill hundreds, aid agencies prepare to help|AFGHANISTAN: Australia's role 'may be futile'|TONGA: Second military contingent headed to Iraq|TIMOR: New national park crucial for local environment|TAIWAN: Nationalist leader cleared of corruption|RUSSIA & CHINA: Concerns over joint security pact|