Asia Pacific Program for 16 December 2010
Australia PM tries to take lead on asylum boat
Recovery operations have been continuing on the distant Australian territory of Christmas Island, with the number of dead from Wednesday's shipwreck of an asylum seeker boat expected to rise.
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India telecommunications scandal widens
India's Central Bureau of Investigation has staged a series of raids at the homes and offices of people suspected to be at the centre of a national telecommunications scandal.
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Vietnam suffers debt rating downgrade
The challenges facing Vietnam's economy are taking their toll - high inflation, a shaky currency, a debt crisis at a large state owned company and now a ratings downgrade.
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'Big Australia' policy on the back burner
Australia may be a big country - but it seems few people are interested in a 'Big Australia'.
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New documentary highlights Papuan plight
There are renewed calls for an investigation into the torture of two Papuan farmers by the Indonesian military - this time, the issue has been raised in Bangkok at the official launch of a new documentary.
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