Asia Pacific Program for 20 December 2010
North Korea offers nuclear concession
South Korea has gone ahead with its planned live fire military exercises off the island of Yeonpyeong, as North Korea appears to have extended a peace offering.
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India's Congress says BJP as bad as Nazis
A leading general secretary of the All India Congress Committee has called for an end to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a hardline Hindu group that has in the past been linked to the mainstream political opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Japan PM party division hangs high
There is a rift threatening Japan's ruling party, with little hope of immediate resolution - the Japanese prime minister, Naoto Kan, on Monday met with party power broker, Ichiro Ozawa, to press him to agree to appear before a parliamentary ethics panel over a funding scandal.
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Asia economies to out perform West in 2011
As winter storms rage through Europe, the weather could be a metaphor for its economies - and Asia looks set to stay ahead of the West in 2011.
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Calls for changes to Pakistan blasphemy law
The case of a Pakistani Christian woman facing the death sentence has pushed Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law into the international spotlight.
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