Asia Pacific Program for 23 December 2010
South Korea promises 'merciless counter attack'
As the shots ring out after South Korea's live fire exercise on Thursday there is the lasting sound of the president's words of warning to the North.
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Indian government threatened by onion crisis
In India, the soaring price of onions has in the past contributed to the fall of two governments and now it's threatening to do the same with the current government of Manmohan Singh.
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STI rates in Bougainville at 'alarming' level
The World Health Organisation has reported that Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville faces alarmingly high levels of sexually transmitted disease.
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Green solutions to save Asia's rice from rats
Rats and mice are known to eat their way through millions of tons of rice each year, nibbling away at Asia's staple crop, and contributing to the undernourishment of an estimated 570 million people.
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China's robot restaurant no hit with chefs
A city in China's northern Shandong province has unveiled what could possibly be the nation's first 'robot' hotpot restaurant.
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