Asia Pacific Program for 10 January 2011
Thai Red Shirts vow to continue mass protests
Anti-government protesters in Thailand have held their largest public rally since mass demonstrations last May let to a violent military crackdown.
Floods displace 55,000 people in Sri Lanka
More than 50,000 Sri Lankan's are spending the night in temporary shelters, having had to leave their homes in the north and east due to floods.
Pakistan's ruling party forced to compromise with opposition
Pakistan's govenment has been forced into a second major compromise in a fortnight.
US and China resume defence talks
The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has begun a series of meetings with Chinese officials aimed at repairing the military relationship between the two nations.
Fiji's mining sector growing under land bank scheme
Sugar and tourism may be Fiji's biggest earners, but mining could displace them both as the number one export earner within five years.
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