Asia Pacific Program for 24 January 2011
Asylum boat review clears Australian customs
A new report into the shipwreck off Australia's Christmas island last year has found that the country's customs service received no 'firm intelligence' to suggest the doomed vessel had left Indonesia.
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Indonesia troops jailed for Papua 'disobedience'
Three Indonesian soldiers have been sentenced for torturing two Papuan men last year - but human rights groups are not happy because the soldiers were charged with disobeying orders rather than torture or assault.
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Abuse concerns over Sri Lanka envoy nominee
There is pressure on Australia to reject Sri Lanka's nominee for its top diplomatic post in Australia because the candidate could be implicated in war crimes during the 2009 offensive that ended the war with Tamil separatists.
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Doubt over opening of Afghan parliament
The opening of Afghanistan's new parliament has been in doubt amid disagreement over a special tribunal on electoral fraud.
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PNG gas project construction site shut down
The developer of Papua New Guinea's multi billion dollar Liquefied Natural Gas project has shut down work at a construction site in the highlands following a dispute with landowners.
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