Asia Pacific Program for 7 February 2011
Calls for UN talks over Thai-Cambodia conflict
The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, says he is very concerned about the ongoing border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, but there is no sign as yet that the security council will respond to Phnom Penh's calls for an emergency meeting.
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Ahmadiyah attack pressures Indonesia's SBY
Indonesian police say they are questioning eight people after three supporters of a Muslim minority group were killed in religious violence on Sunday - it's alleged the attackers surrounded a house in West Java to stop followers of the Ahmadiyah sect from congregating there.
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Indonesian banks crack world 500 ranking
A global survey has placed five Indonesian lenders among the world's top 500 banking brands - but the country's central bank says Indonesian institutions are still the most inefficient and wasteful in Southeast Asia.
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Exhibition raises funds for Afghan orphans
A photographic exhibition in Canberra called 'Eye on Afghanistan' is challenging the steady diet of violence and misery that dominates western news images of Afghanistan - and it's also raising money for a charity run by a one woman powerhouse, a former Afghan refugee, Mahboba Rawi.
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