Asia Pacific Program for 14 April 2011
BRICS united front on Libya, financial reform, commodity prices
The leaders of five of the world's emerging economies meeting in China have called for an end to the use of force in Libya.
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Western Australia resources industry wants skilled migrants
The West Australian resources industry says Australia desperately needs skilled migrants to fill an additional 40-thousand jobs by the end of next year.
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Pakistan fights radicalisation by improving women's welfare
Pakistan has earmarked 750-million dollars to create jobs and alleviate poverty in its troubled border regions with Afghanistan where it's estimated that 70 percent of men are illiterate and unemployment runs at over 50 percent.
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India's population poised to overtake China
India has just finished counting its population which is now more than 1.2 billion, an increase of 181 million in a decade.
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Samoa PM slams "anti-Chinese racism"
Criticism of foriegn citizens, many of them Chinese, opening retail shops in Pacific Island nations, has been criticised as racist by Samoa's prime minister.
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