Asia Pacific Program for 11 May 2011
Japan's government bails out TEPCO
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO, has accepted government conditions for state support, in preparation for compensation payouts, expected to be billions of dollars.
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Australia's bigger foreign aid budget
Next year's foreign aid budget will get a boost of almost half a billion dollars.
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British report slams UN response to Pakistan floods
A British parliamentary report into the humanitarian response to last year's floods in Pakistan has sharply criticised the United Nations, saying only a third of relief money has been distributed to those in need.
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Do the Arab uprisings have an impact on Asia?
Regime change in the Middle East and North Africa has been followed with great interest in our region.
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Credibility of Khmer Rouge tribunal under threat
Observers at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal in Phnom Penh fear political pressure and UN-donor inaction have doomed its third and fourth cases.
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