Asia Pacific Program for 5 August 2011
Black Friday for global markets
It's been a bad day on stock markets as Asian share prices tumbled on the back of falls in Europe and the US.
More political debate over Australia's live cattle industry
The Australian Greens party says a request for foreign aid money to be spent on improving animal welfare standards overseas is inappropriate.
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Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit on his legacy
The Thai Parliament has endorsed Yingluck Shinawatra as Thailand's first ever woman Prime Minister.
Australia census to get real numbers
Australia's Bureau of Statistics is hoping to rectify what some say has been a chronic undercounting of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
Australia lacks coordinated China policy - leading academic
Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson and 100 business people are in China - as part of the nation's largest ever trade delegations there.
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