Asia Pacific Program for 19 September 2011
Pakistan Taliban vows more attacks in Karachi
In Pakistan's commercial city of Karachi, at least eight people have died after a suicide bomber drove a car load of explosives into the home of a senior police officer.
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Race against time in India & Nepal, as quake toll rises
Rescue teams in the Himalayas faced landslides and torrential monsoon rains, to reach survivors, after a powerful earthquake hit a remote region in northern India, Nepal and Tibet ..
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Flood survivors in Pakistan live in the open on highways
The United Nations has issued an international appeal for more than 350 million dollars to help Pakistan cope with devastating monsoon flooding.
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Australian Opposition rejects proposed changes to Migration Act
The Australian Government's asylum seeker policy is again in jeopardy - after the Opposition leader Tony Abbott rejected the Prime Minister's latest set of draft amendments to the Migration Act.
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World Bank says closing gender gap is smart economics
World Bank President Robet Zoellick has launched a gender equality report by saying addressing the gender gap is not only the right thing to do but is smart economics.
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Scepticism over Malaysian PM's reform announcement
The civil rights reforms announced in Malaysia last week include not only repealing the notorious Internal Security Act, but also winding back the stiff licensing laws that have long controlled and censored the Malaysian media.
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