Asia Pacific Program for 12 October 2011
New page in Australia-Papua New Guinea relations
Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard met with her Papua New Guinea counterpart, Peter O'Neill, and announced a number of new aid projects to help with PNG's economic transition.
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Stricken container ship in New Zealand on verge of sinking
Across the Tasman, New Zealand's most significant maritime environmental disaster in the pristine Bay of Plenty is getting worse.
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Strike at Papua's Freeport mine turns nasty
An industrial dispute at the world's biggest gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province, has turned ugly, after a striking worker was shot dead by police.
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Of guns and ballots - Violence in Sri Lankan politics
A fatal firefight between rival factions of Sri Lanka's ruling party in a Colombo suburb, has trained the spotlight on the island's gun culture in politics.
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German leader Angela Merkel visits Vietnam and Mongolia
Vietnam is playing host to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is in the country on a two-day visit to boost trade relations.
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Australian sex worker group opposes moves to police industry
An Australian sex worker association says new a proposed law giving police oversight of the legal brothel industry in the southern state of Victoria will increase corruption and not help tackle human trafficking.
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