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Australian Senate debates refugee offshore processing plan

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:21:46 +1000

The Australian Senate tonight continued its debate on the federal government's asylum-seeker legislation, to re-open offshore processing in Papua New Guinea and Manus Island.

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal hit by cash crisis

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:21:30 +1000

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal is running out of money, but there's hope yet.

Philippines' urban poor grapple with floods and resettlement

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:20:59 +1000

Weeks of persistent and heavy rain in the Philippines brought by a typhoon and a tropical storm, have claimed at least 109 lives and displaced about 300-thousand people.

Anti-smoking lobby insists plain packs could cut Asia's smoking rate

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:19:55 +1000

Australia's High Court this week supported the government's plain packaging laws for tobacco products.

Once struggling Hindu priests now turn a profit in southern India

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:19:48 +1000

A shortage of Hindu priests in India has seen members of the religious caste start to benefit in very material ways.

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