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Australia bids for temporary seat on UN Security Council

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:44:11 +1100

Australia should know by tomorrow morning if it has been successful in its bid to win a temporary seat on the UN security council.

Taliban threatens a defiant media in Pakistan

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:44:03 +1100

Pakistan's government says a call has gone out from the chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP to his men to target journalists for their critical coverage of the shooting of 14 year old activist Malala Yousufzai.

Philippine president upbeat about MILF peace deal

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:43:44 +1100

If President Benigno Aquino of the Philippines succeeds in turning a preliminary agreement with his country's Muslim insurgents into a peace settlement , he will have succeeded where his predecessors have failed for 40 years.

Shared responsibility key to stopping Afghanistan drugs production

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:43:32 +1100

In Afghanistan, where the illicit drug trade is a major problem, more households are turning to growing cannabis as a cash crop.

UN study examines laws on sex work in Asia-pacific region

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:43:15 +1100

Nearly all countries in Asia-Pacific criminalise some aspects of sex work.

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