Asia Pacific Program for 18 January 2012
Indonesian crewman aboard sunken liner wants to come home
An Indonesian man who was a waiter aboard the Italian cruse liner which ran aground a few days ago says he and 170 other Indonesian crew are now trying to get back home.
CruIse ship's captain refused to get back on board
The captain of the Costa Concordia has appeared in an Italian court overnight, as an extraordinary audio recording emerged of the local harbor-master pleading and then ordering the captain to return to his sinking ship.
Another Pakistani journalist murdered
The assasination of another journalist in Pakistan is worrying the country's reporters, who fear being targeted for simply doing their job.
Concerns in Australia over foriegn land ownership
A new report shows the amount of agricultural land now under foreign ownership in Australia has risen 60 per cent over the past 3 decades.
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India urges Sri lankan reconciliation with Tamils
India's External Affairs Minister has urged Sri Lanka to forge ahead with reconciliation efforts with its ethnic Tamil population.
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