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  • Five on Death Row over Indian Honour Killing

    There are no translations available.{audio}/images/podcast/Data_030410/india_honour_killings_final_bhs_inggris_100403.mp3{/audio} Download  An Indian court has sentenced five men to death for murdering a young couple who got married against the wishes of...
  • A New Prime Minister for Nepal

    There are no translations available.Download  -  Listen After several weeks of political chaos, Nepal finally has a new Prime Minister.Madhav Kumar Nepal, member of the Nepal Communist Party, United Marxist and Leninist and political veteran, achieved t...
  • South Korea Mourns President Roh Moo-Hyun

    There are no translations available.Download  -  ListenSouth Koreans have been saying a long goodbye to their former leader.President Roh Moo-hyun, who served from 2003 to 2008, threw himself from a mountain cliff a little more than a week ago.A suicide...
  • Leadership Vacuum Hinders Tamil Political Identity

    There are no translations available.Download  -  Listen Returning to Sri Lanka again this week, where the government is increasing pressure to process and resettle the more than 200,000 Tamil civilians being held in camps in the north of the country. Th...
  • Pakistan and Afghanistan Revive Old Trade Agreement

    There are no translations available.Download  -  Listen Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to revive 43 years old transit trade agreement, streamlining the movement of goods across their borders and allowing Indian goods to pass through Pakistan. In a...
  • East Timor’s Government Denies Corruption Allegations

    There are no translations available.Download  -  Listen Corruption allegations continue to be directed at East Timor's Finance Ministry. The latest allegations centre on Finance Minister Emilia Pires' hiring of foreign advisers, including Australians. E...
  • Pakistan’s Minorities Mull Their Future After Taliban Assaults

    There are no translations available.Download  -  Listen Thousands of Pakistani Sikhs and Hindus are among the estimated 2.4 million people displaced by the government’s campaign to rid the Swat Valley and Buner district of the Taliban. Many of these m...
  • New Nanking Massacre Film Stirs Passion in China

    There are no translations available.Download  -  Listen A new film about World War Two Japanese atrocities in the Chinese city of Nanjing has been released in China, and it's attracted controversy. It’s the first time a Chinese made film about the mas...
  • Malaysia’s Lucky Wild Pigs

    There are no translations available. Download  -  Listen Many countries across the world remain on high alert over the possibility of a swine flu pandemic. More than 50 people have been diagnosed with the virus in Australia, where 2,000 passengers remai...
  • Film Horor Indonesia Diboyong Ke Festival Film Cannes

    There are no translations available. Download  -  Listen Fesival Film Cannes 2009 akan diramaikan oleh film-film horor Indonesia. Pemerintah berencana memboyong, setidaknya, tujuh film horor dalam negeri untuk disandingkan dengan film-film festival...
  • Quest for Peace in Sri Lanka

    There are no translations available.Download - Listen After nearly three decades of fighting the Sri Lankan government says it has finally defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels.  The announcement was met with joyous celebrations in the streets of the capital C...
  • Tamil Diaspora Reflect On The Loss Of Thosed Left Behind in Sri Lanka

    There are no translations available.Download - Listen Meanwhile migrant Tamil communities in Asia and across the world are offering financial assistance and moral support to hundreds of thousands of displaced Sri Lankan Tamils who are being forced to live...
  • India Delivers Another Term to the Congress Party

    There are no translations available.Download - Listen After five weeks of staggered voting and many more of sometimes bitter campaigning, India’s general election results have finally been tallied. The ruling coalition, the United Progressive Alliance ...
  • ASEAN Issues Statement of 'Grave Concern' over Suu Kyi Trial

    There are no translations available.Download - Listen A new trial of Burmese democracy movement leader Aung San Suu Kyi began in the countries capital Rangoon this week. Suu Kyi is accused of violating the terms of her house arrest by allowing an American...
  • Local Efforts to Protect the ‘Cradle of Sea Biodiversity’

    There are no translations available.Download - Listen Last week on Asia Calling we traveled to the Indonesian city of Manado for the first World Ocean Conference. Countries from around the world discussed ways of protecting the regions Coral Triangle, a v...
  • Khmer Hip-Hop

    There are no translations available.Download - ListenHip-hop dancing and rap music is a growing a sensation amongst young people in Cambodia. And the art-form is being used to reach out to some of the countries most vulnerable citizens, the homeless and d...
  • Exhibition Brings to Life the Youthful Spirit of Beichan’s Lost Students

    There are no translations available.Download - Listen More than 5,000 school students died in last years Sichuan earthquake in China.To mark the anniversary of the tragedy, which passed on May 12, one man has collected the diaries and pictures of some of ...
  • Pakistan’s Growing Liberalized Blogging Community

    There are no translations available. Download  - ListenWith the eyes of the world’s media on the battle taking place between the military and local Taliban forces, local bloggers are adding their voice to the debate. Internet was introduced to ...
  • Cambodian Police Try to Understand Islam Better

    There are no translations available. Download  -  Listen The United States says it’s worried that so-called terrorists may take advantage of poor-governance in Cambodia. In a recent report Washington said corruption, poverty and the lax manage...
  • Castaways Canines Turn to Cannibalism As Islanders Defend Move

    There are no translations available. Download  - ListenIt was a scene taken out of the pages of William Golding’s classic novel, Lord of the Flies, although this time the protagonists are not innocent adolescents but dogs. Residents of Pulau Ketam we...