POPULAR NEWS
Harsh winter prompts concerns about food security in North Korea
UN food agencies say they’re worried about food security in North Korea because of a particularly harsh winter.Officials say they’ve sent a mission to...
Calls to decriminalise homosexuality in Asia Pacific
Retired Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby has called on Asian and Pacific nations to decriminalise homosexuality.
Mr Kirby told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific program that...
AUSTRALIA
Rudd to head East Timor asylum processing centre talks
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Kevin Rudd will lead negotiations on setting up an...
Australian rental housing under the spotlight
The lack of affordable rental housing in Australia, and possible solutions, will be discussed at...
Australia accused of climate hypocrisy
Environment groups say the Australian government is taking a hypocritical position on forestry to the...
WORLD
Bougainville clampdown on ‘Earhart wreck’
Residents of Bougainville island say no one will be allowed to travel to...
World Bank to provide emergency food supplies to Kiribati
The World Bank is providing 62,000 residents of Kiribati's outer islands with emergency food supplies.
A...
POLITICS
Real or unreal: $345,000 study on Vanuatu languages
A world-first study is about to begin into an intriguing feature of the languages used by Vanuatu's indigenous populations.
While other languages indicate whether an...
Fears for female political candidates in Sri Lanka
One of the largest groups representing women in Sri Lanka says many female candidates are being intimidated and threatened ahead of next month's local...
Another rooftop protest in Australian detention centre
The Australian Immigration Department has confirmed a detainee is protesting on the roof of the Darwin detention centre.
Rohingyan man, Habib Rahman says he was...
Fiji considers switching Radio Australia back on
Fiji's coup-installed military government has suggested it is looking at allowing Radio Australia to broadcast there again.
Power to the two transmitters, one in Nadi...
Fiji retirees threaten to sue PM over pension cuts
Disgruntled retirees in Fiji have threatened to sue the interim Prime Minister and National Provident Fund board members if controversial pension cuts go ahead...
UN
Suu Kyi to address UN assembly
Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has accepted an invitation from United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki Moon to speak to the UN General...
Sri Lanka promise on resettling refugees
Sri Lanka says it intends to have tens of thousands of civilians who were displaced in the recent war resettled within six months.
The government...
LATEST ARTICLES
Suu Kyi to address UN assembly
Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has accepted an invitation from United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki Moon to speak to the UN General Assembly in New York.
A date has yet to be fixed.
The...
No tsunami alerts after two Indonesian quakes
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck eastern Indonesia has struck off Irian Jaya.
Tthe United States Geological Survey says the quake was recorded offshore, 83km south-southeast of the town of Manokwari, at a...
Fijian expatriates rally against military regime
About 50 people are protesting outside the Fijian High Commission in Australia's capital Canberra over what they claim are deteriorating human rights in the country.
Members of the Australian-based Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement have...
Pacific nation woos Lady Gaga
The small Pacific nation of Niue is attempting to attract international pop star Lady Gaga to perform there by promising her the entire country would attend her concert.
Niue's Tourism Manager, Hayden Porter, sent her...
NZ anger over leaked Stratfor assessment
The head of the New Zealand First Party says the leaking of emails contemptuous of NZ's role in global diplomacy shows the country has not invested enough in its international presence.
WikiLeaks has made public...
ETimor child malnutrition among highest in the world
East Timor is the world's third worst place for stunted growth in children, says a new report from the charity Save the Children.
The study shows 54 per cent of children under five in the...
Calls to decriminalise homosexuality in Asia Pacific
Retired Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby has called on Asian and Pacific nations to decriminalise homosexuality.
Mr Kirby told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific program that in 41 of 54 Commonwealth nations, laws against homosexuals are...
Fiji Labour denounces new immunity for ministers decree
Fiji's Labour Party has denounced a new decree from the interim government providing ministers immunity from prosecution over anything they say.
The military regime says the decree merely extends parliamentary privilege and will help the...
New bushfire starts in Australia’s south-east
Firefighters are battling a new blaze that has broken out in a pine plantation near the fire disaster zone at Mansfield, in the state of Victoria, in Australia's south-east, five days after the bushfires...
Fiji considers switching Radio Australia back on
Fiji's coup-installed military government has suggested it is looking at allowing Radio Australia to broadcast there again.
Power to the two transmitters, one in Nadi and the other in Suva, was switched off by the...