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A new poll says security issues with Pakistan, China and the US - coupled with food and energy shortages - pose major concerns for Indians at home. 

Womens' rights have again been challenged in Afghanistan, after parliament blocked debate on a bill eliminating violence against women.

Many people are finding the big wins in the virtual gaming world doesn't translate in the real world.

People have been coming from around the world to the tiny New South Wales town of Wee Waa, where the French band Daft Punk are officially launching their new album.

With violence against women in India in the spotlight, so too is the portrayal of women in Bollywood and how much it may perpetuate a culture of misogyny.

Recently freed from a prison in Nanjing, China, Australian Carl Mather says China's justice system is governed more by political connections than rule of law.

Malaysia's Prime Minister has unveiled a cabinet which observers say is packed with conservatives, with few MPs from the Chinese and Indian communities.

As Cyclone Mahasen bears down on India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, many Rohingya's living in temporary camps after violence last year are refusing to evacuate, saying they don't trust the authorities.

Bangkok-based photographer and author Nic Dunlop will launch his new book in London later today.

The world's second richest man, Bill Gates, is calling on inventors to create a sexier condom.

Australia has announced plans to save $1.9 billion in the federal budget by delaying planned spending to foreign aid.

An estimated 150 Rohingya Muslim refugees may have perished at sea, trying to escape a cyclone.

Stories from West Papua have often focused on the conflict between the Indonesian military and independence fighters.

Philippine voters on Monday chose their representatives for the nation's Congress and local government.

The Australian Government's is again targetting foreign aid spending as it hunts for savings in this year's budget.

To the politics of Pakistan, where former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has started talks to form a new government.

The death toll from the collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh has passed 1,000 and is still climbing making it one of the world's deadliest industrial disasters.

Malaysia's opposition is planning several political gatherings across the country this month, over last Sunday's disputed national elections.

The newly launched Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka hosts a special piece of history that symbolised the democracy movement in Australia in the 1800s.

Lawyers in Haiti are attempting to sue the United Nations for introducing a chlorea epidemic that killed 8,000 people.

Some speakers at a mass rally near Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur may be charged with sedition.

Tributes have been flowing for the retiring Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, who has confirmed that he's stepping down at the end of this season, after more than 26 years in the post.

To Malaysia now where Opposition parties appear headed for a showdown with police tonight, over a planned rally to protest the results of Sunday's national elections.

India's first ever legislation on the right to food is being held up in parliament, with the opposition refusing to debate the bill until the government sacks two ministers for alleged corruption.

Papua New Guinea has moved a step closer to having its own high-speed internet broadband network.

Malaysia's Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he will soon present evidence of electoral fraud in Sunday's bitterly contested polls.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, or the MET as its more commonly known, has announced it's returning two 10th Century Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia.

There were predictions of an upset win by the opposition, but in the end it wasn't to be.

Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, says it is not up to Australia to pass judgement on the fairness of the Malaysian election.

Malaysia's ruling BN coalition has challenged the Opposition to provide proof of election fraud, or accept Sunday's results with good grace.

Despite governmental attempts to control tobacco use, massive public health challenges remain in Asia.

Ben Quilty is Australia's official war artist in Afghanistan, commissioned by the Australian War Memorial and attached to the Australian Defence Force.

The Election Commission has failed to allay some Malaysian NGOs' fears about the integrity of the polling process.

Delegates are gathering for the Asian Football Confederation in Kuala Lumpur, where the man who will succeed the disgraced Mohammed Bin Hammam as president will be chosen.

Can smoking and alcohol stains be fully removed from your teeth? Do mouthwashes that contain alcohol cause cancer? Is tap water better than bottled water for teeth?

Exactly ten years after US President George W Bush declared the mission to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein "accomplished", there are fears senior members of the dicator's Ba'ath Party are dragging the country into civil war.

With four days to go before Malaysia's national elections, regional media watchdog has voiced concern that voters are being denied fair and credible information.

Chid Liberty is one of Liberia's most respected social entrepreneurs who has overcome obstacles to set up Africa's first Fair Trade certified business.

When Malaysians go to the polls on Sunday it will be the first time in the country's history where the winner isn't known in advance.

The owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh has faced angry crowds calling for the death penalty as he made his first court appearance.

Indigenous artwork has long been a celebrated part of the Paris art scene, but a new project launched today in Canberra is set to showcase it on a scale never seen before.

Malaysia's ruling Barisan National coalition says it offers voters stability, security and strong economic management.

Australia's uranium industry is high risk, low return: that's the assessment of a report designed to expose the uranium industry's promise of great economic reward.

The first Indian film to show a couple lock lips is set to enrapture new audiences, 80 years after it was first released.

The first Indian film to show a couple lock lips is set to enrapture new audiences, 80 years after it was first released.

Unemployment in Spain has hit a record high, underscoring the ongoing impact of the Eurzone debt crisis.

A Hong Kong labour rights organisation says an estimated six-million workers in China are suffering from a deadly occupational disease, but receiving no aid.

A territorial row has erupted between New Delhi and Beijing, on the Indian-Sino border.

Cheryl Bart has become the first Australian woman to complete the Explorers Grand Slam.

Malaysia's opposition coalition says all races will benefit from its poverty eradication program, if it gets into government.