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Malaysia goes to the polls this Sunday in what looks to be the most tightly fought election campaign in the country's history.

The Australian government has just delivered a new white paper on defence.

Reporters Without Borders, the group founded in France that grew into an international organisation campaigning for press freedom around the world still has plenty of work to do it seems.

Child rights experts are meeting in Canberra to discuss one of the biggest concerns in developing countries - a dramatic increase in youth populations.

Manufacturers of labour intensive products are moving parts of their operations from China to other Asian countries where labour and other related costs are lower.

Business, unions and other special interest groups used to hire Canberra lobbyists and make donations to political parties to try and influence government policy.

Indonesian police say they have foiled a planned terrorist attack on Myanmar's embassy in Jakarta.

Many people spend more of their waking hours at work than they do at home, so it's no wonder that their colleagues get on their nerves now and then.

Pope Francis has labelled the working conditions of the victims of the Bangladesh factory collapse as slave labour.

Mass protests have shut down the centre of Jakarta.

South Korean has been accused of engaging in economic espionage against Australia.

Police in the US have charged three more suspects in connection with the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

After six years in jail and two trials, Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim is as close as he's even been to leading his country.

The Defence Minister, Stephen Smith will launch the Australian government's new defence white paper in Canberra tomorrow.

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.

East Timor's dream of becoming a significant player in the oil and gas processing industry has taken some steps forward.

There's been a spate of child rapes in India over the past few months and one victim, Madhya Pradesh, has just died.

It's a species that has an unusual reproduction strategy and a taste for the flesh of its siblings.

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed a young Australian man is on trial for terrorism-related offences in Saudi Arabia.