August 2009

China aims for homegrown jumbo

Updated 31/08/2009 11:32:11

China is already putting together aircraft parts for the big names in aviation, and now the Chinese, have set a date for putting themselves alongside the likes of Airbus and Boeing, Rolls Royce and General Electric.

Australian ship found with NKorean weapons aboard

Updated 31/08/2009 11:32:11

Australia has admitted that weapons, including rocket propelled grenades being transported from North Korea, have been found on an Australian-owned ship bound for Iran.

Former UN envoy looks back at East Timor vote

Updated 31/08/2009 11:32:11

East Timor's referendum in 1999 was conducted by the United Nations and at the time, Ian Martin was the UN Special Representative.

Timor President's call for forgiveness hard for survivors

Updated 31/08/2009 11:32:11

Tens of thousands of East Timorese have turned out to sing, dance and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the vote to separate from Indonesia.

Australia embarks on India fence-mending mission

Updated 31/08/2009 11:32:12

Three Australian government ministers are heading to India, as Canberra steps up efforts to bolster the bi-lateral relationship.

The foreign policy implications of Japan's election result

Updated 31/08/2009 11:32:12

Japan's victorious opposition expresses intent to forge more independent foreign policy. Radio Australia discusses the implications for US-Japan alliance, and other regional relations.

Landslide sweeps away Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

Updated 31/08/2009 11:32:12

Japan's once invincible Liberal Democratic Party has been swept away in a landslide defeat in the country's national elections.

Australia to apologise for child abuse in government homes

Updated 31/08/2009 11:32:11

Men and women who suffered abuse as children while they were in State care, have expressed relief that the Australian Government plans to say sorry to them.

Peacekeepers to phase out of East Timor: UN envoy

Updated 31/08/2009 11:32:11

The current head of the UN mission in East Timor, Atul Khare, says he'd like to see a gradual, phased wind-down of the peacekeeping operation in the country, starting early next year.

Regional policy shifts loom if Japan changes gov't

Updated 28/08/2009 11:59:19

The Japanese lower-house election is expected to bring a "political tsunami" that will wipe out the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Poetic expression of independent Timor

Updated 28/08/2009 11:59:19

East Timor's first decade as an independent nation has not been easy, people are beginning to tell their stories, mainly through poetry.

Peacekeeping troops prepare to pull out of East Timor

Updated 28/08/2009 11:59:20

The United Nations is preparing for a gradual withdrawal from East Timor early next year and expects Australia will begin to reduce its troop numbers at the same time.

A reporter's view of East Timor then and now

Updated 28/08/2009 11:59:20

Journalist Otelio Ote covered East Timor's referendum a decade ago and has continued to report on the progress of the nation since independence.

A look back to East Timor's independence referendum

Updated 28/08/2009 11:59:20

This weekend East Timor marks the 10th anniversary of its United Nations-supervised vote for independence, which came after 24 years of Indonesian occupation.

Japanese poised for historic change of government

Updated 28/08/2009 11:59:20

Japan will hold elections on Sunday which are tipped to see the dominant ruling party overthrown, after five decades of almost unbroken control.

The opposition Democratic Party of Japan is expected to inflict a devastating blow on the once-mighty Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Taro Aso.