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Syria's President Bashar al Assad faces international condemnation over the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the town of Houla - a rebel stronghold in the country's west.

Australia says it is looking at increasing sanctions against the Syrian government.

The American-led NATO alliance is disputing a report that a coalition airstrike killed an Afghan family over the weekend.

Nepal's prime minister has called fresh elections after efforts to form a new constitution failed.

After six acrimonious years, Cambodia's two royalist parties, Funcinpec and the Norodom Rannariddh Party, have decided to merge.

Australia's recent prosperity has been built on the back of China's growth.

Tensions have heightened between China and the Philippines, after Beijing sent more ships to a disputed island in the South China Sea, where there has been a two-month stand-off between the two nations.

The revenue that has flowed from Australia's decade-long mining boom has delivered an unprecedented bounty to the government .

In East Timor, where youth unemployment is a major problem, the role of sport - and particularly football is seen as increasingly important.

Australia's Immigration Minister Chris Bowen announced on Friday a new skilled migration plan that would allow mining magnate Gina Rinehart to import up to 1,700 foreign workers for her Roy Hill mine.

Singapore's ruling party has lost a by-election in the Hougang district by a landslide, in what's being seen as a referendum on recent reforms introduced in the island-nation. 

As the eurozone debt crisis continues to rattle the global economy, young Europeans are leaving and coming to Australia to study and work.

Can a waterfront crackdown halt Australia's contraband problem?The Australian government is announcing a major reform to the country's ports and docks.

Is the Cambodian government afraid of land rights claims? One of Cambodia's best known and most colourful social activists has been detained.

The Malaysian government is suing the leaders of the country's movement for free and fair elections for damage incurred during a recent mass rally that turned violent.

Do foreigners in Beijing have cause to feel nervous? In Beijing, many foreign residents are feeling somewhat uneasy.

If you've ever battled traffic chaos in New Delhi you'll know just how its residents feel.

Cambodia's military are being forced to defend their conduct after the killing of a high profile environment activist.

As a very poor country, Cambodia is forced into a trade off between economic development and the conservation of its natural resources.

Japanese rice-growers devastated by last year's tsunami have found an unlikely new base in North Queensland where they recently celebrated the harvesting of their first crop.