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Bangkok on edge during anti-government rally
08:55:58, 25 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Anti-government protesters in Thailand have taken their months-long campaign to a Bangkok airport where the prime minister and cabinet have set up temporary offices.
NZ protesters attempt pie attack on energy chief
08:55:55, 25 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Protestors have stormed a meeting of New Zealand state-owned coal miner, Solid Energy, attempting to throw a cream pie at chief executive, Don Elder.
China arrests 30 over riots in northwest
08:16:25, 21 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Police in north-west China have arrested 30 people involved in a two-day protest that had to be broken up with tear gas after 74 people were injured.
Widespread strikes across Tahiti
14:14:20, 20 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Tahiti is being disrupted by industrial action.
Solomons retailers shut down petrol stations
09:13:06, 18 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Motorists were left stunned in the Solomon Islands' capital yesterday after petrol retailers closed their doors in protest against their fuel profit margins.
PNG landowners, government at loggerheads over carbon trading
09:53:59, 17 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Papua New Guinea landowners have called on the government to understand climate change and carbon trading before it makes any concrete decisions.
FPolynesians rally against pension cuts
09:45:33, 14 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Thousands of public sector workers in French Polynesia have taken to the streets of Papeete at the start of a strike in protest at French plans to cut pensions.
New Caledonia smokers riot over cigaratte shortage
09:45:32, 14 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Police in New Caledonia have used tear gas to break up an angry crowd trying to break into a warehouse containing cigarettes.
Strike diminishes New Caledonia cigarette supply
09:14:36, 12 November 2008, Radio Australia News
A strike of government employees in New Caledonia has resulted in an emergency delivery of cigarettes to the French Pacific territory.
Samoans petition against arrest of minister in US
14:02:17, 11 November 2008, Radio Australia News
An estimated one thousand people have presented a petition to US Embassy staff in Samoa's capital Apia, to protest against the arrest and detention of the country's associate trade minister Joe Keil.
![A North Korean soldier (L) and a South Korean soldier stand guard across their heavily-armed border. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/nkorea_skorea_border_afp_08.jpg "A North Korean soldier (L) and a South Korean soldier stand guard across their heavily-armed border. [AFP]")
![Heads of state at the APEC summit in Lima pose for a photograph in typical Peruvian ponchos. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/apec_rtr_231108.jpg "Heads of state at the APEC summit in Lima pose for a photograph in typical Peruvian ponchos. [Reuters]")
![US President George Bush, pictured here with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is hosting the G20 leaders in Washington with the global financial crisis top of the agenda. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/indo_susilobush_rtr_151108.jpg "US President George Bush, pictured here with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is hosting the G20 leaders in Washington with the global financial crisis top of the agenda. [Reuters]")
![War veterans gather at the Cenotaph in central London for Remembrance Day. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/remembrance_rtr_111108.jpg "War veterans gather at the Cenotaph in central London for Remembrance Day. [Reuters]")
![The Malaysia High Court has ruled that the home minister had acted outside his powers charging Raja Petra Kamaruddin under the ISA. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/malay_kamaruddin_afp_1008.jpg "The Malaysia High Court has ruled that the home minister had acted outside his powers charging Raja Petra Kamaruddin under the ISA. [AFP]")
![President Ma (R) has hosted China envoy Chen Yunlin (L) in Taipei, a Taiwanese leader's highest level face-to-face meeting since 1949. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/taiwan_ma_chen_afp_1108.jpg "President Ma (R) has hosted China envoy Chen Yunlin (L) in Taipei, a Taiwanese leader's highest level face-to-face meeting since 1949. [AFP]")
