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Search widens for missing Asian fishermen
03:13:22, 25 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Fiji search and rescue authorities are helping look for 29 Asian fishermen who went missing in Pacific waters at the end of October.
Rich have 'moral duty' to help poor: Yudhoyono
16:22:48, 22 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Indonesia's president says oil-rich states and companies, which reaped unprecedented gains when oil prices skyrocketed, have a moral duty to ease the world's economic crisis.
Don't ignore climate change: Rudd
16:22:48, 22 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has warned leaders at the APEC summit in Peru's capital, Lima, not to ignore climate change because of the current financial crisis.
Indonesia looks inward for economic help
12:26:33, 22 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The Indonesian President says his country will turn to its large domestic market to maintain economic growth in the face of an expected slowdown.
Financial crisis to dominate APEC meeting
09:57:25, 22 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian Prime Minister will use the APEC leaders meeting in Peru to argue for better regulation of the world's financial system and against a retreat to protectionism.
APEC delegates seek resolution of Doha round
22:02:20, 21 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia has joined the United States in a plan aimed at eliminating tariffs on all trade products in the Asia-Pacific region.
Cluster bomb pact fails
17:11:28, 15 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Big producers or users of cluster bombs, including the United States, China and Russia, have failed to win backing for a pact that would phase out some types of the munitions.
UN AIDS chief warns against funding cuts
11:35:59, 13 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations' AIDS agency says millions of people suffering from HIV/AIDS will die if major donors battling the global financial crisis cut funding even for six months.
Asian markets buoyed by China's big spending plans
10:58:54, 11 November 2008, Radio Australia News
China's almost $US600 billion stimulus package has helped support Asia's stock markets.
![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]")
