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Australia, NZ conclude ASEAN free trade deal
18:17:58, 29 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia and New Zealand have concluded a Free Trade Agreement claimed to be the most comprehensive of its type with the 10 country members of the Association of South East Asian Nations.
Calls for stronger child protection laws in South Asia
11:03:19, 29 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The international watchdog for the protection of children wants laws strengthened in South Asia to stop the trafficking of children.
ASEAN makes trade deals with India, Australia, NZ
20:37:22, 28 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia has hailed its new Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand and ASEAN, saying it's one of the most comprehensive and significant deals for world trade that Australia has agreed to.
ASEAN reaches India free-trade deal
13:25:36, 28 August 2008, Radio Australia News
ASEAN nations have reach a deal for free trade in goods with India, the bloc's seventh-largest trading partner.
ADB warns of Pacific poverty risk from food, fuel prices
04:20:34, 28 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The Asian Development Bank is moving to help Pacific countries cushion the impact of soaring global fuel and food prices.
Weak global economy leads to ASEAN slowdown
09:40:47, 27 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Singapore's trade minister says members of ASEAN face an economic slowdown this year due to a weakening global economy.
Asia must spend more on health: Unicef
13:42:00, 12 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A new United Nations report on infant and child mortality has some blunt messages for governments in the Asia Pacific.
ASEAN to sign free trade pact with India
12:14:18, 9 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The 10 member Association of Southeast Asian nations will sign a free trade pact with India in December on the sidelines of a regional summit in Bangkok.
Asia may establish regional oil stockpile
07:51:06, 6 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Senior officials from 13 Asian nations have agreed to draw up a roadmap to create a regional oil stockpile over the next two years.
Asia's primates being driven to extinction
00:32:43, 6 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Humanity's closest cousins - gorillas, orangutans and other primates - are dying out at an unprecedented rate, with some being eaten to extinction.
The SAARC summit concentrates on local terrorism
09:19:26, 3 August 2008, Radio Australia News
South Asian leaders have opened a summit in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo demanding strong action to stop terrorism.
SAARC leaders gathering in Colombo
12:14:36, 2 August 2008, Radio Australia News
South Asian leaders are gathering in Sri Lanka for he South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit.
South Asian leaders discuss food security
09:18:55, 1 August 2008, Radio Australia News
South Asian foreign ministers have discussed details of a plan to fight hunger in the region, including building a common food grains reserve.
Disappointment at collapse of world trade talks
22:32:14, 30 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia and New Zealand have joined other regional trading nations in expressing dismay at the collapse of world trade talks.
WTO talks collapse in Geneva
14:34:53, 30 July 2008, Radio Australia News
After nine days of talks to salvage the Doha global trade pact, the high level summit's broken down - after the United States, China and India failed to compromise on farm import rules.
UN says AIDS pandemic has stabilised
10:45:19, 30 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The annual United Nations report on the AIDS epidemic says the number of newly infected people has fallen from 3 million in 2000 to 2.7 million last year.
IMF warns of economic pain
14:43:11, 29 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The International Monetary Fund says the global credit crisis shows no signs of easing.
Trade talks threatened over farming tariffs
09:02:36, 28 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A disagreement between over protectionist measures to save farmers from imports is threatening World Trade Organisation talks in Geneva.
Australian government approves $US6m in aid projects
21:13:20, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian government has approved more than $US6 million for international aid projects to help those who have fled war, persecution or political strife in their homelands.
ASEAN forum endorses disaster relief exercise
22:13:18, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Asia's top security forum has endorsed an American proposal for a region-wide disaster relief exercise.
US backs ASEAN Burma statement on rights
12:08:39, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged Southeast Asian nations to put more pressure on Burma's junta to improve human rights and adopt democratic reforms.
ASEAN to test readiness on bird flu pandemic
08:06:09, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Bird flu experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to assess the ability of their governments to respond to a deadly human pandemic of the virus.
Indonesia calls for ASEAN food security meet
15:57:24, 23 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Indonesia has called on the United Nations to organise a high level meeting on food security.
Asia-Pacific nations discuss emergency rice stocks
08:43:09, 23 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations have met their counterparts from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand to discuss regional security issues, including food security for the region.
Rebuilding of Burma to cost a billion dollars
08:18:22, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations and ASEAN say it will cost one billion US dollars over the next three years to rebuild Burma's cyclone-devastated south.
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