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Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter barred from Zimbabwe
08:24:58, 23 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The Zimbabwe government has prevented former UN chief Kofi Annan and past US President Jimmy Carter from entering the country.
Japan, Australia hold talks on whaling
17:58:07, 20 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Japan and Australia say they will pursue diplomatic channels to resolve their long running dispute over whaling.
APEC forum to progress on G20 outcome: Australia
18:50:07, 18 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's foreign affairs minister, Stephen Smith, says this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation meeting in Peru will build substantially on the weekend's G20 meeting.
Australia, China seek quicker FTA resolution
18:21:35, 17 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, says he and China's president, Hu Jintao, have agreed to accelerate the approval of the Australia-China free trade agreement.
New Palau president to resume relations with Taiwan
14:21:18, 17 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Palau's President-elect, Johnson Toribiong, says he will continue Palau's diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
US-Indo partnership possible: Yudhoyono
17:11:28, 15 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for a strategic partnership with the United States.
China blames Tibet envoys as talks collapse
08:09:47, 11 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The Chinese Government has announced that talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives have failed.
Disgraced Thai PM drops asylum bid
08:09:47, 11 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose British visa was revoked last week, says he'll leave China for an undisclosed location and has vowed to fight back against his political enemies.
Historic Pacific Islander representation in NZ election
08:09:47, 11 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Pacific Islander MPs say the highest number of Pacific Islander representatives voted into New Zealand's Parliament in the general election highlights a growing trend in the country.
![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]")
![The new king of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, receives gifts from well-wishers moments after his coronation. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/bhutan_king_afp_1108.jpg "The new king of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, receives gifts from well-wishers moments after his coronation. [AFP]")
!["Because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America," says President-Elect Barack Obama. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/us_obama_rtr_051108.jpg "\"Because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America,\" says President-Elect Barack Obama. [Reuters]")
