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UN aid to return to Sri Lanka
15:55:56, 1 October 2008, Radio Australia News
Two weeks ago, the Sri Lankan government ordered aid workers out of the strife-torn north of the country.
Nepal PM visits India
21:12:55, 15 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Nepal's new Prime Minister Prachanda will hold talks with his Indian counterpart in New Delhi on issues ranging from trade ties to flood control measures.
Protestors stop UN leaving north Sri Lanka
08:22:20, 15 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations in Sri Lanka says hundreds of protesters are continuing to block UN offices inside rebel-held territory in the north, preventing them from leaving the area.
Australia gives money to flood-affected Indian communities
09:41:52, 12 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia is giving $US800,000 to help the flood-affected communities in India.
Civilian warning as Sri Lanka conflict escalates
10:54:18, 11 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations says tens of thousands of civilians in Sri Lanka risk being trapped by the escalating conflict between Tamil separatists and government forces.
Australian intervention urged in Sri Lanka
16:44:33, 9 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian government has been asked to intervene following an order by the Sri Lankan government for aid workers to leave the country's northern war zone.
Fresh fighting erupts in southern Philippines
21:24:17, 8 September 2008, Radio Australia News
At least six civilians have been killed when Philippine army planes strafed and bombed Muslim rebel positions in the south, a week after a peace deal collapsed.
China rethinks Pacific aid methods
20:54:16, 8 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Duncan Kerr is confident China is willing to change how it presently carries out development assistance in the Pacific.
Taiwanese aid paper looks to change Pacific aid
16:50:38, 8 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Duncan Kerr says a reported shift away from dollar diplomacy in the Pacific by Taiwan is a realisation that it is counterproductive and destabilising.
Red Cross calls for more funds for Philippines
16:09:59, 8 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The Red Cross is appealing for funds to help more than 500,000 Filipinos displaced by fighting between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the southern Philippines.
Australia aid fails to help PNG: report
19:41:17, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian aid has failed to help the Pacific, particularly Papua New Guinea, according to a new report.
Burma aid getting to those in need: UN
19:25:20, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States has warned Burma's military rulers they must cooperate with United Nations mediator Ibrahim Gambari or face increased pressure from the Security Council.
NZ offers more aid to Burma cyclone region
11:08:01, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
New Zealand is to give extra funds to Burma following the devastation caused by cyclone Nargis.
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.
Colombian soldier misused Red Cross symbol in hostage rescue
10:23:16, 17 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Colombia's president Alvaro Uribe has admitted a soldier misused the Red Cross symbol in this month's military rescue of politician Ingrid Betancourt from left-wing FARC rebels.
Body of slain Australian aid worker returns home
09:38:53, 7 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The body of an Australian aid worker shot dead in East Africa arrives in Sydney this morning.
Afghanistan suffers under global food crisis
17:39:12, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News
International relief agency World Vision says the global food crisis is forcing some of the poor in Afghanistan to sell their daughters into early marriages.
UN permitted to expand NKorea food aid
21:09:09, 30 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations World Food Program says it has reached a deal with Pyongyang to rapidly expand aid, and that a United States ship has arrived carrying wheat.
Refugee agency says millions displaced in Asia, MidEast
08:09:20, 18 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says there are more displaced people in the world than ever before with the bulk of them come from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Donor nations begin Afghanistan aid pledges
19:59:23, 12 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, says the US will announce a contribution of $US10 billion for Afghanistan at this week's donors' conference in Paris.
UN helicopters finally allowed into Burma cyclone zone
14:19:18, 10 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Six United Nations helicopters have been allowed to fly deep into Burma's devastated Irrawaddy delta region, delivering desperately needed supplies to hungry and homeless cyclone survivors.
Burma survivors still lacking assistance: Humanitarian groups
22:16:27, 3 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Humanitarian groups now say as many as a million survivors of last month's cyclone in Burma are still without basic assistance.
Japanese military planes could deliver China aid
12:58:41, 29 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Japanese military aircraft could be used to deliver aid to earthquake-struck areas of China.
Food aid for Burma cyclone victims
18:01:20, 28 May 2008, Radio Australia News
The Royal Australian Air Force has delivered two helicopters to the United Nations in Thailand, which will be used to get much needed food aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma.
UN calls emergency meeting on Burma
14:53:31, 15 May 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations' humanitarian chief John Holmes is being sent to Burma to try to persuade the government to allow the free flow of international aid for the cyclone victims.
![Several members of the United National Party, including the provincial chief, were among those killed in the bomb blast which also left 80 people injured. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/lanka_blast_afp_061008.jpg "Several members of the United National Party, including the provincial chief, were among those killed in the bomb blast which also left 80 people injured. [AFP]")
![Leaders of Europe's four biggest economies vow to restore financial stability. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/france_europeleaders_afp_041008.jpg "Leaders of Europe's four biggest economies vow to restore financial stability. [AFP]")
![The warning comes as New York's Dow Jones index fell to a three-year low. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/us_dow_afp_031008.jpg "The warning comes as New York's Dow Jones index fell to a three-year low. [AFP]")
![Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden have clashed in their only televised debate. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/us_palinbiden_rtr_021008.jpg "Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden have clashed in their only televised debate. [Reuters]")
![A woman cries after seeing the body of her son, who was killed in a stampede at the Chamunda temple, inside a fort on the top of a hill near the historic town of Jodhpur. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/india_stampede_rtr_021008.jpg "A woman cries after seeing the body of her son, who was killed in a stampede at the Chamunda temple, inside a fort on the top of a hill near the historic town of Jodhpur. [Reuters]")
![One of the bombs went off at a bus stand while the remaining three exploded in and around a market in quick succession during the evening rush-hour. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/india_blast_afp_011008.jpg "One of the bombs went off at a bus stand while the remaining three exploded in and around a market in quick succession during the evening rush-hour. [AFP]")
