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No further trade barriers: APEC
08:07:49, 25 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The 21 APEC leaders have ended their summit in Peru with a final declaration that says they will take all necessary economic and financial measures to respond to the global crisis.
APEC leaders statement an echo of past
13:20:37, 23 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Leaders from Asia and the Americas have pledged to push global trade talks and to reform global lending institutions in an effort to keep the world from sliding into a deep recession.
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.
Opposition urges Australian PM to drop Asia-Pacific community plans
22:20:42, 19 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's opposition says the prime minister, Kevin Rudd, should drop his plan for an Asia-Pacific Community.
World's poorest nations meet in Cambodia
22:20:42, 19 November 2008, Radio Australia News
As trade officials from the 21 APEC nations gather for their high profile meeting in Peru, their counterparts from the world's poorest countries are doing the same in Cambodia.
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.
Reforms to stop another financial crisis: G20
09:53:58, 17 November 2008, Radio Australia News
World leaders have pledged rapid action to rescue a weakening global economy from the worst financial crisis in over 70 years and agreed to give emerging nations more say in running financial affairs.
World leaders pledge financial action
19:22:54, 15 November 2008, Radio Australia News
World leaders grappling with the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s have pledged to deliver a concrete plan to ward off recession and prevent future meltdowns.
G20 leaders gather to fix financial crisis
17:11:29, 15 November 2008, Radio Australia News
A dinner at the White House has marked the start of the global financial summit.
Yudhoyono calls on G20 to help poor nations
14:49:04, 15 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for the establishment of a special fund to help developing nations avoid the worst effects of the global financial turmoil.
Australian Senate quashes leaked phone call inquiry
17:58:58, 13 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian Senate has rejected a proposed inquiry into a leaked phone conversation between the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the US president.
![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]")
