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Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-09-02T16:22:51+11:00 2008-09-02T16:22:51+11:00 The Asian Development Bank or ADB has approved a $US1.5 million technical assistance project covering three Pacific countries.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2353253.htm2008-09-02T16:22:51+11:00The United States will give its first donation to Cambodia's cash-strapped Khmer Rouge genocide trial as soon as the UN-backed court resolves corruption allegations.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2346425.htm2008-08-26T14:43:20+11:00The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has signed the first of a series of development agreements with Pacific Island nations.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2341118.htm2008-08-20T16:02:15+11:00The Red Cross has started moving aid into the southern Philippines in a major relief effort after government forces expelled Muslim insurgents who had stormed the area.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2336795.htm2008-08-15T17:49:49+11:00The International Rescue Committee, which has worked in Afghanistan for 25 years, is suspending relief work indefinitely after three of its female aid workers and their Afghan driver were shot dead by Taliban insurgents.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2335848.htm2008-08-14T21:10:57+11:00The United Nations has appealed for the protection of aid workers in Afghanistan after the killing of three female western aid workers and their driver.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2335084.htm2008-08-14T14:58:51+11:00The Red Cross says it is sending rations to feed 80,000 people who have been displaced in the southern Philippines in the conflict between Muslim insurgents and the military.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2336215.htm2008-08-15T15:20:31+11:00Australian officials say plans to place advisors in Papua New Guinea's Autonomous Bougainville region has been agreed to by both governments.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2334284.htm2008-08-13T16:18:06+11:00Australia is to give Indonesia around $US2.21 billion dollars in aid over the next five years.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2331683.htm2008-08-11T18:20:57+11:00Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Australia and South Korea will begin formal discussions on a free trade agreement in Canberra next month.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2331682.htm2008-08-11T18:20:57+11:00The Australian government has appointed John Dauth to be the country's next high commissioner to the United Kingdom.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2326342.htm2008-08-06T18:09:29+11:00The new UN Human Rights rapporteur for Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, will conduct his first mission next week after getting the go-ahead from the military junta.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2321120.htm2008-08-01T09:18:55+11:00A major report on the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur says the world has failed to deliver even the most basic support.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2320992.htm2008-08-01T07:59:33+11:00Australia has signed a new development aid agreement with Nauru.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2320797.htm2008-07-31T22:32:50+11:00The 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.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2315066.htm2008-07-25T21:13:20+11:00The Australian Government will spend $US33 million rebuilding key bridges that were destroyed by a cyclone in Papua New Guinea last year.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2314822.htm2008-07-25T19:25:19+11:00The American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, is in the Western Australian captial, Perth.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2313883.htm2008-07-25T14:21:19+11:00Australia and New Zealand have offered to train trade negotiators who would act on behalf of Pacific island nations under the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2314147.htm2008-07-25T14:21:18+11:00The United States secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, is due to arrive in Australia late Thursday.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2312808.htm2008-07-24T17:42:09+11:00Indonesia's trade minister says developing countries are waiting to see how much Washington is willing to cut its farm subsidies before adjusting their stances in key negotiations this week.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2310629.htm2008-07-22T11:03:58+11:00Japan has announced a loan to Indonesia of $US300 million in the first batch of aid under Tokyo's new initiative on fighting climate change.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2299584.htm2008-07-10T09:43:15+11:00The big South Korean steel-maker POSCO says it's been given the official go-ahead to develop five nickel mines in New Caledonia.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2297900.htm2008-07-08T16:48:11+11:00South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak has sacked three cabinet ministers in the wake of mass protests against US beef imports which have shaken his government.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2296976.htm2008-07-07T19:12:52+11:00Japan says it will give an extra $US50 million in aid to developing countries over the next three months, to help them cope with soaring global food prices.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2294839.htm2008-07-04T21:16:16+11:00The Cook Islands government says there has been a delay in the signing of a $US9.88 million Chinese loan.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2294836.htm2008-07-04T14:52:53+11:00