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A breakaway group from Burma's pro-democracy party the National League for Democracy (NLD) has been registered to run in elections due later this year.
The National Democratic Force's decision to run in the controversial elections has put it at odds with other supporters of the NLD.
Traditional pro-democracy leaders, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, refused to register the NLD for the poll.
As a result, the party was disbanded by the military authorities.
Banyar Kong Janoi in Rangoon hears the arg...
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Putting an end to a ‘judicial mafia’ in Indonesia was President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s main promise in his first 100 days in office.
This mafia he said includes those involved in bribery, blackmail, the fixing of lawsuits and the intimidation of witnesses.
A presidental taskforce has been formed which has the right to monitor ongoing criminal investigations while a hotline has been set up where people are encouraged to report abuse.
But as Esther De Jong in Jakarta found out – anti-co...
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India has been largely successful in crushing the two-decade long armed revolt against its rule in the disputed Kashmir region.
Authorities say only a few hundred militants are now left in th...
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For a long while Kim Hyun Hee's life was on hold and she certainly wasn't travelling anywhere.
She was the North Korean spy condemned to death for blowing up a commercial airliner and killing...
Download Pakistani immigration officials say the Australian Government's six month freeze on processing new applications from Afghan asylum seekers has had no effect on the number of Afghans trying t...
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Take a drive around any residential enclave that surrounds the capital Kuala Lumpur and one thing becomes clear.
The men in florescent green vests outnumber the men in blue.
Private security i...
Download Singapore's government keeps a tight grip on many things.
Multi-culturalism and religious tolerance are two of them.
The city-state is so tiny that harmony between the three ethnic groups is e...
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Like many cities across Asia, Beijing is undergoing massive changes.
Now, skyscrapers and large avenues are replacing the network of tiny alleys and single-floor courtyard houses which are of...
Burma election campaign not free and fair: Although there is still no date for the election, politically campaigning has begun across Burma. There are 37 other new political parties and five existing groups that have registered to contest in the poll that is expected to be held later this year. They include Pro-military, pro-democracy and ethnic parties. As Banyar Kong Janoi reports from Rangoon is not a free and fair campaign. Cham Muslims disappointment at Duch verdict: Cham Muslims in Cambodia are outraged at the verdict of former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch. He was found guilty of crimes against humanity and responsible for the execution of about 15,000 people but could be free in nineteen years. The minority Muslim community in Cambodia along with Buddhist monks were specially targeted by the avowedly atheist Khmer Rouge. Khoritieth Him has their reaction.
These stories and much more this week on Asia Calling: Your Window on Asia
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