Download  Like in many Asian countries, Afghanistan musicians, actors and sportsmen’s are turning to politics.

Among them is 28-year-old Farida Tarana, a famous singer who is running for a seat in parliament in the September elections.

She won the most votes in the provincial council election for Kabul and now wants to make her way to parliament.

Zubair Babarkahail went with her on the campaign trail and found voters skeptical about the election.

Download  In the holy Islamic fasting month, young Cambodian Muslim leaders are meeting to find ways to preserve their cultural heritage.

In Cambodia, Muslims make up just seven percent of the countries 14 million people.

They are known as Cham people and are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa.

Khortieth Him in Phnom Penh reports.

Download  This year looks set to be a crucial one for Burma.

The military government has announced that the  first elections for 20 years will be held on November the 7th and international attention is likely to be focused on the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

But there is another group working to bring about change in Burma whose methods are less conventional.

Generation Wave is a group of hip-hop-loving, young Burmese, dedicated to overthrowing the military government.

They are boycotting the election and demanding a social revolution.

Banyar Kong Janoi went to meet them in Rangoon.

Download  World travelling is always exciting. But it's hardly possible without money.

But a man in Nepal travelled the world in his bicycle with no money?

Pushkar Shah has been to 151 countries on his bicycle carrying a message of peace.

And this year he also climbed to the top of the world, Mount Everest, too.

Rajan Parajuli has asked him how he made it.

Download  There is a ‘little China’ or Chinatown in most countries across Asia.

But have you heard of a little Middle East in China?

As Beijing opens up to the international market more foreign business people are basing themselves in China and bringing with them their food and culture.

Elise Potaka sent this audio postcard from China’s ‘Little Middle-east’ in Yiwu, a small city in southern China.

Download  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 is booming in urban Malaysia and it is not a good sign.

Our correspondent in Malaysia finds out why.

Download  From the Indian city of Jaipur comes the world’s most widely used prosthesis, the artificial limb.

The ‘Jaipur Foot’ as it’s known is provided free of charge to victims of road accidents, terrorist attacks and land mines.

Jasvinder Sehgal mets the creator and has this report.

Download  In order to watch the World Cup Football matches in Singapore on your own television you need to pay at least 55 US dollars.

Singapore’s two major telecommunications companies, Singtel and Starhub won a joint bid to broadcast the World Cup after much wrangling with football’s governing body FIFA.

It came with a hefy price for football fans.

But as Monica Kotwani found out Singaporeans are finding ways to watch the matches for free.