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![Bangkok was left with a massive cleanup after the army assault on an anti-government protest site earlier this year. [AFP] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201005/r571479_3529808.jpg "Bangkok was left with a massive cleanup after the army assault on an anti-government protest site earlier this year. [AFP] (ABC)")
Thailand lifts state of emergency in six provinces
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:32:00 +1000
Thailand's government has lifted a state of emergency in six provinces but says the special security law would remain in place in 10 others, including Bangkok.
Invesigators find evidence of corruption at Indian games projects
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:09:00 +1000
Indian investigators say they have found evidence of corruption in several construction projects for the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Pakistan probes deadly plane crash
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:13:00 +1000
Emergency workers have found the flight data recorder from the plane that crashed in Pakistan on Wednesday, as investigators try to determine the cause of the country's worst air disaster.
North Korea's leader transfers funds to son
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:11:00 +1000
News reports from South Korea say North Korea's ailing leader, Kim Jong-il, has started transferring his personal wealth to his youngest son and anointed successor.
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![The Carteret Atoll seen from space. Residents of the Papua New Guinea islands are known as the world's first climate change refugees. [NASA Johnson Space Center] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201007/r609314_4015577.jpg "The Carteret Atoll seen from space. Residents of the Papua New Guinea islands are known as the world's first climate change refugees. [NASA Johnson Space Center] (ABC)")
Islanders plead for help as homes sink
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:34:00 +1000
Residents of PNG's sinking Carteret Islands are known as the world's first climate change refugees, and they say the situation is getting desperate.
![The US aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departs Busan, Republic of Korea on July 25, 2010. [AFP] (AFP)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201007/r607360_3989958.jpg "The US aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departs Busan, Republic of Korea on July 25, 2010. [AFP] (AFP)")
Korean gunboat poker
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:43:00 +1000
The ABC's Mark Willacy takes a look at the dangerous game being played out between Pyongyang and Washington.
![Labor leader Julia Gillard and Coalition leader Tony Abbott are vying for victory in the August 21 poll. [ABC/AAP] (ABC/AAP)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201007/r602775_3933511.jpg "Labor leader Julia Gillard and Coalition leader Tony Abbott are vying for victory in the August 21 poll. [ABC/AAP] (ABC/AAP)")
Australia Votes 2010
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:54:00 +1000
Australia will go to the polls on August 21, in an election expected to be dominated by taxation, immigration and the environment.
Can caste discrimination become history?
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:14:00 +1000
Nepal's dalit community has suffered from centuries of caste-discrimination and continuing poverty.
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