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Even though the polls are over election related violence is on the rise, with killings, intimidation and repression of free speech.
Opposition political parties took to the streets to protest the election results and the clamp down on political opponents.
Our Ponniah Manikavasagam in Colombo reports on the aftermath of the presidential election.
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The United Nations must review its support for Cambodia's drug detention centers.
That’s the demand coming from the US based lobby group Human Rights Watch.
The group claims people are being held in the centers against their will, where they are subjected to torture, rape and humiliation.
The Cambodian authorities have denied the accusations and say they are saving people lives at the centers....
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Over a third of people in China believe HIV/AIDS carriers deserve the virus because of their immoral behavior.
That’s according to a survey carried out in 6 major cities of China by UNAIDS.
To eliminate this kind of...
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The Indonesian capital Jakarta has seen allot of mass demonstrations of late.
Recently hundreds of thousands took to the streets to mark President Suslio Bambang Yudhoyono’s 100th day in office.
Residents of the meg...
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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has pleaded not guilty at the start of his long-delayed sodomy trial.
Prosecutors say he sodomised a male aide, and they claim that traces of Mr Anwar's DNA were found in m...
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There has been a rise in the number of infant kidnappings in Indonesia.
Many of these babies are taken from hospitals and health centres, some of them only hours after birth.
According to experts, these babies are k...
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In last week’s program we heard how one of the largest freshwater lakes in South-East Asia is dying.
It can no longer stand the abuse, exploitation and neglect imposed on it by humans.
To turn things around young pe...
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Last week on Asia Calling, we heard about a popular tourist town in south-west China called Shangri-la.
Its evocative name, and its beautiful landscape on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, have been attracting more ...
