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Thursday 15 May 2008
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Since the Asian financial crisis and the fall of former President Suharto, Indonesia has re-invented itself as one of the world's largest democracies with a strong economy. And yet poverty is still widespread, with some reports that it's increasing. How can economic policy, in Indonesia and Australia, be used to combat this?
Today is the 60th Anniversary of what the Palestinians call Al-Nakbar - The Palestinian Catastrophe, where in 1948 hundreds of thousands of Palestinians - more than 60 per cent of the total Palestinian population - were expelled from their homes.
A quintessential East Timorese story from former resistance fighter, Naldo Rei. He was a tiny baby when Indonesia invaded and much of his growing up was done in the jungle, amongst the resistance fighters that he would inevitably join. He survived the infamous Santa Cruz massacre, where many of his friends died; he lived overseas as a refugee and then returned to an independent East Timor, seeing his mother again for the first time since he was a young boy.
Wednesday 14 May 2008
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The latest from the United States, in particular what looks like the endgame for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic nomination race.
During a twelve month period between 1940 and 1941, world leaders made ten fateful choices that not only irrevocably changed the world, but set in motion a chain of decisions which can still be felt today.
Tuesday 13 May 2008
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Southeast Asia correspondent Eddin Khoo talks about the failure of ASEAN to influence the Burmese leadership to open the door to cyclone aid. As a member state Burma relies on ASEAN's non-interference clause to avoid the scrutiny of its fellow ASEAN members.
South African Heidi Holland is one of the few journalists able to see into the enigma of Robert Mugabe. After months of persistence, she was granted very rare face-to-face interviews with HIM, as he is known by his staff.
According to Peter Chapman, the United Fruit Company set the precedent for the institutionalised greed of today's multinational companies. The Company had a deep and long-lasting impact in the economic and political development of many Latin American countries.
Monday 12 May 2008
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On the eve of the Rudd government's first Budget, Laura Tingle discusses the politics of the message that will be delivered along with the figures.
This discussion looks at the possible ongoing political and economic effects on Burma following the recent cyclone.
A conversation with the author of a new history of the city of Phnom Penh, who has developed a life-long fascination with the Cambodian capital, observing the city and its inhabitants through the good times and bad of recent history.
Friday 09 May 2008
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The invention of the atomic bomb had a devastating impact on its victims and affected the future of humanity in many ways. On the 50th anniversary of the testing of the world's first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, we reassess those events.
Although the humble zipper did not totally displace the use of buttons and fasteners, it nevertheless proved to be an indispensable part of the design and manufacture of clothing.
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