http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/default.stmGet the latest BBC News from Asia-Pacific: breaking news, views and analysis plus audio and video from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.en-gbFri, 27 Nov 2009 21:36:40 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reusehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/15http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gifhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/default.stmPlans for a new law on carbon emissions trading in Australia are thrown into chaos by an opposition revolt.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382069.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382069.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 08:33:51 GMTAsia-PacificVanuatu's prime minister is stripped of his post and parliamentary seat because of a basic paperwork error.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382887.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382887.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 13:35:43 GMTAsia-PacificA Beijing court jails Chinese rock star Zang Tianshuo for six years for inciting a riot in which one person died. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382877.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382877.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 13:51:26 GMTAsia-PacificChina executes two men convicted of abducting and selling children, state media reports.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8383116.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8383116.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 15:43:00 GMTAsia-PacificA Philippine mayor whose supporters were killed in a suspected political ambush files his nomination for governor.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382079.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382079.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 06:36:42 GMTAsia-PacificSteeplechase and hurdle racing in Australia's state of Victoria will be banned in 2010, prompted by 20 deaths of horses in two years.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382072.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382072.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 04:32:13 GMTAsia-PacificKhmer Rouge prison chief Duch stuns a UN-backed war crimes tribunal by asking to be released on the final day of his trial.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382118.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382118.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 08:18:39 GMTAsia-PacificUS shares fall on worries over Dubai's debt problems, but European markets recover from earlier falls. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8382103.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8382103.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 19:38:44 GMTBusinessA South Korean man is fined $865 for racially insulting an Indian professor in the first case of its kind in the country.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382087.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382087.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 05:45:44 GMTAsia-PacificThousands of feral camels are wreaking havoc in an Australian town as they search for water in a continuing drought. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8379008.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8379008.stmWed, 25 Nov 2009 15:39:17 GMTAsia-PacificCathay Pacific says its Airbus fleet is being hit by a series of mysterious toilet blockages on Hong Kong flights.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8378078.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8378078.stmWed, 25 Nov 2009 09:30:37 GMTAsia-PacificAustralia take on the West Indies in the first Test match in Brisbanehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2009/11/83955/html/scorecard.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2009/11/83955/html/scorecard.stmWed, 25 Nov 2009 17:46:07 GMTCricketNew Zealand take on Pakistan in Dunedin in the first Test of a three-match series http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2009/11/84098/html/scorecard.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2009/11/84098/html/scorecard.stmTue, 10 Nov 2009 11:48:29 GMTCricketFew happy endings to China's abduction scourgehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8383424.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8383424.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 16:39:53 GMTAsia-PacificThe Philippine massacre tests Arroyo's resolvehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382197.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8382197.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 13:22:10 GMTAsia-PacificMuslims throughout the world celebrate Eid al-Adha http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/in_pictures/8382397.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8382397.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 12:01:04 GMTIn PicturesHas Turnbull bet - and lost - on climate change?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/nickbryant/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/nickbryant/Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:54:14 GMTAsia-PacificDay in the life of a Bangkok soup vendorhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8351408.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8351408.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 00:06:38 GMTAsia-PacificVietnam urges its overseas diaspora to come backhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8373580.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8373580.stmTue, 24 Nov 2009 17:26:29 GMTAsia-PacificThe strong yen is harming Japan's economy, its finance minister says, as the US dollar continues to sink.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8382070.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8382070.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 03:36:15 GMTBusinessHong Kong police try to trace members of a Facebook group which appeared to call for a mass suicide on 21 December.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8380297.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8380297.stmThu, 26 Nov 2009 10:52:41 GMTAsia-PacificChina unveils its first firm target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions, two weeks before the Copenhagen climate summit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8380106.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8380106.stmThu, 26 Nov 2009 13:14:11 GMTAsia-PacificTaiwan's Apple Daily newspaper is fined $15,000 for using lurid moving cartoons to illustrate stories of violence and child abuse. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8380608.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8380608.stmThu, 26 Nov 2009 12:50:49 GMTAsia-PacificInternational scholars are meeting in Vietnam to discuss the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8380609.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8380609.stmThu, 26 Nov 2009 12:13:44 GMTAsia-PacificTwo foreign journalists kidnapped in Somalia by militants in 2008 tell the BBC of their shock and relief at being freed.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8380474.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8380474.stmThu, 26 Nov 2009 11:18:45 GMTAfricaLeading Chinese shares slump 3.6% as uncertainty grips investors ahead of a key government economic meeting.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8380241.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8380241.stmThu, 26 Nov 2009 09:35:53 GMTBusinessJapan's exports fell at their slowest annual rate in a year in October, indicating the country is emerging from recession.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8377900.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8377900.stmWed, 25 Nov 2009 07:29:38 GMTBusinessTwo Brits give their accounts on the devastating earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8284924.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8284924.stmThu, 01 Oct 2009 12:42:36 GMTAsia-PacificFive Japanese voters discuss the issues important to them and whether a change of power will be good for their country. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8223982.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8223982.stmSat, 29 Aug 2009 08:19:12 GMTAsia-PacificPeople from across China discuss the recent unresthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8143107.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8143107.stmFri, 10 Jul 2009 16:12:19 GMTAsia-PacificChina's latest mine accident will remind China's leaders that the nation's collieries remain dangerous workplaces, says Michael Bristow.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8372889.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8372889.stmSun, 22 Nov 2009 11:03:55 GMTAsia-PacificChristine Finn travels to Java in Indonesia to find out more about a long-celebrated ancestor of both humans and chimps.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8370573.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8370573.stmSat, 21 Nov 2009 11:52:00 GMTFrom Our Own CorrespondentNewsnight speaks to a North Korean defector, who says he was an anti-tank battalion commander in North Korea's army for seven years until he fled the country in 2005.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8367395.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8367395.stmFri, 20 Nov 2009 01:19:08 GMTNewsnightAsylum seekers face a cool reception in Japanhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8342898.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8342898.stmWed, 18 Nov 2009 06:40:22 GMTAsia-PacificAs China pledges to invest further in Africa, the BBC's Christian Fraser examines the growing billion-dollar relationship between the two regions.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8350228.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8350228.stmMon, 09 Nov 2009 13:23:02 GMTAfrica