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Politics

Oceania

Australia's tough stance on climate change, and why the Chinese are putting their money on Samoa.

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Adam Giles, Australia's first Aboriginal leader of government
Politics

Africa/Middle East

We turn the spotlight on the flight route from London to Baghdad, the ambitions of Nairobi's new senator, and the latest from Bamako.

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Sartorial senator: Gidion Mbuvi Kioko, Senator of Nairobi
Politics

Asia

South Korea's first female president and her motorcade, why pakistan and Turkey are getting together, and who's the favourite in the Philippines polls.

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Crowd of Pakistani youth waving Pakistani and Turkish flags at a public gathering in an urban street.
Affairs

Defence & diplomacy

The importance of pipelines, crunch time for the US in Afghanistan, and an interview with Pakistan's representative to the UN.

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Defence & diplomacy
Affairs

Africa/Middle East

We find out what's in the wardrobe of the first woman to chair the African Union and how the Lebanese are cracking down on corruption.

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Africa/Middle East
Affairs

Oceania

Australia scales down its military, French Polynesia has a big day ahead, and New Zealanders jump ship.

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Oceania
Affairs

Asia

Cambodia keeps politics in the family, South Korea get equal, and Japan gets green vending machines

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Red Coca-Cola peak shift vending machine with colorful promotional graphics and Japanese text on display.
Affairs

Patriot games

On the Turkish border with Syria, an international Nato force sits quietly awaiting a conflict that may never come. But the heavy-duty weaponry on show says half the battle is about coming prepared.

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Patriot games
Affairs

Europe

The motorcade of Dutch queen Beatrix, Europe's dash for gas and an interview with Hungary's opposition leader, Gordon Bajnai.

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Europe
Affairs

Not quite Finnish

Waves of 20th-century immigrants from Finland have made Thunder Bay the most Finnish city beyond the Baltic. Can the next generation hold on to the sauna spirit?

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Not quite Finnish

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