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- India - Japan - Kashmir - South Korea - whaling


Violence breaks out in Kashmir after two-year calm

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In this week's edition: new tensions in Kashmir, with grenade attacks in the city of Srinagar. Meanwhile, the whaling dispute flares up again, after a collision between a Japanese whaling ship and a protest boat. Also in this edition : South Korean scientists make significant progress with the cloning of dogs.

THE WEEK IN ASIA

Programme prepared by Laure Manent et Grégory White.

11/06/2009 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

The campaign in Iran and other Asia news

In this edition: we focus on the trial of Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi; campaigning gets under way for the presidential election in Iran; and peace remains uncertain in Sri Lanka, despite the end of the civil war.
18/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

Pentagon changes its top commander in Afghanistan

In this edition: the top US commander in Afghanistan is dismissed; the Pakistani army's offensive against the Taliban in the Swat valley creates a humanitarian crisis; and Roxana Saberi is freed from prison.
11/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

Indian dancer hopes to swing the elections

In this week's edition: we analyse the situation in Sri Lanka; Indian dancer Mallikha Sarabhai spins into a new political career and it's a happy birthday to Nintendo's GameBoy, which turns 20.
06/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

Kissing banned in Asia to curb flu outbreak

The week in Asia looks into how the continent is responding to influenza A (H1N1). Also in today's show: focus on the Tamil Tigers' chief and his nemesis in Colombo; exploring the environmental threat to Indonesia; and a peculiar festival in China.
26/04/2009 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

Behind the scenes of Pakistan's Islamic courts

In this edition: Iranian president's controversial speech at a UN conference on racism, the war on communication in Sri Lanka and the Swat Valley's Islamic courts as Taliban militants have strengthened their grip on Pakistan's power.

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