Full Coverage: South East Asia

31.08.2006 From caste discrimination to forced disappearances and torture, participants at a conference on human rights in Asia detail the abuses faced in 12 Asian nations.

29.08.2006 Children from nearly 70 countries are meeting in Malaysia this week to discuss ways to protect the world's forests, as part of a conference sponsored by the United Nations Environmental Programme.

25.08.2006 from GNN blogs:
" 'The worst oil spill to hit the Philippines’. i hope it makes you think twice on cruisin the ghetto with that SUV," says 'apunk' blogger. The images are shocking.

24.08.2006 DHAKA, Aug 23 (Reuters): Bangladesh on Wednesday sought international assistance, including from the United States, to help find a new home for thousands of refugees from Myanmar, saying it couldn't afford to keep them any longer. Some 21,000 Rohingya Muslims from mainly Buddhist Myanmar have been living in two camps in Cox's Bazar district, 450 km (280 miles) southeast of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka for more than a decade.

22.08.2006 Recent spills off the coasts of the Philippines, India, and Lebanon are impacting ecosystems already stressed from over-fishing, toxic pollution, and climate change. Greenpeace reports.

18.08.2006 While a major international conference on HIV/AIDS opened Sunday in Canada with a message to help those affected by the disease, on this side of the globe, in Burma, the ruling military regime moved to arrest sufferers and campaigners.

17.08.2006 With violence increasing in recent months in Timor-Leste, some observers are calling for a UN peacekeeping effort there. UN discussions and investigations are crucial not only for determining the fate of Timor-Leste, but also the future of UN efforts at nation building, says Arnold Kohen.

16.08.2006 Tensions are mounting in the Philippines' political sphere, with more than 200 citizens filing another impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The complaint marks the eighth this month.

15.08.2006 BANGKOK, Aug 15 (IPS) - While a major international conference on HIV/AIDS opened Sunday in Canada with a message to help those affected by the disease, on this side of the globe, in Burma, the ruling military regime moved to arrest sufferers and campaigners.

08.08.2006 from The Energy Blog:
The exploitable geothermal resource potential of Indonesia has been conservatively estimated at 20,000 MW. The new Sarulla project will begin tapping in to this underground heat bounty.

04.08.2006 BANGKOK, Aug 4 (IPS) - Having succeeded in producing cheap generic drugs to help people with HIV/AIDS enjoy longer lives, Thailand is now ready with generics capable of helping its citizens fight the potential onslaught of another deadly virus -- bird flu.

03.08.2006 Two indigenous populations saw much of their ancestral land given away as part of a 1996 peace agreement between the government of the Philippines and a separatist faction. An international petition is supporting their cause as new negotiations threaten to further increase the price they have to pay for the peace of others.