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Monday, 18 October 2004>> Thai PM allocates $US24 billion to eradicate poverty Thailand's Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has promised to spend $US24 billion over the next four years to rid the country of poverty and drug dealers. 18/10/2004 08:34:59 | ABC Radio Australia News >> South Korea set to extend troop stay in Iraq: report South Korea's national news agency says the government wants to extend the deployment of thousands of South Korean troops in Iraq. 18/10/2004 08:34:57 | ABC Radio Australia News >> Indonesian leader rules out new IMF deal Indonesia's President-elect, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has ruled out renewing cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 18/10/2004 08:35:01 | ABC Radio Australia News >> Thousands flee as violence erupts in Indonesian island of Sulawesi In Indonesia, paramilitary police reinforcements have been sent to the Polewali Mamasa area of South Sulawesi after an outbreak of violence in the province. 18/10/2004 08:35:04 | ABC Radio Australia News >> Arrests made in China's continuing fake milk scandal Seven people have been detained for producing and selling 60 tons of fake and low-quality milk powder in China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang. 18/10/2004 08:35:03 | ABC Radio Australia News >> Australia's Opposition backs possible defence pact with Jakarta Australia's Opposition Labor Party says it would welcome bi-lateral talks with Indonesia on a new security pact. 18/10/2004 02:48:39 | ABC Radio Australia News >> Chinese peacekeepers head to Haiti Ninety-five Chinese riot police, including 13 women, have left Beijing for the Caribbean nation of Haiti - becoming the first Chinese troops to be deployed to the Western Hemisphere. 18/10/2004 02:48:35 | ABC Radio Australia News >> Thai PM kicks off reelection campaign Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has launched his re-election campaign, vowing to "work harder" and to end poverty in the country if he wins a second term. 18/10/2004 02:48:43 | ABC Radio Australia News >> Australia ponders possible new defence pact with Indonesia Australia's Foreign Minister has raised the prospect of Australia signing a new security pact with Indonesia. 18/10/2004 02:48:38 | ABC Radio Australia News >> South Korean movie makers urged to compete on level playing field South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has criticised the country's screen quotas. 18/10/2004 02:48:42 | ABC Radio Australia News
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