Southeast Asia
 | Voice of America (blog) - Survivors of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime have held a remembrance ceremony a day before a United Nations-backed tribunal tries three accused architects of some of the 20th century's worst atrocities. |
 | Philippine Star - Gloria Arroyo's lawyers are all over the media, decrying the rapidness of her hospital arrest last Friday. Allegedly a “P-Noy Express,” referring to Noynoy Aquino's presidential powers, had railroaded events to thwart Arroyo's flight from Manila. |
 | eTurboNews - On Thursday, November 17, leaders of the 10 Association of Southeast Nations signed the Bali Concord III accord, the road map outlining strategies to strengthen the ASEAN community's three pillars in security, the economy, and in the social-cultural ... |
 | TODAYonline - by Agencies BANGKOK - Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that he is ready to "sacrifice my personal happiness" as the government prepares an annual royal pardon coinciding with King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday on Dec 5. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Jerry E. Esplanada FRIENDLY VISIT South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, center, is escorted by Philippine Air Force Major General Lorenzo Sanchez as they review the troops upon Lee's arrival Sunday Nov. 20, 2011, at Manila's International Airport. |
 | Bernama - KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the criteria for Barisan Nasional's (BN) "winnable candidates" are those who are accepted by the new generation - the decisive factor in the next general election. |
 | Malaysia Star - JOHOR BARU: A study is being done on the feasibility of constructing an undersea tunnel to link Singapore and Malaysia. Iskandar Regional Development Authority chief executive officer Ismail Ibrahim said the tunnel was likely to be about 1km long, ... |
 | Scotsman - Thailand's government has said the death toll from the worst flooding in more than half a century has reached 602. The floods began in late July, fed by heavy monsoon rains and tropical storms. |
 | Straits Times - By Jessica Lim & Elizabeth Soh Police have arrested two men for buying $500000 worth of NTUC FairPrice vouchers with a cheque that bounced. |
 | Jakarta Post - The United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has expressed intentions to grant US$600 million to support Indonesia in its efforts to increase household income and sustain economic growth through reduced energy costs, increased productivity ... |
 | AsiaOne - The People's Action Party has told the leaders to regularly remind its youth members on appropriate social media behaviour. The Straits Times reported that the PAP sent an email to its MPs and branch secretaries of its 87 ground branches stressing that ... |
 | Heritage.org (blog) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R), beside Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto del Rosario (L), signs a declaration marking the 60 years since the United States signed a security treaty with the Philippines on board the USS Fitzgerald, ... |
 | New Straits Times - A traditional Iban dance being performed by the students of Sekolah Seni Kuching, Sarawak during the Hari Unesco Malaysia celebrations at the Central Market, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. |
 | New Straits Times - Police have not ruled out the possibility of calling up Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil to assist in investigations into the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) issue. |
 | Malaysia Star - GEORGE TOWN: Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon is not stepping down as Gerakan president because he is still needed to handle party affairs and ensure continuity. |
 | Thai News Agency MCOT - BANGKOK, Nov 20 - Floodwaters in Pathum Thani, adjacent to the capital of Bangkok have dropped slightly after authorities agreed to widen three sluice gates as requested by Pathum Thani residents during yesterday's negotiation. |
 | Economic Times - SINGAPORE: The global economy may slow down severely due to the debt crisis in Europe, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has warned. |
World
 | The Sun - By STAFF REPORTER SPAIN'S ruling socialist party suffered a crushing general election defeat tonight as voters punished it over unemployment and the economic crisis. |
 | National Post - CAIRO - Police backed by the army used batons and teargas on Sunday to charge protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square demanding Egypt's ruling generals swiftly hand power to civilians, in some of the worst violence since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - The senior official of the town whose brigades captured Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the former Libyan dictator, set the ground for a new conflict on Sunday night by refusing to hand him over the central government. |
 | Pakistan Daily Times - DAMASCUS: Syria on Sunday brushed off the threat of a civil war and looming Arab League sanctions after a deadline for the regime to stop its lethal crackdown on protesters expired with 21 more people killed. |
 | Pakistan Daily Times - NUSA DUA: China pushed back late Saturday against a week of US pressure to resolve a rancorous dispute over territorial claims in the South China Sea, a crucial, mineral-rich commercial shipping lane at the heart of growing tensions among Asian leaders ... |
| eTurboNews - On Thursday, November 17, leaders of the 10 Association of Southeast Nations signed the Bali Concord III accord, the road map outlining strategies to strengthen the ASEAN community's three pillars in security, the economy, and in the social-cultural ... |
 | Ynetnews - Iran is ready to cooperate “further” with the UN atomic energy watchdog if it “balances its approach” to the Islamic republic, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Sunday, according to the ISNA news agency. |
 | eTaiwan News - AP Pope Benedict XVI wrapped up a pilgrimage to Africa on Sunday where he laid out his spiritual vision for the continent and told tens of thousands during an open air Mass that "true royalty does not consist in a show of power," ... |
 | Bloomberg - The deficit-cutting congressional supercommittee likely will announce tomorrow that it has failed to reach agreement on at least $1.2 trillion in federal budget savings, a Democratic aide said today. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Survivors of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime have held a remembrance ceremony a day before a United Nations-backed tribunal tries three accused architects of some of the 20th century's worst atrocities. |
 | News24 - Kabul - More than 1 000 university students blocked a main highway in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday as they protested against any agreement that would allow US troops to stay in Afghanistan after a planned transfer of authority in 2014. |
 | Economic Times - The surprising, though wholly welcome, turn of events in Myanmar, with the iconic pro-democracy figure Aung San Suu Kyi announcing that her party, the National League for Democracy, would rejoin the political system and contest elections is part of a ... |
 | The Age - THE death toll from the Sydney nursing home fire has risen to six, with several other residents fighting for their lives. The New South Wales government has called for a report on the screening of nursing home staff after Friday's fire in Quakers Hill. |
| TODAYonline - by Agencies BANGKOK - Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that he is ready to "sacrifice my personal happiness" as the government prepares an annual royal pardon coinciding with King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday on Dec 5. |
 | TVR - The third Sunday in November was first marked as the day of remembrance in 2005 in accordance with the United Nations Resolution. According to local State Traffic Directorate, 5-6 persons die in car accidents every day. |
 | Taipei Times - Taiwanese diplomat Jacqueline Liu's lawyer Jim Wirken said after Friday's hearing that his client seemed uneasy about the hearing's outcome. |
 | Reuters - Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti talks on the phone during a vote of confidence at the Lower House of Parliament in Rome November 18, 2011. |
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