Southeast Asia
 | AFP - MANILA - Relatives of 57 people killed in the Philippines' worst political massacre were set to mark two years since the killings Wednesday with pleas for authorities to speed up the justice process. |
 | Bangkok Post - The Yingluck government's controversial plan to seek a royal pardon for ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra might have been just a political game to test the mood and strength of his political opponents. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - BANGKOK: Burma's government has held secret peace talks with ethnic groups along the Thai-Burma border in the latest initiative aimed at ending the country's 50 years of international isolation. |
 | Pakistan Daily Times - KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's government has tabled a bill allowing the freedom of peaceful assembly, local newspaper The Star reported in a short messaging service alert on Tuesday. |
 | Washington Post - PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The deputy leader of the Khmer Rouge regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths in Cambodia's “killing fields” insisted Tuesday he carried out its policies for the sake of Cambodians and to protect the country from invaders. |
 | msnbc.com (blog) - Apichart Weerawong / AP A Thai couple and a dog ride on a floating material through a flooded road in Don Muang district of Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 14. |
 | eNews Park Forest - KUALA LUMPUR—(ENEWSPF)--22 November 2011 - The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal (Tribunal) has found George Bush and Tony Blair guilty of committing "crimes against peace" during the Iraq war. |
 | Business Standard - Surin Pitsuwan has among the most interesting, and difficult of jobs in Southeast Asia. As secretary-general of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, he is tasked with bringing together a disparate group to build consensus on a range of ... |
 | Inquirer.net - The Department of National Defense (DND) will come up with a list of the military hardware that it wants to acquire from South Korea. |
 | Bangkok Post - The cabinet has postponed the increase in the minimum wage to 300 baht per day from Jan 1 to April 1 to help flood-affected employers. |
 | TODAYonline - There were 353 suicides last year and 401 in 2009. Foreigners accounted for 57 and 52 suicides in the respective years. These figures, based on data compiled by the Ministry of Home Affairs, were provided by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean in a ... |
 | Crikey (blog) - When Julia Gillard meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhuyono in Bali on the weekend West Papua barely got a mention. Although the text messages inside West Papua went into overdrive with the rumour that the reason Australia and the United ... |
 | Free Malaysia Today - Opposition leaders took a swipe at deputy minister Razali Ibrahim for claiming that the opposition poisoned the minds of Indonesians with regard to the Malaysian football team. |
World
 | Telegraph.co.uk - Egypt's ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi televised statement to assuage the anger of protesters in massed in Tahrir Square, who made no sign of their willingness to return home. |
 | CNN - Washington (CNN) -- While international sanctions continue to mount against Iran and its nuclear program, the Obama administration acknowledged Tuesday the steps have done little to change Iran's ... |
 | Sky News Australia - The International Criminal Court's prosecutor has held talks with Libyan authorities on ensuring a fair trial for Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam, who is being held by revolutionary fighters. |
 | NPR - by AP UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A key UN committee voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to condemn human rights violations by President Bashar Assad's government and call for an immediate end to all violence, signaling growing international opposition to Syria's ... |
 | Kathimerini - Unionists at the Public Power Corporation who oppose the imposition of an emergency property tax through electricity bills continued their sit-in protest at the company's offices late Tuesday despite a warning from a prosecutor that he would have them ... |
 | NEWS.com.au - POLICE are still questioning a man who left a suitcase reportedly containing "a million dollars" in cash at a suburban cafe yesterday. |
| Washington Post - PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The deputy leader of the Khmer Rouge regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths in Cambodia's “killing fields” insisted Tuesday he carried out its policies for the sake of Cambodians and to protect the country from invaders. |
| msnbc.com (blog) - Apichart Weerawong / AP A Thai couple and a dog ride on a floating material through a flooded road in Don Muang district of Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 14. |
 | The Diplomat - Years of school-taught nationalism has complicated efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the South China Sea dispute. Time to try the legal route. |
 | UPI.com - SEOUL, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A South Korean cargo ship sank in the South China Sea, and seven crew members were missing, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said. |
 | Business Times (subscription) - BY agreeing to let Myanmar take up the chairmanship of Asean in 2014 - two years ahead of schedule - the 10-nation grouping has taken an unusual step. |
 | The West Australian - Seven people, including one Australian woman, died when a fire swept through an overnight train in eastern India, officials say. Four female researchers from Australia were travelling to the Buddhist holy city of Bodh Gaya. |
 | Jerusalem Post - By JPOST.COM STAFF Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas landed in Cairo Tuesday evening ahead of a meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal scheduled for Thursday. |
 | ThirdAge - Tobacco giant Philip Morris is suing the Australian government over legislation banning logos and brand imagery on cigar... Read Moreette packaging. |
 | Reuters - MADRID Nov 22 (Reuters) - Spain's next Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will outline much anticipated economic plans to many of the euro zone's top leaders at a European People's Party summit in Marseilles on Dec. 7-8, according to a report. |
 | Knowledge@Wharton - Plagued by US$72 billion in foreign debt, rising unemployment and low industrial productivity, the government of Cuban leader Raul Castro is undertaking a series of economic reforms aimed at downsizing Cuba's bloated public sector and encouraging ... |
 | CTV.ca - A protestor displays his hand painted in red to symbolize bloodshed during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Taiz, Yemen, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. |
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