Southeast Asia
 | Malaysia Star - The Government is making some amendments, showing its sensitivity to what the public want, to ensure that the Bill works effectively. |
 | Malaysia Star - UMNO members are confident its elected representatives who have become unpopular will take heed of the president's advice and bow out from contesting in the general election. |
 | gulfnews.com - Manila: The lawyers of former president Gloria Arroyo, now a congresswoman, formally asked a regional trial court in suburban Pasay City to allow her to be under house arrest, but an official said government lawyers ... |
 | Voice of America (blog) - The European Union says it is “deeply concerned” about the Thai court conviction and 20-year prison sentence meted out last week to a 61-year-old man accused of sending text messages that authorities say insulted the Thai monarchy. |
 | Malaysia Star - ASNIDA Alias has always been a natural public speaker and now the law graduate wants to use this gift to speak up for those who deserve justice. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - A Vietnamese appeals court has cut in half the sentence of a Vietnamese-French blogger. Pham Minh Hoang was arrested in August, 2010 and sentenced to three years in prison for subversion. |
 | Himalayan Times - BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, grappling with a devastating flood crisis, was admitted to hospital today with food poisoning, her government said. |
 | Inquirer.net - Today the monumental Supreme Court decision that ordered the redistribution of land at Hacienda Luisita is a week old, waiting for the cumbersome machinery of the government to swing into action to implement the decision. |
 | Malaysia Star - GEORGE TOWN: The state government has upped the ante by increasing aid given to trishaw riders to RM100 monthly - RM40 more than the RM60 requested by the Penang Trishaw Riders Association. |
 | SGGP - The Danish Embassy in Vietnam on Nov. 28 hosted a ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Denmark diplomatic ties, in the presence of Danish Crown Prince Frederik. |
 | TODAYonline - SINGAPORE - Aside from roadshows, dance contests and school talks, an online element will be roped in to help youths learn the dangers of drug abuse. |
 | Inquirer.net - Former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday made an unceremonious return to the Senate after being dragged into an alleged “special operations” that manipulated the results of the 2007 senatorial elections. |
 | Jakarta Post - A hearing on Tuesday, in which Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leadership candidate Abdullah Hehamahua was scheduled to face questions from the House of Representatives legal commission, has been postponed because the meeting failed to meet ... |
World
 | BBC News - UK Prime Minister David Cameron has warned Iran of "serious consequences" after protesters stormed the British embassy and a UK compound in Tehran. |
 | The Daily Star - CAIRO: Egypt wrapped up the start of its first post-revolution election Tuesday after two days of peaceful voting hailed as a triumph for democracy in a nation at the heart of the Arab Spring. |
 | AFP - LOS ANGELES - Conrad Murray was described Tuesday as a humble man who escaped a dirt-poor Caribbean childhood to become a respected medic -- but will now be known forever only as Michael Jackson's killer. |
 | Hamilton Spectator - WASHINGTON Embattled presidential hopeful Herman Cain told his staff Tuesday that he was reassessing his campaign after allegations that he'd carried on a 13-year extramarital affair. |
 | The Australian - Activists of Sunni Tehreek burn a US national flag during a protest in Rawalpindi against NATO air strikes as Pakistan decided to boycott a key international conference on Afghanistan next month. |
 | New York Times - Initial election results on a board at a polling station in Kinshasa, Congo, on Tuesday. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN KINSHASA, Congo - A volatile combination of suspicion, shootings, political clashes and voting breakdowns continued in Congo on Tuesday, ... |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - The UK economy will struggle to attract the vital new business investment it needs to grow next year, despite the Coalition embarking on a welcome "Plan A plus" to boost infrastructure spending and launch a credit-easing programme, business groups have ... |
 | msnbc.com (blog) - Hillary Clinton will be visiting Shwedagon Pagoda which at 2500 years old is said to be the world's oldest pagoda. By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent YANGON, Myanmar - U Nine Nine has spent 17 of the past 21 years behind bars as a political ... |
 | NPR - by AP WASHINGTON (AP) - Europe's deepening debt crisis is echoed in the United States by the inability of President Barack Obama and Congress to strike a bipartisan deficit deal. |
 | New York Times - The large deadly explosion at an Iran military base on Nov. 12, which Iranian authorities have called an accident that set back research work there by a few days, appears to have been far more devastating than their description ... |
| Malaysia Star - The Government is making some amendments, showing its sensitivity to what the public want, to ensure that the Bill works effectively. |
 | Los Angeles Times - The finding could mean that Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people, could get psychiatric treatment instead of prison. Anders Behring Breivik, left, leaves an Oslo courthouse in July. |
 | Voice of America - November 29, 2011 18 Dead in Indonesia Bridge Collapse, Dozens Still Missing VOA News Searchers in central Indonesia said Tuesday the number of people confirmed killed in the collapse of a bridge has climbed to 18, while dozens remain missing and ... |
 | Pakistan Daily Times - BEIJING: China's first aircraft carrier began its second sea trial on Tuesday after undergoing refurbishments and testing, the government said, as tensions over maritime territorial disputes in the region ran high. |
 | National Post - BOGOTA - Colombia vowed on Tuesday to keep searching for captives of FARC guerrillas despite cries from families to prevent loved ones from facing the same fate as four hostages killed by rebels during a military operation. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - AUCKLAND. New Zealand's accidental millionaire is set to return to face charges more than two years after he fled with millions mistakenly given to him by Westpac. |
 | AFP - WASHINGTON - The United States pointedly noted Tuesday that it had some differences with Russia despite its "reset" of relations with the Kremlin, after Moscow flexed its muscles on behalf of isolated Syria. |
 | Jerusalem Post - Security officials think rockets fired from Lebanon should serve as warning of what could happen if alternatives are not exhausted. |
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