Southeast Asia
 | Sydney Morning Herald - A retired Australian soldier was kidnapped in a southern Philippine island on Monday by at least six men. POLICE have found blood in the home of an Australian adventurer, teacher and writer who has been kidnapped in the southern Philippines, ... |
 | Khaleej Times - WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised Indonesia for ratifying the nuclear test ban treaty CTBT, a move which brought the pact one step closer to coming into force. |
 | Inquirer.net - A grandson of the late actor and an unsuccessful presidential candidate, Fernando Poe Jr., on Tuesday joined the fray involving Malacañang and the Supreme Court by asking Chief Justice Renato Corona to keep his hands off cases involving ... |
 | gulfnews.com - Manila: Relatives of a Filipino who was convicted of drug trafficking have left for China to see him before his scheduled state execution tomorrow, a senior official said. |
 | Malaysia Star - KUALA TERENGGANU: The Election Commission has pledged to make available the most up-to-date electoral roll for the next general election. |
 | Washington Post (blog) - In this May 16, 2007 file photo, Shahbaz Bhatti, then head of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, displays a threatening letter which a Christian resident of Charsadda town received, during a press conference in Islamabad, ... |
 | Straits Times - Singapore has an 'intangible national treasure' that will help it get through rough times and tough decisions - and that is the trust that employers, unions and the Government have built up with one another over time. |
 | UNPO - A new peace advocacy program reaches out to grassroots communities to bring together the Government of the Philippines and the MILF. |
 | TODAYonline - SINGAPORE - A proposed licensing scheme for "independent counsel" - Queen's Counsel (QC) or QC-equivalents such as Senior Counsel from Australia - to appear in courts alongside Singapore lawyers here has been dropped after consultations ... |
 | Bernama - SINGAPORE, Dec 6 (Bernama) -- Singapore's Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has been conferred the inaugural Regional Leadership Award by the World Green Building Council, for its exceptional Green Building Masterplan and efforts to steer the ... |
 | Malaysia Star - The SUPP presidential race comes to a head this weekend. Will it be the beginning of the party's rise from the ashes or will it ultimately be its final act? |
 | Free Malaysia Today - Johor which is an Umno fortress could lose as many as seven seats in the 13th general election. The other night I watched, on TV3, an interview with Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. |
 | Bangkok Post - The state-organised celebrations for His Majesty's 84th birthday are being held with austerity in mind, as suggested by the King. |
 | Bangkok Post - As he always has, His Majesty the King put the nation before himself even on his birthday on Monday. He lifted the hearts of all Thais, but especially the large crowd that had gathered to catch a glimpse when he came out of Siriraj Hospital. |
 | Inquirer.net - On Tuesday they bowed to pressure being brought to bear by lawmakers seeking to block a revenue memorandum circular that would have it made it mandatory for taxpayers to disclose any extra income. |
 | Bloomberg - Malaysia plans to boost its shipbuilding and repair industry through regulatory intervention and incentive packages for investment and human capital development, Prime Minister Najib Razak said. |
 | The Phuket News - Phuket Prison is preparing for the release on Thursday (December 8) of the first batch of prisoners pardoned in the annual royal amnesty signed by HK the King on Sunday (December 4). |
World
 | The Independent - Losing a loved one unexpectedly is always a tragedy, but even more so when their death is guised wit... Does India have too much democracy and would it be better off with less? |
 | NPR (blog) - For the second day, Russians took the streets to protest the results of Sunday's elections. The rallies are unapproved and they are first protests in years. |
 | Atlanta Journal Constitution - AP ATHENS, Greece - Greece's lawmakers overwhelmingly approved next year's austerity budget early Wednesday, extending tough spending cuts that have already left Greeks struggling as the country tries to slash its vast debts and tame ... |
 | AFP - GENEVA - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed the need for a post-Assad Syria to protect the rights of minorities, ethnic groups and women as she met here on Tuesday with Syrian opposition leaders. |
 | Reuters Africa - CAIRO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamists were looking to cement gains after run-offs in the first round of a parliamentary election but the leading Muslim Brotherhood promised to work with a broad coalition of partners once the ... |
 | Reuters - KINSHASA (Reuters) - Results in the Democratic Republic of Congo presidential election have been delayed for a further two days as returns have not been received from all polling stations, officials said on Tuesday. |
 | Salt Lake Tribune - AP OSAWATOMIE, Kan. • President Barack Obama delivered a sweeping indictment of economic inequality in the US on Tuesday as he summoned the memory of President Theodore Roosevelt and pledged to fight for fairness at a "make or break ... |
 | New York Times (blog) - But one of the most public gauges of the city's thick pollution - an air monitor on top of the United States Embassy building whose data is published on a Twitter account, @BeijingAir, stopped taking new readings for much of Tuesday ... |
 | Voice of America (blog) - The United States on Tuesday officially opened an interactive online “Virtual US Embassy Tehran,” aimed at bridging the gap between Iranians and Americans that has existed since diplomatic relations were severed more than 30 years ago. |
 | The Japan Times - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has just concluded a historic trip to Myanmar. Her visit heralds a breakthrough in relations between the two countries, and a shift in political dynamics in Southeast Asia could be anticipated. |
 | Inquirer.net - BEIJING—Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urged the navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power. |
 | Xinhua - MILAN, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The austerity package adopted by Italian Premier Mario Monti's emergency cabinet will contribute to a deepening of the country's possible recession, but it was the only likely first step to warn off a... |
 | The Independent - John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and Washington. |
| Khaleej Times - WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised Indonesia for ratifying the nuclear test ban treaty CTBT, a move which brought the pact one step closer to coming into force. |
 | Catholic Online - By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) At least 56 people were killed and more than a hundred people injured at a bombing near a Shia Muslim shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
 | Who2 (blog) - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej turned 84 years old yesterday. He's been the king since 1946 -- that's more than 65 years on the throne. |
 | Patch.com - 1. Santa Claus is everywhere these days. In orthodox countries all over Europe, Dec. 6 is Saint Nicholas Day, an annual children's festival that celebrates the gift-giver (known to the Dutch as Sinterklaas, to us as Santa Claus and as ... |
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