Southeast Asia
 | Manila Standard Today - FORMER President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will enjoy the relative comfort of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City only for as long as her medical condition will require it, an official has said. |
 | The Province - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is followed by Queen Sirikit (right), Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn (second from right) and officials as he returns from the Grand Palace to ... |
 | TODAYonline - by Bangkok Post BANGKOK - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was questioned by the police yesterday about last year's bloody military crackdown on anti-government protests in Bangkok last year while he was in office. |
 | NPR (blog) - Indonesian widow Wanti Dodo, 93, whose husband Enap was killed during the 1947 massacre in Rawagede by Dutch troops. Indonesian widow Wanti Dodo, 93, whose husband Enap was killed during the 1947 massacre in Rawagede by Dutch troops. |
 | Bangkok Post - Economic growth figures for Asia-Pacific are expected to post a significant slowdown this year and next on uncertainty in the developed countries and effects from natural disasters, says the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ... |
 | San Francisco Chronicle - Heri Juanda / AP In this Nov. 27, 2011 photo, villagers use boats to cross a river in Tripa swamp forest in Nagan Raya, Aceh province, Indonesia. |
 | Jakarta Globe - A Corruption Eradication Commission investigator will be removed from his post after it was revealed he was having a relationship with Democratic Party legislator Angelina Sondakh, pictured, who has been implicated in a high-profile graft case. |
World
 | The Daily Star - By Daily Star Staff BEIRUT: World leaders indicated they would not stand by to allow the “massacre” of Syrians in the country, as the Syrian opposition said they were bracing for a massive assault on the central city of Homs Friday, reporting thousands ... |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Rescue workers use ropes to evacuate a woman from the AMRI hospital in Kolkata. Photo: AP Almost 90 people have been killed in a fire that engulfed patients at a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, with officials accusing senior staff of ... |
 | CNN International - Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani military is considering bolstering its air defense system along its border with Afghanistan in response to a NATO airstrike last month that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, a lawmaker told CNN. |
 | New York Times - MOSCOW - The calls started coming in the afternoon and tied up phones for hours at the headquarters of at least two organizations strongly critical of the Kremlin. |
 | The Daily Star - Corruption is a serious global problem - one which has devastating impacts for individuals, businesses and communities. It discourages investment and distorts markets, leading to the depletion of resources for important community services like schools, ... |
 | Washington Post - A routine traffic stop at Virginia Tech turned violent Thursday, leaving a police officer and his assailant dead and the campus on lockdown, a scenario reminiscent of the 2007 massacre that claimed 33 lives and redefined how universities respond to ... |
 | CBC.ca - South African Navanethem Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. |
 | Wall Street Journal (blog) - By Yoree Koh The US-based activist group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has caused trouble on the high seas for Japanese whalers for years. |
 | Toronto Star - Joseph Kabila has been re-elected president of the Congo in provisional results released Friday. KINSHASA, CONGO—Columns of black smoke from burning tires rose over parts of this dilapidated capital Friday as Joseph Kabila, the incumbent president, ... |
 | The Daily Star - GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Violence has flared up between Israel and Gaza, with the Israeli air force killing four Palestinians and militants firing rockets deep across the border. |
 | Reuters UK - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. |
 | Wall Street Journal - BEIJING—China says it will begin joint patrols along the Mekong River on Saturday together with Thailand, Laos and Myanmar in response to the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on Thailand's portion of the river, a move that underscores the ... |
 | Washington Post - BRUSSELS - Croatia on Friday signed a treaty to join the European Union in 2013, a bittersweet milestone as the bloc prepares to take on a sluggish economy it will have to drag along at the time of its worst crisis ever. |
 | Voice of America - December 09, 2011 China WTO Anniversary Marked by Progress, Challenges William Ide It was ten years ago this Sunday, Dec. 11th, when China joined the World Trade Organization. |
 | Wall Street Journal - WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The US Congress is unlikely to defund a $100 billion contribution to the International Monetary Fund, though Republicans pushing for the legislation could prove more successful blocking new ... |
 | Catholic Culture - “Gay rights and human rights” are “one and the same,” US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared in an address delivered at the United Nations Office at Geneva. |
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