Southeast Asia
 | The Independent - Kathy Marks is Asia-Pacific for The Independent, based in Sydney. She has also worked for Reuters and The Daily Telegraph. Considered by some to be the most definitive guide to Science Fiction, 'The Encyclopedia of Science ... Since February 15 2003, ... |
 | ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino will announce personally the successor of outgoing Armed Forces chief Gen. Eduardo Oban Jr. |
 | Philippine Headline News - MANILA, DECEMBER 12, 2011 (MANILA TIMES) Written by : JAIME PILAPIL REPORTER - Assault on judiciary threatens democracy - Marquez. |
 | Updated News - Thousands of people set two new world records as they lit up about 3700 flaming torches in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, organisers said Sunday. |
 | New Straits Times - By KLANG | 0 comments Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah conferring the 'Darjah Datuk Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah' award, which carries the title 'Datuk', on former national footballer Datuk Santokh Singh at Istana Alam Shah in Klang ... |
 | Malaysia Star - PETALING JAYA: There has been overwhelming public response to the Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) scheme with thousands already flocking to Inland Revenue Board (IRB) offices to collect the RM500 assistance application ... |
 | Inquirer.net - Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle formally takes possession of the archdiocese during solemn installation rites at the Manila Cathedral Monday. |
 | Tempo - Manila, Philippines - A 31-year-old foreigner died while another one was missing when a Chinese cargo vessel capsized off Aparri in Cagayan province on Saturday night, a police official said yesterday. |
 | Straits Times - Reach chief, Dr Amy Khor, says that the Government feedback unit is rolling out a new mobile phone application next year for Singaporeans to give feedback on the go. |
 | Free Malaysia Today - Najib Tun Razak must actualize his 1Malaysia concept by first reigning in the hotheads in Umno who spew racism and religious intolerance. |
 | Jakarta Post - Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo will officially launch the operation of TransJakarta Corridor 11 serving the Kampung Melayu-Pulo Gebang route on Dec. 28. |
 | Jakarta Globe - Bung Karno University students and activists paying their respects to Sondang on Sunday. (Antara Photo) Officials at Bung Karno University in Jakarta praised on Sunday a student who set himself on fire in an apparent protest near the State Palace last ... |
 | Straits Times - PM Lee helping to blow out the candles on a cake during Yin Gah Dian temple's annual charity lunch for the elderly poor on Sunday. |
 | Straits Times - An MPA vessel searching the waters off Pasir Panjang Terminal for Mr Lim last night. An appeal has gone out to all vessels passing nearby to keep a lookout. |
 | New Zealand Herald - Joe Gordon. Photo / AP The United States Government prides itself on standing up for freedom of speech around the world, but when it comes to longtime ally Thailand and its revered monarch, Washington treads carefully even when an American ... |
 | Eurasia Review - In the past five months, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has made a slew of dramatic civil liberties reforms. The latest is the tabling of a Peaceful Assembly bill on November 29, aimed at providing Malaysians with more room ... |
 | Inquirer.net - Malacañang said Sunday it was leaving up to the courts the matter of a Christmas furlough for former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as well as her possible transfer to a regular jail. |
 | TODAYonline - A light aircraft crashed into a school building on Saturday near the Philippine capital shortly after take-off, killing the two pilots and at least 11 people, including two children, on the ground. |
World
 | Reuters UK - Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg sits on the set of the Andrew Marr political talk show at BBC studios in London December 11, 2011. |
 | Washington Post - MOSCOW - President Dmitry Medvedev used his Facebook page Sunday to disclose that he had ordered an investigation into reports of election fraud, a statement his audience greeted with derision. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Former Panama strongman Manuel Noriega has returned home under tight security after serving more than 20 years in prisons in the United States and France for drug trafficking and money laundering. |
 | Washington Post - BEIRUT— Clashes between Syrian troops and army defectors are said to have killed 23 people Sunday, while activists reported attacks on workers striking against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. |
 | Bloomberg - In November 1947, shortly after the United Nations voted for partition of the Holy Land into separate Arab and Jewish states, Chaim Weizmann was cited by the New York Times as saying that “the ... |
 | BusinessWeek - Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The US withdrew its last personnel from a Pakistani military base it used to launch Predator drone missions in response to a demand made after a NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. |
 | Daily Mail - Atheist North Korea has threatened to shoot out the lights of a giant Christmas tree-shaped tower that South Korea plans to illuminate near the tense border. |
 | Washington Post - ONCE AGAIN a poorly run election in a volatile African country threatens an explosion of bloodshed. The setting this time is particularly concerning: Congo, a country nearly the size of Western Europe, with a population of more than 70 million - and a ... |
 | Straits Times - CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AFP) - The major earthquake that struck southern Mexico killed at least two people and led to power outages in some areas, but wrought surprisingly little structural damage, relieved authorities here said on Sunday. |
 | Sky News Australia - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the death toll from Tuesday's Kabul shrine bombing has reached 80. The Tuesday attack targeted Shi'ites gathered to mark Ashura, the holiest day in their calendar, raising fears of sectarian violence ahead of the ... |
 | Destin Log - For some reason, the Lesley Gore song, “It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to” is running through my head. I'm also thinking of the simple little Bible verse, “Jesus wept. |
 | TVNZ - The deputy commander of the Pakistan Taliban, who have been waging a four-year war against the government in Islamabad, confirmed the two sides were in peace talks, a move that could further fray the US-Pakistan relationship. |
 | AFP - WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Sunday hit back at critics who say he is trying to redistribute wealth, and challenged his Republican opponents to deal with growing income inequality. |
 | Bangkok Post - CHIANG RAI: Three Burmese soldiers were killed during a clash with an armed group of criminals on the Mekong River during an international joint river patrol, according to security sources. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - Dame Helen Mirren, the actress, hailed it ''an extraordinary moment'' when three women were awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize last night, but said it was "shameful" how few women had ever been given the award. |
 | Indian Express - Babulal Bhattacharya, a police constable of New Town police station, who was undergoing treatment in the AMRI cardiology department of the AMRI hospital at the time of fire, died on Sunday at Salt Lake hospital. |
 | Pakistan Daily Times - KARACHI: A workshop was organised to emphasise a code of conduct for the media with regard to violence against women, under the aegis of White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan here at a local hotel the other day. |
 | Philippine Star - TEHRAN (Xinhua) -- Iran's Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said Sunday that the launch of a virtual embassy for Iranians by the United States is a trap for espionage, the local satellite Press TV reported. |
 | The Nation, Pakistan - LAHORE - The right of liberty, life and job security, peasants and the down trodden, fair wages, healthy working conditions and social protection to the working class are the fundamental rights. |
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