Southeast Asia
Washington Post - Flash floods in an area unaccustomed to powerful storms have helped push the death toll into the hundreds, with hundreds more missing. |
Herald Sun - AUSTRALIAN Federal Police will assist the Indonesian investigation into the asylum seeker boat that capsized off the Java coast, leaving about 200 people missing feared dead. |
Philippine Star - The raging word war on the Corona impeachment should be viewed in its proper perspective for a better understanding of the issues involved and for the shaping of a clear and correct public opinion. |
Bangkok Post - An adviser of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has defended the return of his Thai passport while the opposition leader wants Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is Thaksin's younger sister, to be responsible. |
Bernama - KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is determined to continue developing Pekan in Pahang, his parliamentary constituency, and its community in whatever way. |
Philippine Star - By Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star) Updated December 16, 2011 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Government forces will start the suspension of military operations (SOMO) against communist rebels effective today until Jan. |
Bernama - SHAH ALAM, Dec 17 (Bernama) -- The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) will hold a briefing on the New Remuneration Scheme in the Public service (SBPA) for its members tomorrow. |
Indian Express - US Navy will increasingly focus on the strategic maritime crossroads of the Asia-Pacific region. (Courtesy: US Navy) The US Navy said it would station several new coastal combat ships in Singapore and perhaps in the Philippines in coming years, ... |
New Straits Times - By GENEVA | 0 comments Malaysia will chair the plenary session of the 8th World Trade Organisation ministerial conference on Friday. |
Bangkok Post - TRAT : Military officials are saying little about the outcome of talks yesterday over a shooting incident involving a Thai military helicopter near Cambodia. |
Straits Times - A man fell from height while cleaning near Sengkang MRT station on Saturday. -- PHOTO: STOMP By Stacey Chia A man fell from a height while cleaning near Sengkang MRT station on Saturday. |
New York Times - The Church of the Fedorovskaya Icon of the Virgin Mary, at the central Moscow campus of the Russian State Social University, was consecrated in 2006 after debate about religion's place. |
Channel News Asia - By Imelda Saad | Posted: 17 December 2011 2100 hrs SINGAPORE: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have submitted proposals to the authorities for a National Plan of Action against Human Trafficking. |
World
Huffington Post (blog) - Twenty-two years ago, almost to the day, thousands in Prague's Wenceslas Square roared, "Havel to the Castle." Days later, like a house of cards, Moscow's puppet government collapsed. |
Atlanta Journal Constitution - By ANGELA K. BROWN AP FORT HOOD, Texas - One Texas woman got some good news from her husband during a surprise 3 am phone call. US Army Staff Sgt. |
CBS News - An undated photo of the oil drilling platform "Kolskaya" in the Sea of Okhotsk. (AP Photo/Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka) MOSCOW - Rescue workers are searching for 49 men in freezing, remote waters off Russia's east coast after their oil drilling platform ... |
New York Times - By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK CAIRO - On the third day of clashes between security forces and protesters in the center of the capital, a new battle broke out Sunday between Egypt's state-run and independent media over who to blame for the violence. |
Herald Sun - AUSTRALIAN Federal Police will assist the Indonesian investigation into the asylum seeker boat that capsized off the Java coast, leaving about 200 people missing feared dead. |
eTaiwan News - By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEK AP A military hearing for the Army private charged with spilling a mountain of secrets to WikiLeaks focused Sunday on why Pfc. |
The Boston Globe - By Alan Fram | AP WASHINGTON - Top House Republicans rebelled today against a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill extending payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months, reigniting a politically fueled holiday-season clash that had seemed all but ... |
Xinhua - JERUSALEM, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Israeli authorities on Sunday night released 550 Palestinians in the second half of a prisoner swap with Hamas. |
eTaiwan News - By Evelyn Lin The Arab League has given Syria">Syria until Wednesday to threatening to take it to the United Nations Security Council for action to try to end the deadly violence against regime opponents, as an Iraqi mediator reported "positive" talks ... |
The Australian - Russian Communist Party supporters gather together to protest against official results of the parliaments elections in Manezh Square near the Kremlin in Moscow. |
RT - With a stroke of a pen on Friday evening Russia joined the World Trade Organisation, something that's been a long time coming. |
Bangkok Post - An adviser of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has defended the return of his Thai passport while the opposition leader wants Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is Thaksin's younger sister, to be responsible. |
SunHerald.com - By TOM LASSETER - McClatchy Newspapers WUKAN, China -- Perched close to the glistening waters of an inlet of the South China Sea, with a large tile fountain cascading from its doorstep, the Haiyun Holiday Hotel cuts a grand figure on the Wukan ... |
Xinhua - BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The popular adage, "On the Internet, nobody knows you are a dog," may not be always ring true as authorities in Beijing city have ordered real name registrations on microblogging services. |
Montreal Gazette - By Missy Ryan and Matt Robinson, Reuters December 17, 2011 US Secretery of Defense Leon Panetta (C) greets members of the Libyan delegation on the tarmac on his arrival at Tripoli on December 17, 2011 in Tripoli, Libya. |
San Francisco Chronicle - Chinese police and government officials scuffled with Christians and smashed sound equipment for a public Christmas celebration in an eastern village known for unofficial house churches and producing ornaments. |
Xinhua - LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The gunman who fired several shots at the Chinese Consulate-General in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon has been identified as a naturalized US citizen of Chinese descent, authorities told Xinhua. |
New York Times - Luca Bruno/AP By DAVID C. UNGER Andrew Rosenthal, the editorial page editor, offers commentary and quick takes on breaking news stories. |
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