Southeast Asia
 | The Australian - Fifteen-year-old Wati, second right, poses for a photograph with her father Yusuf, right, mother Yusniar, left, and younger brother Aris in Aceh province. |
 | Bernama - KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called on Malaysians to spend this Christmas to understand fellow Malaysians better, and appreciate them for the diversity and strength they have contributed to the country ... |
 | gulfnews.com - By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Manila: Philippines President Benigno Aquino vowed to punish those allegedly responsible for actions that contributed to the December 19 flooding that took more than 1000 lives in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan ... |
 | Malaysia Kini - VOXPOP 'If Ramasamy needs to be penalised in some way, then Karpal should also be similarly penalised. There is obviously a lot of bad blood between the two. |
 | Xinhua - BANGKOK, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's just-concluded official visits to Vietnam and Thailand proved to be a major diplomatic move meant to strengthen China's relations with countries in the neighboring region, ... |
 | Malaysia Kini - YOURSAY 'Be careful as Hasan is still a Trojan horse planted by Umno. He will surface to fight another day when he is not cornered. |
 | Straits Times - The angelic voices of a 1000-strong choir filled the air with sweet Christmas carols from the steps outside Marina Square last night. |
 | Manila Bulletin - By ELLSON A. QUISMORIO MANILA, Philippines - Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) may soon be redeployed to Nigeria after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recommended the lifting of the deployment ban to that country effective January 1. |
 | Gulf Today - By Manolo B. Jara MANILA: Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino served notice he would continue to take action against members of the Supreme Court (SC) who violate the constitution or commit impeachable offences. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Philip C. Tubeza, TJ Burgonio, Tonette Orejas CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—A fugitive from the law for the past six days, retired Maj. |
 | Malaysia Kini - YOURSAY 'The one-year sentence is too light. He should be sentenced to at least 10 years and all his assets confiscated by the state. |
 | The Malaysian Insider - By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25 - The National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal has proven to be a hit among rural voters, according to PKR leaders who plan to use the issue as campaign fodder for the general elections. |
| ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Mujiv Hataman has created a task force to investigate illegal logging in Lanao del Sur, which is being blamed for the huge number of deaths in Iligan City. |
 | UPI.com - EAST JAVA, Indonesia, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Indonesian police said they have detained eight people, including four soldiers, in the sinking of a boat in which as many as 200 people may have died. |
 | Inquirer.net - By JB R. Deveza At least twice this year, the Cagayan de Oro city government had been warned about possible adverse effects of the La Niña weather phenomenon, including sudden floods in the wake of strong storms that typically hit land between ... |
 | Jakarta Post - The Democratic Party chairman has finally broken his silence about various allegations made by former party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin, saying it was all lies that Nazaruddin had made up. |
 | Bernama - SINGAPORE, Dec 24 (Bernama) -- Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) has warned of wetter days ahead in the republic. In a statement, the agency said a monsoon surge was currently affecting the region and bringing cloudy conditions with ... |
World
 | Los Angeles Times - REPORTING FROM BEIRUT -- Thousands of mourners attending a funeral Saturday for the 44 people reported killed a day earlier in two suicide car bombings in the Syrian capital, Damascus, cheered President Bashar Assad and denounced his critics. |
 | Times of India - MOSCOW: Tens of thousands of protesters gathered here on Saturday for a second large antigovernment demonstration , as a wave of new activists struggle to convert an inchoate burst of energy into a durable political force. |
 | AFP - HONOLULU - US Santa trackers got some help Saturday from none other than First Lady Michelle Obama, who surprised children by answering calls about Saint Nick's Christmas Eve round-the-world sleigh ride. |
 | Straits Times - HAVANA (AFP) - Cuban President Raul Castro has unveiled plans to release some 3000 prisoners in the largest mass pardon in the regime's history, but an American held for two years is not among them. |
 | WTOP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, and her son Prince Edward make their way to the royal helicopter as they leave Papworth Hospital after visiting Prince Philip, in Cambridge, England, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. |
 | Los Angeles Times - The lack of modern communications in secretive North Korea makes it hard for the CIA to get information. At the same time, Pyongyang is sophisticated enough to wage cyber warfare. |
 | Salt Lake Tribune - By NICOLE WINFIELD AP Vatican City • Pope Benedict XVI decried the increasing commercialization of Christmas as he celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Saturday night, urging the faithful to look beyond the holiday's "superficial glitter" to discover its ... |
 | NEWS.com.au - CHRISTMAS is off to a shaky start for Christchurch residents, with no sign of aftershocks easing up for the festive season. Ten quakes measuring between 2.9 and 3.7 which rocked the New Zealand city this morning were among almost 60 aftershocks since ... |
 | Washington Post - HONOLULU - President Barack Obama and his family are easing into vacation mode, spending a low-key Christmas Eve out of the spotlight. |
 | UPI.com - DOSQUEBRADAS, Colombia, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The death toll from a pipeline explosion and fire in central Colombia stood at 13 Saturday with 99 injured, 17 critically, authorities said. |
 | Complex.com - By Shanté Cosme | Dec 24, 2011 | 6:24 pm | Permalink Waffle irons aren't the only thing impassioned shoppers get rowdy about. |
 | Today's Zaman - Erdoğan said Turkey is recalling its ambassador to France and halting contact in retaliation for a vote in the French parliament making it a crime to deny that the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians were genocide. |
| The Australian - Fifteen-year-old Wati, second right, poses for a photograph with her father Yusuf, right, mother Yusniar, left, and younger brother Aris in Aceh province. |
 | New Zealand Herald - Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami, a Pakistani religious party, chant slogans during a rally against NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistan army soldiers, in Peshawar, Pakistan. |
 | CANOE - By Mohammed Ghobari, Reuters SANAA - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would leave for the United States and give way to a successor, hours after his forces killed nine people demanding he be tried for killings of protesters over ... |
 | Montreal Gazette - Czech singer Karel Gott offers condolences to Vaclav Havel's widow Dagmar Havlova at the Czech hero's funeral. Bells tolled and sirens wailed on Friday for Velvet Revolution icon Vaclav Havel as world leaders and ordinary Czechs bade an emotional ... |
 | Newsday - Nation Newsday > News > Nation Clashes between sect, police kill 61 in Nigeria Originally published: December 24, 2011 6:17 AM Updated: December 24, 2011 7:12 PM By The Associated Press JON GAMBRELL (Associated Press), NJADVARA MUSA (Associated Press) ... |
| Xinhua - BANGKOK, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's just-concluded official visits to Vietnam and Thailand proved to be a major diplomatic move meant to strengthen China's relations with countries in the neighboring region, ... |
 | BusinessWeek - By Maram Mazen Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Thousands of opponents of army rule in Egypt held rallies across the capital as supporters of the nation's military council gathered for counter-protests after 17 demonstrators were killed in clashes this week. |
 | ABC News - By JOE McDONALD AP Protesters gathered Saturday outside a town hall in southern China to appeal for the release of people detained during demonstrations over a planned power plant expansion, a witness said. |
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