Southeast Asia
 | ABS CBN News - By Rizal Raoul Reyes, Business Mirror MANILA, Philippines - For a nation that does not have a reading culture, the National Hero, José Rizal, must have overdone himself by producing 25 types of work including novels, essays and poems, among others. |
 | Prescott eNews - A blog post read, "The flight weary but enthusiastic Northpoint students are safely tucked into their accommodations in downtown Phnom Penh (after an exhilarating tuk tuk ride from the airport. |
 | ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang is not setting aside the possibility that Chief Justice Renato Corona may be acquitted in his impeachment trial before the Senate. |
 | Inquirer.net - On April 21, 2007, the government signed the $329-million National Broadband Network (NBN) deal with China's ZTE Corp. The project, which called for the installation of a telecommunications network linking government offices throughout the country, ... |
 | AsiaOne - By Gwendolyn Ng The man heading an inquiry into the recent MRT breakdowns is a judge who commutes regularly by train. Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew appointed Chief District Judge of the Subordinate Courts, Judge Tan Siong Thye (above, inset), ... |
 | AsiaOne - By Sarah Chang That was what Taiwan-born Quan Yifeng repeatedly told herself amid the storm of negative publicity that followed her altercation with a ComfortDelGro taxi driver in June last year. |
 | Minda News - By Froilan Gallardo | Friday| December 30, 2011 | Filed under: Top Stories CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/29 Dec) - Posing as mining prospectors, National Bureau of Investigation agents went to a hinterland village in Arakan, North Cotabato and ... |
 | Tempo - By MARVYN N. BENANING Manila, Philippines - The Families of Desaparecidos for Justice has demanded that retired Maj. Gen. Jovito S. Palparan Jr. |
 | Bernama - By Nur Adika Bujang KOTA KINABALU, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- The Brunei express bus tragedy in Tuaran on Dec 20 that claimed seven lives cast a pall in Sabah as the year 2011 was about to run out. |
 | AsiaOne - By Sophie Hong Security at the Marina Bay Singapore Countdown 2012 will be beefed up in anticipation of a larger turnout this year. |
 | Jakarta Post - A property compound belonging to the Shiite community in Sampang, Madura, was allegedly burned down by Sunni followers, the majority Islamic group in the country. |
 | Harrogate News - Thousands of motorists have been stopped as police enforce their anti drink and drug drive crackdown this Christmas. Officers have breathalysed 2246 motorists and arrested 66 people since 1 December as they patrol the roads of North Yorkshire and the ... |
 | Catholic Online - By Deacon Keith Fournier Jesus spent 30 of his 33 earthly years in Nazareth. Some spiritual writers have called these the 'hidden years', because there is so little written about them in the Gospel narratives. |
 | TODAYonline - SEPANG - All air routes into Malaysia are now regarded to be at high risk of being used for trafficking, according to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Customs. |
 | Bangkok Post - The Songkhla Court on Thursday afternoon allowed bail for prominent red-shirt Arisman Pongruangrong in the defamation case filed by Democrat MP for Songkhla Sirichoke Sopha. |
 | New Straits Times - By MASAMI MUSTAZA The parliamentary select committee on electoral reforms (PSC) yesterday announced changes to the layout plans at polling stations for the next general election. |
World
 | Times of India - SEOUL: North Korea's first official communication with the outside world following the death of leader Kim Jong-il and the transition of power to his son was a sombre warning to South Korea and its allies that it would not change policies. |
 | BBC News - The BBC's Allan Little: How impartial can these monitors be when some of their own governments are also cracking down on similar uprisings? |
 | China Daily - ISTANBUL - Nearly 1000 Kurds staged a protest in Istanbul Thursday against a Turkish airstrike that claimed 35 lives in Turkish-Iraqi border last night. |
 | Xinhua - WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Thursday expressed "deep concern" over Egypt's raids on local and foreign groups' offices in the capital city of Cairo, calling for an immediate end to the "harassment. |
 | Wall Street Journal - An explosion kills dozens of people in Myanmar, children wave swords during a religious procession in India, passengers queue for train tickets in China and more. |
 | New York Times - An independent Palestinian rights group said Thursday that the Hamas authorities in Gaza were searching the homes and questioning members of the rival Fatah party. |
 | China Daily - URUMQI - Police opened fire during a hostage rescue mission and killed seven kidnappers in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Wednesday night, local authorities said on Thursday. |
 | ABC Online - PETER CAVE: The Sea Shepherd anti-whaling group has suffered a serious blow to its campaign in the Southern Ocean, with two of its vessels heading back to port in Western Australia. |
 | IBNLive.com - Washington: The United States has signed a $29.4 billion deal to sell 84 new F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in a long-expected move that the Obama administration said on Thursday would boost Gulf security amid mounting tension with Iran. |
| Catholic Online - By Deacon Keith Fournier Jesus spent 30 of his 33 earthly years in Nazareth. Some spiritual writers have called these the 'hidden years', because there is so little written about them in the Gospel narratives. |
 | GMA News - Filipino applicants planning to stay in Taiwan for six months or more may be required to submit a fingerprint record in applying for a visa starting next year. |
 | Newsday - Nation Newsday > News > Nation Chavez: Could US have technology to cause cancer? Originally published: December 28, 2011 3:16 PM Updated: December 28, 2011 3:26 PM By The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela - (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is ... |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned his security chiefs for an emergency meeting to discuss growing violence blamed on radical Islamists. |
 | Tempo - SAN DIEGO (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the US government to pay $17.8 million to Korean Don Yoon who lost four members of his family when a Marine Corps fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008. |
| TODAYonline - SEPANG - All air routes into Malaysia are now regarded to be at high risk of being used for trafficking, according to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Customs. |
 | ZDNet Asia - By Eileen Yu , ZDNet Asia on December 29, 2011 (19 hours ago) Singapore Press Holdings accuses US Web company of "free-riding" on its editorial resources and vows to "vigorously pursue" content infringement lawsuit. |
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