Southeast Asia
 | TODAYonline - MANILA - A Philippine military commander said yesterday that at least five foreign Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) extremists, including a Singaporean, have been hiding out on the remote southern island of Jolo. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Leila B. Salaverria The Sandiganbayan has barred former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, her husband and two of her former officials from leaving the country. |
 | PakistanToday.com.pk - KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim embarks Tuesday on a nationwide tour ahead of a verdict in his long-running sodomy trial, to declare his innocence and campaign for a change of government. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Romulo Macalintal (Editor's Note: Romulo Macalintal served as an election lawyer of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is detained on charges of electoral sabotage in connection with the 2007 senatorial polls in ... |
 | gulfnews.com - By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Manila: After the onslaught of floods caused by tropical storm Washi, health officials have warned residents of Cagayan de Oro of the danger of water-borne diseases such as dengue and leptospirosis. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Christine O. Avendaño The Palace will still pursue the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill although it has come up with a four-year plan to make the government more transparent and accountable as well as capable of fighting corruption. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Jerry E. Esplanada Despite the government's labor deployment ban to Syria, the illegal trafficking in overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) continues in the troubled Middle East country, according to Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario. |
 | Pattaya Mail - BANGKOK, Jan 1 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is by far the most popular national political figure, while her predecessor Abhisit Vejjajiva has been voted the most impressive opposition politician, according to a new poll released on Sunday. |
 | Straits Times - By Tham Yuen-C Two DNA experts consulted by the Health Sciences Authority have agreed that the mistake had only a limited scientific impact. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Dona Pazzibugan Top security officials urged fugitive retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan to surrender and face the kidnapping charges against him for the 2006 disappearance of two University of the Philippines students. |
 | Washington Post - DAVAO, Philippines - The Philippine military says communist guerrillas have resumed attacks after a self-imposed Christmas cease-fire. |
 | Patheos - Acting under the aegis of anti-discrimination laws, government agencies move to enforce newly discovered right, by dint of new laws meant to teach us how to think and what to do. |
 | Bernama - IPOH, Jan 3 (Bernama) -- Police have almost completed the investigation paper on a recent illegal gathering involving about 70 university students at the compound of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Tanjung Malim, Perak Police Chief Datuk ... |
 | Bernama - KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- A Malaysian student was killed while four others were injured in a car crash in New Jersey on Monday, according to The Republic newspaper, based in Columbus, Indiana, United States. |
 | Inquirer.net - By TJ Burgonio A low pressure area (LPA) off General Santos City threatens to bring heavy rain as early as Wednesday over Mindanao, which is still reeling from the devastation wrought by Tropical Storm “Sendong” that left more than 1200 people dead and ... |
 | Philippine Star - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - State-controlled media say a Vietnamese journalist who exposed police corruption has been arrested on suspicion of giving a bribe that he then wrote about in his newspaper. |
World
 | Pakistan Daily Times - TEHRAN: Iran will take action if a US aircraft carrier which left the area because of Iranian naval exercises returns to the Gulf, the state news agency quoted army chief Ataollah Salehi as saying on Tuesday. |
 | The Australian - THE White House has condemned the Syrian regime's unrelenting violence against protesters, saying it was "past time" for the UN Security Council to take measures against Damascus. |
 | CNN (blog) - (CNN) - Rick Perry vowed to carry on campaigning if he finishes poorly in Iowa Tuesday, saying on CNN that results from the first-in-the-nation caucus weren't the be-all end-all in the presidential election. |
 | Pakistan Daily Times - KABUL: The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they have reached a preliminary agreement to set up a political office in the Gulf nation of Qatar, and asked for the release of prisoners held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay. |
 | Atlanta Journal Constitution - By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP LOS ANGELES - A spokesman at the US Attorney's office in Los Angeles says the suspect in a string of fires in the city cursed America at his mother's court hearing before fires began. |
 | The Chosun Ilbo - Some 500000 core members of the Pyongyang elite are thought to be the North Korean regime's last bastion of power. A South Korean government official last week said, "We believe that about 500000 people in Pyongyang are high-ranking members of the ... |
 | Wall Street Journal - AP AMMAN, Jordan–The first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators in more than a year ended without any significant breakthroughs on Tuesday, but in a small sign of progress, the sides agreed to continue the dialogue, officials said. |
 | Financial Times - Months before his death in December, Václav Havel, former Czech president and leader of his country's anti-communist revolution, signed a petition decrying the destruction of democracy in Hungary. |
 | Al-Masry Al-Youm - Egyptian police detained four activists on Tuesday for putting up posters critical of the ruling military council, a step a human rights lawyer said was part of an effort to neutralize the protest movement. |
 | UPI.com - SEATTLE, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The ex-soldier found dead in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state had been stationed at one of the most-troubled US military posts, officials said. |
 | Pakistan Daily Times - Activists and Myanmar's opposition expressed frustration on Tuesday after an order to cut jail terms for all inmates appeared to fall far short of hopes for an amnesty for political detainees. |
 | The Daily Yomiuri - After having been on the run for nearly 17 years due to his alleged involvement in crimes committed by the Aum Supreme Truth cult, why did Makoto Hirata, 46, end his life as a fugitive by turning himself in to the Metropolitan Police Department on New ... |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - PHILIPPINE Muslim rebels have warned government troops searching for a kidnapped Australian, Warren Rodwell, in the southern province to stay away from their camps to avoid clashes. |
| PakistanToday.com.pk - KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim embarks Tuesday on a nationwide tour ahead of a verdict in his long-running sodomy trial, to declare his innocence and campaign for a change of government. |
 | Europolitics.info - By Sophie Petitjean | Tuesday 03 January 2012 In the field of consumer policy, the Danish EU Presidency's main task will be to initiate discussions on the new proposals for creation of an out-of-court dispute resolution mechanism and a second mechanism ... |
 | Washington Post - BEIJING - Thirteen people died and 41 others were injured when a truck collided with a bus in central China. The official Xinhua News Agency said the accident occurred Tuesday morning on a highway in Hunan province after the truck went through a road ... |
 | Sun.Star - UNITED NATIONS -- A UN worker said the world body's personnel are increasingly the primary target of attacks, with 35 killed in 2011 alone. |
| Philippine Star - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - State-controlled media say a Vietnamese journalist who exposed police corruption has been arrested on suspicion of giving a bribe that he then wrote about in his newspaper. |
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