Southeast Asia
 | BBC News - Indonesians have been expressing outrage at the conviction of a teenage boy for stealing a pair of sandals. The 15-year-old boy was facing a possible five-year jail sentence but the court on the island of Sulawesi instead ordered that he be sent home. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Jerry E. Esplanada, Tina G. Santos Most of the 17000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in war-torn Syria are refusing to come home despite the mounting violence because of the lack of job opportunities in the Philippines, according to Foreign ... |
 | Philippine Star - By Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star) Updated January 05, 2012 12:00 AM 0 The Senate session hall has been spruced up for the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona starting Jan. 16. |
 | AFP - SEREMBAN, Malaysia - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday that his coalition will not disintegrate even if he is found guilty of sodomy charges and imprisoned after a verdict next week. |
 | Inquirer.net - “You know, having a freedom of information act sounds so good and noble but at the same time—I think you'll notice that here in this country—there's a tendency to get information and not really utilizing it for the proper purposes,” President Benigno ... |
 | Jakarta Post - Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa reported on Wednesday that the Indonesian government signed 146 international agreements, including bilateral agreements, in 2011. |
 | Bangkok Post - Troops across the country will sweep into flood-hit southern provinces if the crisis proves too much for the Fourth Army Region to handle. |
 | Vox Bikol - MANILA, Jan. 3, 2012—With millions of devotees expected to join the annual fiesta of the Black Nazarene, Church officials are coordinating with city officials for a peaceful and orderly procession of the miraculous image from Luneta to Quiapo Church on ... |
 | AFP - CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines - Flood evacuees and pupils competed for space in southern Philippine schools Wednesday, with both wanting to use the buildings following the Christmas break, officials said. |
 | Channel News Asia - SINGAPORE: Results of 2011's Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level Examination will be released on Monday. School candidates can collect their results from their schools at 2pm, while private candidates will be informed of their results by post. |
 | Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Director-General Nicanor Bartolome, Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered yesterday all police commanders in Mindanao to prepare its personnel and equipment for possible disaster response amid the threat of heavy ... |
 | Bernama - KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud has withdrawn his defamation suit against Malaysiakini over libellous articles after the news portal made an apology in open court today. |
 | Malaysia Star - BUTTERWORTH: The father of two children, who were found chained in the bathroom of their house, has claimed trial to separate charges of ill-treating them. |
 | Sin Chew Jit Poh - HANOI, January 4, 2012 (AFP) - A press freedom group has urged Vietnam to free a reporter from a state-run newspaper who was arrested on suspicion of bribing a policeman after he wrote a high-profile expose of corruption among officials. |
 | Bernama - SIBU, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- A six-member forensic team from Bukit Aman in Kuala Lumpur is assisting in the investigation of yesterday's murder of four members of a family at their home in RTM Road here, Sibu police chief ACP Shafie Ismail said today. |
World
 | Atlanta Journal Constitution - By KASIE HUNT AP MANCHESTER, NH - Mitt Romney eagerly pocketed an endorsement from two-time New Hampshire primary winner John McCain on Wednesday and bid to convert a single-digit victory in Iowa into a Republican presidential campaign juggernaut. |
 | Jerusalem Post - By JPOST.COM STAFF Opposition groups claim most of the killings occurred in Homs, adding death toll of protesters now above 6000. At least 21 people were killed Wednesday in clashes with Syrian forces in separate cities throughout Syria as security ... |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday welcomed negotiations between the Afghan Taliban and the United States, as well as the Islamist insurgent group's plans to open an office in the Gulf state of Qatar. |
 | Voice of America - Tuesday, 03 January 2012 High-Level US Diplomat Begins Asia Tour VOA News Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is in Beijing, the first high-level US visit to Northeast Asia since the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. |
 | The Guardian - Murder most horrid, this undoubtedly was - unprovoked, thuggish and motivated by the vilest strain of race hatred. Stephen Lawrence's two convicted killers, Gary Dobson and David Norris, entered the Old Bailey yesterday with deserved expectations of a ... |
 | Daily Mail - By Travelmail Reporter Banning spas in the Maldives seemed to be an extraordinary case of shooting oneself in the foot when it comes to tourism. |
 | Toronto Star - After months of speculation, singer Youssou N'Dour, 52, announced his plan to run in a February 26 election late Monday. DAKAR - Senegal's Youssou N'Dour has taken his music to audiences around the world but says his decision to stop singing and run ... |
 | Huffington Post - 01/ 4/12 01:32 PM ET AP LONDON -- Investigators trying to identify the body of a young woman found on Queen Elizabeth II's Sandringham estate are focusing on cases of women who have gone missing in recent months, police said Wednesday. |
 | CBS News - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to the crowd gathered for the opening of a research center in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. |
 | Huffington Post (blog) - Christians seem to have a genetic disposition for describing people and events through a biblical lens. It makes sense. We are story-formed people, and the Bible shapes our political, moral and social imaginations. |
 | RT - Egyptian Islamist parties are set for victory as the last round of elections to the lower house of parliament continued Wednesday. |
 | Chicago Tribune - (Refiles to add dropped word in first paragraph) YANGON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Only a fraction of the estimated hundreds of political detainees in Myanmar were among about 900 prisoners released this week, a leading pro-democracy group said Wednesday, ... |
 | Jakarta Post - Rukayah, the wife of 2002 Bali bomb top suspect Umar Patek, was sentenced to 27 months in jail for immigration violations on Wednesday. |
 | Wall Street Journal (India) - ATHENS (Dow Jones)--Former Greek prime minister and Socialist leader George Papandreou will step down from the helm of the party and will not be a candidate for prime minister at the country's next elections, a party official said Wednesday. |
 | Minda News - KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 3 Jan) - Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from Northern Mindanao (Region 10) have returned the warrant of arrest to the Regional Trial Court branch 13 in Cotabato City where the case of destructive arson ... |
| AFP - SEREMBAN, Malaysia - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday that his coalition will not disintegrate even if he is found guilty of sodomy charges and imprisoned after a verdict next week. |
 | Business Mirror - 'WE have, therefore, reached the point as a nation where we must take action to save the constitution from the court and the court from itself…. |
 | The Daily Yomiuri - Makoto Hirata, the former Aum Supreme Truth cult member arrested Sunday for his alleged involvement in the 1995 abduction of a Tokyo notary public, said he was unaware of the kidnapping until he saw other members commit the crime, according to ... |
| Sin Chew Jit Poh - HANOI, January 4, 2012 (AFP) - A press freedom group has urged Vietnam to free a reporter from a state-run newspaper who was arrested on suspicion of bribing a policeman after he wrote a high-profile expose of corruption among officials. |
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