Southeast Asia
 | CNN International - By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A landslide in a remote area of the southern Philippines has killed 25 people and left more than 100 missing, the provincial governor said Thursday. |
 | Vancouver Sun - The former head of Cambodia's anti-drugs office was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for masterminding a drugs ring from his office, a court official said. |
 | TODAYonline - Suppose we could benchmark our ministers' quality, and suppose it drops 10 per cent in the long run (after the pay cut). Would it be worth the savings on their salaries? |
 | The Online Zamboanga Times - by Jelly F. Musico MANILA - Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Thursday urged the House prosecutors' team led by Rep. Neil Tupas to exercise fairness by avoiding the presentation of evidence that would affect the impeachment case against Supreme ... |
 | Inquirer.net - One million pesos in cold cash awaits anyone who can furnish the authorities with information that will lead to the capture of retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr. |
 | The Hindu - The protest, which began just before the New Year, was unusual even after many new, boundary-shattering forms of dissent seized the attention of much of the world in 2011 - piles of old sandals donated to oppose the trial of a 15-year-old boy accused ... |
 | Inquirer.net - On Jan. 27, 2011, retired Lt. Col. George Rabusa disclosed a multimillion fund scam in the military while testifying in the Senate blue ribbon committee's inquiry into the plea bargain between state prosecutors and former military comptroller Carlos ... |
 | New Straits Times - OPPOSITION leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Pakatan Rakyat has long discussed "possible scenarios" following the Jan 9 verdict on his sodomy case. |
 | Malaya - FINALLY, President Aquino has instructed allies to get the Freedom of Information bill moving in Congress. Support for FOI was a campaign commitment of the President. |
 | Bangkok Post - Thailand has arrived at the outset of 2012 more bruised and battered compared to its previous bouts of political instability, characterised by several years of protests and violence and then capped recently by the floods. |
 | Pattaya Mail - NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Jan 4 - Police believe that the bodies of two teenagers found in a canal in this provincial seat were swept away by this week's flash flood and drowned. |
 | TODAYonline - by Wong Jiahui Alicia Singapore - Her original post on Facebook drew the ire of netizens, and yesterday, Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts Grace Fu (picture) moved to clarify her comments on the proposed ministerial ... |
 | Gather Celebs News Channel - The recent Janelle Manahan sex video scandal has led to accusations that Ramgen Revilla's family members were responsible for the leaked footage. |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has deployed health teams to conduct an information drive and distribute medicines amid several cases of leptospirosis due to floods brought about by tropical storm Sendong (international name: ... |
 | Thai News Agency MCOT - BANGKOK, Jan 5 - Thailand's death toll from road accidents nationwide during the 2012 New Year's celebration week has risen to 335, but still well below that of last year's 358 fatalities, while the number of injuries reached 3345 persons on the last ... |
World
 | The Australian - A man is seen through the shattered windshield of a car as he walks by blood and glass on the pavement after a booby-trapped motorcycle exploded near a group of day labourers waiting to pick up work in the Shiite district of Sadr City, north of Baghdad ... |
 | San Francisco Chronicle - Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama presented a revamped US military strategy for an era of budget cuts that pledges to emphasize Asia and space and cyber capabilities while preserving missions such as defeating al-Qaeda. |
 | Financial Times - By Philip Delves Broughton After decades of economic isolation and military misrule, there is a gold rush mood around Myanmar. William Hague is there on the first visit by a UK foreign secretary in more than 50 years. |
 | Straits Times - UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - United Nations human rights experts may train Arab League observers monitoring the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on opposition protests, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. |
 | Christian Science Monitor - Mitt Romney isn't a natural fit for South Carolina Republicans, who, as in Iowa, skew more conservative and more evangelical than Republicans as a whole. |
 | Voice of America - Thursday, 05 January 2012 US Calls for North Korean Restraint Just weeks after North Korea announced the death of its leader, Kim Jong Il, diplomatic activity has resumed on how to engage Pyongyang. |
 | CBS News - This 2011 photo provided by the Gonzalez family shows Jaime Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Gonzalez Family) BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 911 recording reveals the tense moments in a Texas middle school when police confronted an eighth-grader who was ... |
 | Christian Science Monitor - Amid controversy over his recess appointment, Richard Cordray outlines next tasks for the watchdog Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. |
 | New York Times - CAIRO—Egyptian prosecutors on Thursday called for former President Hosni Mubarak to be hanged, saying that he was ultimately responsible for the security forces' killings of hundreds of peaceful protesters in demonstrations that ended his nearly three ... |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday demanded that the US detention center at Bagram Air Base be transferred fully to the Afghan government's control within a month. |
 | Globe and Mail - The mother of accused Los Angeles arsonist Harry Burkhart told Canada's Federal Court two years ago her son could make “deadly” decisions if she was jailed on long-standing fraud charges and he was forced to fend for himself. |
 | Jerusalem Post - By JAY BUSHINSKY Different Perspective: As a sovereign state, Israel must take effective action to end rocket attacks. The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who fire homemade Kassam and imported Soviet-type Grad missiles must be prevented from playing ... |
 | The Borneo Post - OVER TO YOU: Dr Mahathir receives a memento from RAFOC president Jeneral Tan Sri Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth after delivering his speech to former Malaysian Armed Forces. |
 | Huffington Post (blog) - After all those years of being constrained by the Bush administration's disapproval of negotiations with Taliban "dead-enders," Karzai now sees Barack Obama leapfrogging past his government to conduct talks directly with the Taliban. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Pakistan held funeral services Thursday for 15 paramilitary soldiers abducted and killed by the Taliban in the country's northwest. |
 | Wall Street Journal - By MARC CHAMPION ISTANBUL—Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday reassured Iran that Ankara wouldn't allow Turkish soil to be used for any attack against a neighbor, during a trip to Tehran focused on averting a Sunni-Shia "cold war" in ... |
 | Stuff.co.nz - A ban on luxury spas at hotels and massage parlours in the Maldives was lifted on Wednesday (local time) under pressure from the country's key tourism industry a week after it was imposed as part of an effort to curb perceived vice. |
 | Washington Post (blog) - By Karen DeYoung (Anjum Naveed - Associated Press) Three US senators Thursday expressed concern about what they called the “ongoing harassment and mistreatment” of Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, by authorities in his ... |
 | The Maritime Executive - On Thursday Members of Parliament released a report on Somali piracy - it includes the the current state of piracy in the region and recommendations for eradicating this costly crime. |
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