Southeast Asia
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has slammed the Australian government's proposal to send asylum seekers to his country for processing, claiming Kuala Lumpur has a "notorious" human rights record. |
 | gulfnews.com - By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Manila: The Philippine government has expressed concerns to China over the recent activities of its armed forces in an area the Philippines claims as part of its territory. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Jaymee T. Gamil An environmental group has appealed to all Black Nazarene devotees to pick up after themselves during the annual procession from Rizal Park to the Quiapo Church Monday. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Nestor P. Burgos Jr. IT'S FUN. The new marketing campaign launched by the Department of Tourism to attract visitors to the Philippines. |
 | New Straits Times - By ILI LIYANA MOKHTAR KUALA LUMPUR: Pas announced yesterday the sacking of Datuk Dr Hasan Mohamed Ali who, in turn, expressed shock at the decision. |
 | Xinhua - BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhuanet) --Search and rescue workers continue digging for bodies in a mining community that was buried by a landslide earlier this week in Southern Philippines. |
 | Forbes - Singapore's economy contracted last quarter, falling 4.9%. Not all analysts predict the current period will also be down, but don't expect a robust expansion anytime soon. |
 | Malaysia Star - Najib, who was accompanied by Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, arrived at Waterkloff Airforce Base here early yesterday morning and was greeted by Malaysian High Commissioner Kennedy Jawan. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Cathy Yamsuan Senator Antonio Trillanes IV insists that the verdict in Chief Justice Renato Corona's trial should not be based solely on evidence but also on “what would be best for the country. |
 | Manila Bulletin - This is what [John the Baptist] proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Gil Cabacungan House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman on Sunday said the Lakas-Kampi coalition has “ceased to exist” and that only the Lakas-CMD (Christian Muslim Democrats) party remained to represent the minority in the lower house of Congress. |
 | Sun.Star - GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Barely 24 hours after a publisher of a local tabloid was gunned down in cold-blooded fashion on Thursday, hired assassins struck again. |
 | Jakarta Post - A lawmaker has told the government to be stern with the eastern neighbor after Papua New Guinea (PNG) threatened to expel the Indonesian ambassador from Port Moresby following an interception fiasco. |
 | New America Media - Editor's Note: Nearly 2 million Cambodians lost their lives in the infamous killing fields in their homeland between 1974 and 1979. |
 | International Business Times UK - By Emanuelle Degli Esposti: Subscribe to Emanuelle's RSS feed India's crime branch officers hold a seized head of a Royal Bengal tiger outside a hotel in Nagpur March 16, 2011. |
 | New Straits Times - KUALA LUMPUR: The fourth child of the Sultan of Johor was among 960 inspector trainees who completed their training at the Police Training College here yesterday. |
World
 | Reuters Africa - By Yasmine Saleh and Ayman Samir CAIRO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Arab League has urged the Syrian government to end its violence against protesters and allow League monitors in the country to work more freely, but stopped short of asking the UN to help. |
 | San Francisco Chronicle - By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY, AP AP In this April 8, 2008 file photo provided by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south ... |
 | ABC Online - EMILY BOURKE: A week after his razor thin victory in Iowa, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is leading in New Hampshire but the gap is shrinking. |
 | Daily Monitor - South Africans attend the celebrations of the centenary of Africa's oldest liberation movement, South Africa's ruling ANC, with some 100000 people at a rally in Bloemfontein. |
 | AFP - BEIJING - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak arrives in China on Monday for talks with his counterpart Hu Jintao that will focus on the North Korean leadership transition following the death of Kim Jong-Il. |
 | The Nation Newspaper - By The Nation 4 minutes ago IN an event that is unusual in many parts of the world, the Boko Haram struck, and at the most unexpected place - The House of God, at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Madalla, near Abuja, in Niger State. |
| Sydney Morning Herald - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has slammed the Australian government's proposal to send asylum seekers to his country for processing, claiming Kuala Lumpur has a "notorious" human rights record. |
 | ABC Online - A Tibetan has died after he and another man set themselves on fire in south-west China, state media said, taking the total number of such acts in the restive region to 14 in less than a year. |
 | CNN International - By the CNN Wire Staff A worker lays out bags of grain for people at the Doro refugee camp in South Sudan on December 5. (CNN) -- South Sudan is facing a "huge humanitarian crisis" that requires support from the international community, ... |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - The hot air balloon that crashed in flames, killing 11 people on New Zealand's North Island, was flown by an experienced pilot. |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - By José S. Arcilla SJ In the Roman Catholic Church, the feast of the Epiphany, or the “Three Kings,” closes the Christmas celebration to honor our Lord's human birth. |
| Manila Bulletin - This is what [John the Baptist] proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. |
 | Journal Online - MERCEDES, Camarines Norte - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional Office 5 joined hands with the town's Inter-Island Management Council in officially launching its Mangrove Plantation Project in the Bicol Region by planting 50000 ... |
 | Arab News - By DAVID ALEXANDER | REUTERS WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cautioned global rivals on Sunday not to misjudge US plans to slash military spending over the next decade, saying America would still field the world's strongest military and ... |
 | Malaya - BY JENNIE L. ILUSTRE WASHINGTON DC -- Carmela de la Rosa, who was convicted last year of murdering her granddaughter, was sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday (Saturday in Manila), according to a WJLA-ABCTV report. |
 | Reuters Africa - By Daniel Wallis CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dismissed a US warning to avoid close ties with Iran on Sunday, denouncing what he said was Washington's attempt to dominate the world as he prepared to welcome the Iranian president ... |
 | Alaska Dispatch - Whether 15-year-old Dallas teen Jakadrien Turner sought deportation or got caught up in a fast-moving US immigration bureaucracy remains in question as the girl returned to the United States late Friday after an eight-month banishment to Colombia. |
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