Southeast Asia
 | Seattle Post Intelligencer - FAKHRURRADZIE GADE, AP BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake hit waters off western Indonesia early Wednesday, prompting officials to briefly issue a tsunami warning. |
 | New Straits Times - By Zainul Ariffin Md Isa | 0 comments YOU could almost hear the hiss of hot air escaping from what was a tense situation building up over the much-awaited verdict of the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial. |
 | ABC Online - EMILY BOURKE: The Australian Government says it's concerned about a new trend emerging in the international world of people smuggling. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Khmer Rouge tribunal monitors say a conflict between two judges at the United Nations-backed court will hamper the pursuit of cases against former Khmer Rouge leaders. |
 | New Straits Times - UMNO is more courteous when dealing with members who may have gone against its principles, the party's deputy president said. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also deputy prime minister, said the party had an Islam-based democratic system, ... |
 | New Straits Times - By JENNIFER GOMEZ KUALA LUMPUR: BUSINESSMAN Datuk Seri Kalimullah Masheerul Hassan and Matthias Chang, a former aide of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, have reached a settlement over an article which was published in the New Sunday Times nearly six years ago. |
 | Philippine Star - By Michael Punongbayan (The Philippine Star) Updated January 11, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Despite accusations of graft against its chief, the Supreme Court (SC) had no serious fund irregularities in 2010, according to a Commission on Audit ... |
 | Malay Mail - PUTRAJAYA: The Education Ministry will work with the Defence Ministry (Mindef) to identify the demographics of National Service (NS) trainees found to be illiterate during their stint. |
 | New Straits Times - KOTA KINABALU: Sabah upgraded the status of Borneo pygmy elephants to totally protected species, with stiffer penalties for offenders. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Fernando Fajardo I salute the Department of Tourism for coming out with a new brand to attract visitors to the Philippines, which it summed up in six words: “It's more fun in the Philippines. |
 | Bernama - BANGKOK, Jan 10 (Bernama) -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced on Tuesday that her government plans to complete constitutional amendments within one year, reports Thai News Agency (TNA). |
 | Gulf Today - By Manolo B. Jara MANILA: President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino on Tuesday named a veteran pilot and instructor as the new head of the 20000-strong Philippine Air Force (PAF). |
 | Minda News - By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera | Wednesday| January 11, 2012 | Filed under: Top Stories COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/10 January) - Cotabato Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema, who also chairs the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), was wounded in an ambush not far from ... |
 | Inquirer.net - By Ronnel W. Domingo The budget department has released P4.2 billion to state colleges and universities (SUCs) to fund the upgrade of facilities, scholarships, research and development, and for the training of executives. |
 | CBS News - (AP) BANGKOK - Thailand's Cabinet approved compensation Tuesday for victims of the violent political conflicts that have wracked the country for almost seven years, as the new government takes steps toward reconciliation. |
 | New Straits Times - A two-metre-long dolphin was washed ashore alive at Tanjung Aru beach here, yesterday, with what appears to be a scar wound on its body. |
| Tempo - By AAARON B. RECUENCO & NONOY E. LACSON The likelihood of losing his wife for good prompted a man to commit suicide by blowing himself up inside their house in Zamboanga City early yesterday. |
World
 | Reuters Canada - By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad derided the efforts of Arab League monitors to halt violence against anti-government activists, and a senior UN official said Syria had stepped up its killing of protesters after the ... |
 | Malaysia Star - By Haji Mujtaba MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Unmanned US aircraft fired missiles into a home in a tribal region of western Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least three militants, local intelligence officials said, in an attack that ended a lengthy ... |
 | San Jose Mercury News - By David Espo and Steve Peoples AP CONCORD, NH -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, adding to a first-place finish in last week's Iowa caucuses and establishing himself as the man to beat for the ... |
 | Los Angeles Times - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has condemned Iran's decision to begin uranium enrichment at a covertly built underground bunker near Qom, Iran, saying it brought Tehran “a significant step closer” to gaining the ability to produce bomb-grade ... |
| Seattle Post Intelligencer - FAKHRURRADZIE GADE, AP BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake hit waters off western Indonesia early Wednesday, prompting officials to briefly issue a tsunami warning. |
 | Irish Times - THE FRONT-page photograph was of Eric Cantona, wearing a shirt and tie and staring purposefully into the middle distance, alongside the headline: “I'm looking for 500 signatures. |
 | AFP - WASHINGTON - A US congressman who has spearheaded sanctions aimed at pressuring Myanmar will pay his first visit to the country from Thursday to assess the pace of recent reforms, his office said. |
 | Irish Times - WITH TAIWAN'S presidential elections taking place this weekend, what is notable across the strait dividing the island from mainland China is the absence of the usual sabre-rattling and harsh rhetoric before the polls. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - North Korea's powerful military has held a mass rally in the capital, Pyongyang, to pledge loyalty to the country's new leader Kim Jong Un. |
 | Stuff.co.nz - GAME OF DEATH: Screenshot of Iranian-American Amir Mirza Hekmati, who has been sentenced to death by Iran's Revolutionary Court on the charge of spying for the CIA. |
 | Malaysia Kini - YOURSAY 'All these Umno-BN leaders who made such demand are nuts. The time for the judiciary to redeem itself has expired long, long time ago. |
 | Wall Street Journal - By DAMIAN PALETTA The appointment of Jacob Lew as White House chief of staff puts a budget expert at President Barack Obama's side as he enters a crucial period that includes the State of the Union address, a major budget proposal and negotiations with ... |
 | TVNZ - A small boat from the Sea Shepherd vessell, Steve Irwin, goes past Japanese whaling ship Shonan Maru 2. - Source: Reuters The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has accused Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard of trying to demonise its work and says a ... |
 | GMA News - VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict said on Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined "the future of humanity itself. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Philip C. Tubeza A maid carries a folding chair for waiting Saudi women along the sea front in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah. |
 | China Daily - CARACAS, Venezuela - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Monday mocked US disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal. |
 | Sky News - A Polish lawyer who survived after shooting himself in the head at a news conference has spoken from his hospital bed about the suicide bid. |
 | Wall Street Journal (blog) - By Christopher Matthews Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) and US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns (3rd L) meet in Ankara Monday. |
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