Southeast Asia
 | Chicago Tribune - (Adds report that suspect carried Swedish passport) BANGKOK, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Thai authorities have beefed up security in parts of the capital and other areas popular with tourists after the United States and Israel warned of a possible terrorist ... |
 | Philippine Headline News - MANILA, JANUARY 15, 2012 (TRIBUNE) By Benjamin B. Pulta - A big hoax and a cheap shot. This is what the claim of the House prosecutors of 45 property titles allegedly belonging to the impeached Chief magsitrate was. |
 | Hindustan Times - Former Malaysia's prime minister Mahathir Mohamad smiles as he speaks at his office in Putrajaya outside Kuala. The man who made Malaysia part of the "East Asia Miracle" with a massive inflow of foreign direct investment doesn't think much of it today. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Leoncio Balbin Jr. VIGAN CITY—Former Ilocos Sur Rep. Ronald Singson arrived on the family-owned 18-seat jet at the airport here at 4:30 pm on Saturday, hours after his release from the Hong Kong jail where he served 11 months of an 18-month sentence ... |
 | Bernama - KANGAR, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- The government will announce, in the near future, the steps it will take to handle the issues being faced by the National Feedlot Corporation, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today. |
 | New York Times - MANILA - When President Benigno S. Aquino III gave his inauguration speech in June 2010, he touched on the customary broad themes of improving the economy and fighting poverty, but he also made an oddly specific comment. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Jason Bagiua Cebu City, Philippines—Thousands of devotees on Saturday started the feast of the Señor Sto. Niño de Cebu with a colorful fluvial parade at the Mactan Channel. |
 | Philippine Star - By Perseus Echeminada (The Philippine Star) Updated January 15, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - The Pasay City Regional Trial Court has submitted for resolution a motion of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo seeking to ... |
 | Zimbabwe Metro - JAKARTA - Hundreds of protestors attacked the offices of Indonesian Home Ministry in Jakarta on Thursday, pressing the government to ban alcohol countrywide and to turn the country into an Islamic state. |
 | Channel News Asia - By Vimita Mohandas | Posted: 14 January 2012 1623 hrs SINGAPORE: Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong wants to see stronger economic ties between Singapore and major states in India, at a time when the Indian economy holds huge growth potential. |
 | Inquirer.net - The launch of the Department of Tourism's new “It's More Fun In The Philippines” campaign has led to debates between people who either love or hate it. |
 | Bernama - GEORGE TOWN, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's lead counsel Karpal Singh has called on the Attorney-General (AG) not to file an appeal against the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision to acquit and discharge the opposition leader. |
 | Malaysia Star - By ZORA CHAN KUCHING: SUPP has identified five candidates who it thinks have bright chances of winning in the next parliamentary election. |
 | Malaysia Star - ALOR SETAR: Pakatan Rakyat has been told to consider setting up an independent amnesty body to pardon the “small fry” involved in corruption cases. |
 | Bernama - PADANG BESAR, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin wants the people to exercise wisdom in determining their future despite being continuously bombarded by lies being spread by the opposition about the government's ... |
 | The Sun Daily - By S Tamarai Chelvi KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13, 2012) : The mother of A Kugan, who died in police custody in 2009 filed a civil suit seeking for more than RM100 million in damages for negligence and breach of statutory duty. |
World
 | CBS News - The Costa Concordia is seen in Rome's port of Civitavecchia in a March 2009 file photo. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) Italian authorities are trying to find out why a luxury cruise liner - the largest ever built in Italy at the time she entered ... |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou says his second-term election victory will allow for smoother ties with mainland China. The incumbent president claimed victory in Saturday's vote, telling throngs of supporters gathered at his election headquarters, ... |
 | Toronto Sun - Demonstrators take part in a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayer in Talbiseh near Homs January 13, 2012. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - An Iraqi suicide bomber handing out food and pastries blew himself up outside the mainly Shi'ite port city of Basra Saturday, killing at least 53 people and wounding 137 others. |
 | Chicago Tribune - (Adds report that suspect carried Swedish passport) BANGKOK, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Thai authorities have beefed up security in parts of the capital and other areas popular with tourists after the United States and Israel warned of a possible terrorist ... |
 | New Yorker (blog) - When Thein Sein succeeded Myanmar's military dictator, Senior General Than Shwe, following a carefully staged election in February 2011, little suggested that he would chart a different course from his predecessor. |
 | Lez Get Real - One of the big buzzes on the news shows and internet Friday is video of three Iranian Republican Guard ships, small but heavily armed, speeding around the USS New Orelans, an amphibious transport ship, and the US Coast Guard cutter Adak. |
 | Sky News Australia - A Tibetan set himself on fire in southwest China on Saturday and police fired on hundreds of locals, possibly killing one, as they attempted to rescue the burned body from officials, rights groups said. |
 | Arab News - Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal receives Spain's Minister of Foreign Affair and Cooperation José Manuel García-Margallo in Riyadh on Saturday. |
 | Huffington Post (blog) - One of the most memorable moments in my life was when I was introduced to Dr. Martin Luther King. I remember when I was an undergraduate student completing a homework assignment given to me by my professor. |
 | Openglobe - United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is promising a full investigation after a video of US Marines allegedly urinating on dead bodies was posted on the Internet. |
 | The Daily Yomiuri - Though Okada regards himself as an "unsung hero" in the Noda administration, he accepted the No. 2 post in the Cabinet at the prime minister's insistence. |
 | New York Times (blog) - By LEE SIEGEL Jon Moe/Associated PressMitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, with his extended family in 2007. Mitt Romney may not have officially clinched the Republican nomination, but his victory has never really been in doubt. |
 | The Seattle Times - Iran confirmed Saturday a visit by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but said the visit did not mean Iran would make any concessions over its nuclear rights. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - Royal Marines were part of a Nato-led combined counter-piracy force which captured 13 Somali pirates on a boat in the Indian Ocean. |
 | The Australian - Mohamed ElBaradei attends a demonstration in al-Tahrir square in central in Cairo, telling thousands that "change is coming". |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Tunisians on Saturday marked the first anniversary of the ousting of longtime President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who stepped down following an uprising that sparked revolutions across the Arab world. |
 | RT - Hundreds of Indian Muslims took part in a protest in Mumbai after the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed appeared on Facebook. A private user asked people to submit drawings of the Prophet Mohammed in an online competition. |
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