Southeast Asia
 | New Straits Times - By W Scott Thompson | 0 comments AS you are reading this, a signally important conclave is gathering in Kuala Lumpur, the launching of a "Global Movement of Moderates", with the all-out backing of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. |
 | msnbc.com - By By Robert Windrem Police raids in Bangkok, Thailand, which netted a suspected Hezbollah operative Thursday and the makings of bomb-making materials Saturday, represent "one of the most credible Israel-focused threats overseas in a long time," said ... |
 | TODAYonline - by Teo Xuanwei SINGAPORE - While the issue of ministerial salaries has been a lightning rod for public anger at several General Elections, it was - in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's assessment - during the most recent GE that things "came to a head". |
 | Cebu Daily News - A TEAM FROM WASHINGTON President Aquino welcomes to Malacañang on Tuesday four prominent American senators—Joe Lieberman (left), John McCain, Sheldon Whitehouse and Kelly Ayotte. |
 | New Straits Times - THE National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFC) has denied an allegation that the company received the RM250 million government loan before any contract was signed. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Philip C. Tubeza The Supreme Court has ordered its Program Management Office (PMO) to answer allegations of irregularities in the World Bank-funded reform program for the judiciary. |
 | Bangkok Post - The cabinet reshuffle soon to be announced is aimed at setting people in positions that best suit them and at achieving a proper balance, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra said on Tuesday. |
 | TVNZ - Captured in a Borneo forest on Christmas Day, she is the latest addition to Malaysia's Borneo Rhino Sanctuary - and experts say she may also be one of the last hopes for a species on the brink of extinction. |
 | BBC News - Vietnam's navy has taken delivery of its first locally-made warship, equipped with artillery and missile systems, local media report. |
 | Straits Times - A 15-year-old student is in a coma after falling from the sixth floor of the NUS High School of Mathematics and Science in Clementi. |
 | Cebu Daily News - Police on Tuesday said authorities have captured an Abu Sayyaf member suspected of involvement in the 2001 kidnapping of three Americans and 17 Filipinos in the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. |
 | New Straits Times - THE transformation of the district here from a laid-back coastal town to a modern yet traditional setting reflects Barisan Nasional's commitment in delivering development to the people. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Gil Cabacungan Minority Leader Edcel Lagman is still entrenched in his post for the second straight session day as Deputy Minority Leader and Quezon Representative Danilo Suarez failed to present a manifesto showing that most of the minority bloc ... |
 | New Straits Times - GEORGE TOWN: A construction worker was crushed to death while two others were injured when a concrete slab fell on them at a housing project in Bayan Lepas yesterday. |
 | Bernama - JAKARTA, Jan 17 (Bernama) -- Indonesia will carry out its long-delayed plan to send an observer team to the Thai-Cambodia border, in the wake of recent developments related to border disputes between the two countries. |
 | Business Mirror - BY next year, classroom shortage will no longer be a problem of the Department of Education (DepEd). “We are confident that by 2013, shortage of classrooms will be addressed,” Education Sec. |
World
 | Reuters - By Sarah McBride and Jasmin Melvin | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A blackout scheduled for Wednesday to protest against proposed legislation on online piracy has failed to get the support of the biggest Internet players. |
 | NEWS.com.au - The cruise ship Costa Concordia after it ran aground and keeled over with more than 4000 people on board, killing at least 11 people. |
 | The Daily Star - BEIRUT: Rebels who have occupied a hillside resort in Syria are struggling to withstand army bombardment, which they say is part of a campaign to crush their strongholds in the 10-month rebellion against President Bashar Assad. |
 | Irish Times - THE EUROPEAN Commission has initiated legal action against Hungary over its new constitution, raising the stakes in a battle with prime minister Viktor Orban over the independence of the country's central bank, judiciary and data protection body. |
 | GMA News - The Department of Foreign Affairs is coordinating with families of at least three Filipinos killed in a building collapse in Beirut, Lebanon last weekend. |
 | New York Times (blog) - By NATE SILVER Perhaps the most fundamental question surrounding this year's Republican nomination race has been what to make of the fact that support for Mitt Romney rarely exceeded 20 or 25 percent in national polls, despite seemingly running a ... |
 | The Independent - The latest news from the Atlantic Odyssey Challenge in which a team of six men are attempting to bre... When I was 26 weeks and six days pregnant I went to hospital, completely expecting to be told I was ... Winning the 2011 Galaxy book of the year ... |
 | Business Recorder (blog) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has shown immense patience in keeping good working relationship with President Asif Ali Zardari since he became prime minister but his rapport with him will be severely tested in the days and weeks ahead. |
 | Toronto Sun - By Rita DeMontis ,Toronto Sun Don't worry if you missed ringing in 2012 - there's another new year coming our way January 23. |
 | ABC News - The Senate's top Republican offered rare praise Tuesday for the former general leading Myanmar, but stopped short of saying he'd support easing sanctions. |
 | New York Times - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has ordered extra security for scientists because of the drive-by assassination last week of the deputy director of the country's primary uranium enrichment facility, which he attributed to “the evil hands of ... |
 | CBS News - (AP) BUCHAREST, Romania - More than 1000 demonstrators jeered government austerity measures in downtown Bucharest on Monday as Romania's prime minister warned that violent clashes like those that left 59 injured over the weekend could jeopardize ... |
 | ABS CBN News - DUBLIN - Irish police have recovered a Christian relic said to be part of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, three months after it was stolen from an abbey, the Catholic church said Tuesday. |
| Bangkok Post - The cabinet reshuffle soon to be announced is aimed at setting people in positions that best suit them and at achieving a proper balance, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra said on Tuesday. |
 | Washington Post - Regarding the Jan. 14 front-page article “For King memorial, a fix etched in stone”: It seems to me that this is a “making a molehill into a mountain” sort of thing. |
 | Irish Times - GERMAN MEP Martin Schultz, of the Socialist and Democrat group, was elected president of the European Parliament yesterday with a comfortable majority of 387 votes out of 670 cast. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Violence has surged in Syria as Western members of the United Nations Security Council spar with Russia over how to stop the bloodshed from the 10-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. |
 | 3News NZ - The first giant pandas France has seen in more than a decade are happily munching bamboo in their new home. Yuan Zi, a boy, and Huan Huan, a girl, arrived on a 10-year loan from China this week. |
 | WKRG-TV - Faced with tough budget decisions the city's finance director is looking for help with the 2013 budget. “I don't want to say it makes me crazy, but it makes me crazy,” finance director Barbara Malkove. |
 | Business Times (subscription) - By FRANK CHING THE re-election of Ma Ying-jeou was welcomed in China and brought a collective sigh of relief in the world's capitals, with congratulations pouring into Taiwan from the United States, the European Union, Japan, Australia and Singapore. |
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