Southeast Asia
 | TODAYonline - by Sumita Sreedharan SINGAPORE - In the most high profile corruption investigation involving civil servants in recent times, Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) commissioner Peter Lim and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director Ng Boon Gay have been ... |
 | Bangkok Post - Prime Minister's Office minister Nalinee Taveesin has been appointed to promote Thailand's national image, despite the cloud hanging over her reputation caused by her ties to the Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. |
 | 3News NZ - The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists have warned. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Julie S. Alipala ZAMBOANGA CITY—Armed men believed to be pirates attacked a group of fishermen near Sibago Island in Basilan on Monday, killing at least 15 of them, military and police officials said. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Jerome Aning, Miko Morelos, Nancy C. Carvajal Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is well enough to leave the hospital, according to the head of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC). |
 | Bangkok Post - At least three people were killed and 50 others injured in an explosion and fire caused by fireworks at a Chinese New Year celebration presided over by former premier Banharn Silpa-archa in Suphan Buri last night. |
 | Philippine Star - By Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star) Updated January 25, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - The military yesterday challenged the New York-based Human Rights Watch to prove that soldiers were involved in unexplained killings. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Philip Tubeza, Redempto Anda Environmentalists and human rights activists renewed their call for justice for slain Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega as they marked his first death anniversary Tuesday with simultaneous protest actions in Manila and ... |
 | Inquirer.net - By Leila B. Salaverria The Philippine Navy officers charged with murder in the death of Ens. Philip Pestaño on Tuesday asked the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the charges against them and to defer their arrest while their plea was being resolved. |
 | Voice of America - Tuesday, 24 January 2012 Hun Sen Affirms Neutrality in South China Sea Conflict Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh “If Cambodia does not want to interfere in the South China Sea conflict, Asean members won't be happy. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Gil C. Cabacungan House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman on Tuesday relinquished his post to Quezon Representative Danilo Suarez, but not without a parting shot at former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo whom he has accused of plotting his ouster. |
 | The Borneo Post - KUALA LUMPUR: Ten-year-old Fifi Ramadani Syafrudin who was held hostage for six hours in an incident in Kampung Baru on Monday is reported in stable condition without any serious injury. |
 | Deccan Herald - Keen to get more strategic toeholds in the Andaman Sea, India is likely to offer Thailand “support” in the construction of a deep sea port at Dawei in the southwestern coast of Myanmar - a country which figures prominently in Chinese policy of ... |
 | Philippine Star - By Marvin Sy (The Philippine Star) Updated January 25, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Chief Justice Renato Corona may not necessarily be removed from office even if the Senate impeachment court convicts him, Sen. |
 | Malaysia Star - KUANTAN: Any proposal to impose the mandatory jail sentence on reckless drivers who caused deaths in road accidents must be fully scrutinised before being implemented, Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Salleh Mat Rasid said. |
 | Jakarta Post - The Jakarta Police says it will carry out drug raids in the city's nightclubs, following its findings that the driver of Sunday's fatal car crash had been under the influence of crystal methamphetamine. |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) will intensify its public expenditure reforms as it begins preparations on the 2013 national budget. |
World
 | Reuters - By Louis Charbonneau | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain, France and the United States sharply criticized Russia on Tuesday for supplying weapons to Syria, where government forces have killed thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators over the last 10 ... |
 | Washington Post (blog) - A super PAC supporting former House speaker Newt Gingrich has made a $6 million ad buy in Florida, underscoring the new dynamics of the presidential race. |
 | New York Daily News - By Helen Kennedy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A New York lawyer busted a trio of Hungarian scammers trying to fake the death of a 5-year-old girl and her mom aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship. |
 | Voice of America - January 24, 2012 France Rules Out Hasty Afghan Withdrawal VOA News France has ruled out a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier shot and killed four French troops last week. |
 | Fox News - WASHINGTON - The United States has expressed grave concern that Chinese security forces opened fire on Tibetan protesters and said it would raise human rights when China's vice president and future leader visits next month. |
 | USA TODAY - By Michael Winter, USA TODAY In a bid to prevent vote fraud, the Russian government has begun installing web cameras at polling stations nationwide, The Moscow Times reports. |
 | Voice of America - January 24, 2012 US Urging Nigerians to Unite Against Boko Haram Scott Stearns | State Department The United States is urging Nigerians to stand united against "enemies of civility and peace" in the radical Muslim sect Boko Haram. |
 | Christian Science Monitor - Sanctions are once again leading the news with trade embargoes tightening around Iran and debates over whether to loosen US restrictions on Cuba and Myanmar. |
 | Stuff.co.nz - Alleged internet pirate Kim Dotcom reportedly sent an email to his concerned neighbours joking about money laundering, hacking their email accounts and taking cocaine. |
 | Ahram Online - On 27 January 2011, Mohamed Saad El-Katatni and tens of other Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested as the government of Hosni Mubarak sought to repress the growing popular uprising. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - By Telegraph View The vote in the French senate declaring it a crime to deny that the Armenian massacres in 1915 constituted an attempted genocide has provoked an outraged response from Turkey. |
 | Huffington Post (blog) - Last week, two days after a massive, global online protest against the US Congress' misguided Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate twin, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), lawmakers in Congress have delayed further committee and voting action. |
 | Seattle Post Intelligencer - AP, Internet activists protest against the international copyright agreement ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, in front of the European Parliament office in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. |
 | News24 - Not only a breathtaking account of the Special Forces raid on Iraqi scuds during the Gulf War, this... Now R76.95 Baghdad - A spate of bomb attacks in and around Baghdad, the deadliest of which targeted Shi'ite areas in the capital, killed at least 12 ... |
 | euronews - Judge Baltasar Garzon is on trial in Spain, accused by two right-wing groups of breaking a 1977 amnesty by investigating the deaths or disappearances of more than 100000 civilians in the Spanish Civil War and the aftermath of the Franco dictatorship. |
 | Jerusalem Post - By ELANA KIRSH Bettens told a cheering Tel Aviv audience on that “Israel really is the best crowd in the world." When Belgian singer/songwriter/guitarist Sarah Bettens told a cheering Tel Aviv audience on Monday night that “Israel really is the best ... |
 | Jerusalem Post - By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Monday Israeli police apprehended two Hamas men who had been living at the International Committee of the Red Cross compound in east Jerusalem. |
 | Newsday - Nation Newsday > News > Nation Gadhafi loyalists seize Libyan city Published: January 24, 2012 3:40 PM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BENGHAZI, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan mountain city in the most serious challenge to the ... |
 | Aljazeera.com - Country marks most important holiday of the year, with Shaolin Kung Fu monks participating for first time. Chinese communities around the world are celebrating the Chinese New Year, the most important holiday for many in Asia, with the theme of global ... |
 | TIME - By Tim Hume Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il waves his hand from a car after a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at Sosnovy Bor Military Garrison outside Ulan-Ude on August 24, 2011. |
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