Southeast Asia
 | Straits Times - By Alastair McIndoe, Philippines Correspondent MANILA - In an embarrassing setback to the Philippine government's anti-piracy effort, President Benigno Aquino's political adviser was caught on camera shopping for illegally copied films in a mall here. |
 | Malaysia Star - PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak paid tribute to the Chinese community in the country by describing them as an integral part of Malaysia's success. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Miko Morelos The Pasay Regional Trial Court dismissed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's motion to recall an arrest warrant against her, paving the way for her arraignment for electoral fraud on Feb. 20. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - The United Nations says a Swiss jurist will soon begin work as an investigating magistrate at the special tribunal probing Khmer Rouge war crimes despite the Cambodian government's refusal to approve his appointment to the court. |
 | Indian Express - Two important visitors to Delhi this week - the foreign minister of Myanmar, Wunna Maung Lwin, and the prime minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra - bring India's eastern flank into strategic perspective. |
 | Malaysia Star - By WANI MUTHIAH PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will go ahead with its refugee-swapping programme with other countries after the deal with Australia failed to materialise. |
 | Straits Times - THE Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) confirmed yesterday it had arrested the former chiefs of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB). |
 | AsiaOne - By Shafiq Alkhatib Despite all the merrymaking to celebrate the occasion, Singaporeans may have to tighten their belts for possibly less rosy days ahead. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Jerome Aning Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday designated the chief prosecutor of the Ilocos Region, Nonnatus Caesar Rojas, as concurrent officer in charge (OIC) of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). |
 | Straits Times - By Lin Zhaowei From this year, the academically brightest of each freshman cohort at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will be invited to join a special programme that will stretch them even further. |
 | New Straits Times - KUALA LUMPUR: Police have defended the shooting of a hostage-taker in Kampung Baru on Monday, claiming that the suspect was "uncontrollable". |
 | Business Recorder (blog) - Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza Wednesday left for Indonesia to attend 7th Session of the Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States (PUIC) Conference. |
 | New Straits Times - By ROY GOH FOUR people died after a group of parang-wielding men attacked a family at an oil palm plantation in Semporna. The group of 11 foreigners went into the plantation and attacked the family in Kalumpang here about 5.30pm on Jan 22. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Jerome Aning A justice department prosecution panel on Wednesday ordered the filing of charges of corruption, malversation and banking law violation against former Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) board chairman Prospero Pichay Jr. |
 | Bangkok Post - Four people have now died after Tuesday's fireworks blast and fiery blaze in Suphan Buri, prompting government vows to tighten safety at public events. |
 | New Straits Times - PUTRAJAYA: Some 50 buyers of an apartment project, which has been abandoned over the past eight years, are urging the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate those connected to the project including the Klang Municipal Council, ... |
 | Malaysia Kini - YOURSAY 'I implore the police. Please be seen to be fair so that the rakyat's confidence in you can be restored.' Trumpet Call: The police must act. |
World
 | The Daily Star - Key events in Egypt since the start of a popular uprising a year ago which ousted president Hosni Mubarak:JANUARY, 2011- 25: Anti-government protests erupt in the wake of a revolt that toppled the ruler of Tunisia. |
 | Los Angeles Times - By Michael A. Memoli President Obama on Tuesday signaled that he's eager for an election-year debate on taxes. And that's just fine with some Republicans. |
 | Malaysia Star - By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - US special operations forces swooped into Somalia on Wednesday and rescued two hostage aid workers after killing their nine kidnappers, a rare and daring raid in the Horn of Africa nation to free foreign captives. |
 | Straits Times - UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN leader Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that he will visit Israel and the Palestinians territories next week to reinforce efforts to revive the deadlocked peace process. |
 | Reuters Africa - By Mariam Karouny DAMASCUS, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Britain and France joined forces with Arab allies on Wednesday to push the UN Security Council to back an Arab League call for Syrian President , Bashar al-Assad to step aside, setting the stage for a ... |
 | CNN - (CNN) -- A big landslide has ripped through a village in a remote area of Papua New Guinea, killing at least 40 people and leaving 20 others missing, authorities said Wednesday. |
 | Times of India - BEIJING: Police shot dead a protester as the unrest caused by repeated self-immolations by monks spread to more areas in China's Sichuan province. |
 | Malaysia Star - By Antonella Cinelli GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - The captain of the Italian liner Costa Concordia said he was told by managers to take his ship close to shore on the night it ran aground and capsized, but the company denied having any prior knowledge of ... |
 | Kansas City Star - By DAVID LIGHTMAN AND LESLEY CLARK ORLANDO, Fla. -- The winner of Florida's bruising Republican presidential primary probably will be the candidate who uses traditional mass-marketing tools such as advertising, robo-calls and mailings most effectively. |
 | BusinessWeek - By Henry Meyer and Ilya Arkhipov Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is stepping up rhetoric against the US as his campaign for the March 4 presidential election intensifies after the biggest protests against his rule. |
 | GMA News - UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday praised the government of Myanmar for its democratic reforms and said he planned to visit the Southeast Asian nation soon. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Wayne Tempero's North Shore District Court appearance follows the raid on Dotcom's Coatesville, New Zealand mansion and subsequent arrest last week. |
 | The Nation Newspaper - By Dupe Olaoye-Osinkolu 5 minutes ago Officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have been staying away from their offices at the union's headquarters and the states following a threat it reportedly received from someone claiming to speak for the ... |
 | Arab News - IGO to France quite often, but after this article is published, I may be liable to arrest if I set foot in the country. The lower house of the French Parliament passed a new law last month, and this week it goes before the Senate. |
 | Times LIVE - A government bus driver sped through the streets of the city on Wednesday smashing the empty bus into dozens of vehicles, killing nine people and injuring 27, police said. |
 | NBC17.com - North Carolina was in the spotlight Tuesday at the State of the Union address, with President Barack Obama mentioning Raleigh by name and a woman who jump-started her career with training at a Charlotte community college sitting next to the First Lady. |
 | ABC News - A light sentence handed down to US Marine Frank Wuterich for his guilty plea in the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in 2005 has shocked and angered Iraqis, military experts and Internet users. |
 | San Francisco Chronicle - Lunar New Year is on the horizon, and several Northern California casinos are marking the Year of the Dragon with special events and giveaways. |
 | TIME (blog) - By Bruce Crumley | January 25, 2012 | + Despite suggestions-cum-threats by French President Nicolas Sarkozy last week that he'd consider pulling France's nearly 3900 forces out of Afghanistan in response to the killing of four French troops by an ... |
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