Southeast Asia
 | Reuters India - By David Alexander and Manuel Mogato | WASHINGTON/MANILA (Reuters) - US and Philippine officials are in talks about expanding bilateral military cooperation as the Southeast Asian country grapples with the growing assertiveness of China, officials from ... |
 | Gulf Times - Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) commissioner Kim Henares gestures to her assistant as she testifies at the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona at the Philippine Senate in Manila yesterday. |
 | gulfnews.com - By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Manila: Congressman Ignacio 'Iggy' Arroyo has been declared clinically dead, his elder brother Jose Miguel 'Mike' Arroyo said. |
 | gulfnews.com - By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Manila: Several days after his political adviser was witnessed buying pirated videos, President Benigno Aquino said no one would be spared in the drive against intellectual piracy, including palace officials. |
 | Hindustan Times (blog) - India has now invited three Southeast Asian heads of government or heads of state in a row as Republic Day guests. The Thai prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, watched the march past this year. |
 | Wall Street Journal - By SHIBANI MAHTANI KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he isn't worried about state prosecutors' move to appeal a court decision acquitting him of sodomy earlier this month, and said he remains confident it won't derail his ... |
 | AFP - DAVOS, Switzerland - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the son of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, said Thursday that he does not think that his children will enter politics. |
 | Voice of America - Thursday, 26 January 2012 Author Hopes To Shed Light Khmer Rouge Trauma Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer | Washington, DC “The disease that we endured during the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime cannot be completely healed. |
 | Chicago Sun-Times - AP January 26, 2012 9:30AM Thailand's revered national symbol, the elephant, may face a new threat of extinction: being poached not just for their tusks, but for their meat. |
 | Jakarta Post - Agus Condro Prayitno, whistle blower in the 2004 Bank Indonesia (BI) vote-buying case, says he approves of the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) move in naming Miranda Swaray Goeltom a suspect and urges the KPK to use Miranda to catch the ... |
 | Business Times (subscription) - By JOYCE HOOI (SINGAPORE) ST Engineering has denied that any of its unit's employees are assisting with Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) investigations being carried out on the former chiefs of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and ... |
 | Inquirer.net - KORONADAL CITY—An Australian kidnapped in December in Zamboanga Sibugay is being held in Basilan by an al-Qaida-allied group that is demanding $2 million in ransom, authorities said. |
 | Philippine Information Agency - CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) will conduct a festival to instill hope to the youth who were displaced by Tropical Storm Sendong. |
World
 | Reuters Africa - By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Rescuers on Thursday recovered four bodies from the rubble of three buildings that collapsed in downtown Rio, highlighting the creaky infrastructure of the city that will host the 2014 soccer World ... |
 | Firstpost - Beirut: Syrian troops stormed a flashpoint suburb of Damascus on Thursday, rounding people up in house-to-house raids, while tens of thousands of backers of President Bashar Assad poured into the streets of several cities in a show of support for his ... |
 | CNN - Davos, Switzerland (CNN) -- Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged Thursday there had been no movement on renegotiating Britain's inclusion in a treaty thrashed out by European leaders last month in a bid to stave off a debt crisis. |
 | Aljazeera.com - At least 17 killed in attacks across the country, including 10 in a bombing attack in Hamia area. At least 17 people have been killed after a series of attacks in predominantly Sunni areas across Iraq, police say. |
 | ABC Online - Papua New Guinea's prime minister says yesterday's failed mutiny has turned the country into a joke, amid questions about former leader Sir Michael Somare's role in the events in Port Moresby. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - The father of the American hostage freed by US Navy SEALS from Somali pirates has spoken of the dramatic moment he was told by President Barack Obama that he had "great news" for him - his daughter had been rescued. |
 | The Age - In scenes reminiscent of last year's Arab Spring protests in Cairo which eventually brought the downfall of Hosni Mubarak, Tahrir square was packed full of men, women and children chanting and clamoring on Wednesday night (January 25). |
 | Bloomberg - Enlarge image Newt Gingrich Newt Gingrich Matt Rourke/AP Newt Gingrich at a Holiday Inn on Jan. 25, 2012, in Cocoa, Fla. Negative public perceptions of then- US House Speaker Newt Gingrich didn't help Republican Bob Dole in his failed 1996 presidential ... |
 | Voice of America - January 26, 2012 Former High-Ranking US Officials Voice Skepticism on Afghanistan Plan Andre de Nesnera | Washington, DC In Afghanistan, the goal of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - or NATO, is to hand over combat ... |
 | BusinessWeek - By Ilya Arkhipov and Henry Meyer Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hit out at the US on a presidential campaign stop in Siberia, accusing it of seeking “vassals” rather than allies. |
 | NEWS.com.au - Julia Gillard is bundled out of a restaurant by security service agents after it was surrounded by furious Aboriginal rights protesters. |
 | TruthDive - Washington, Jan 26(ANI): Paris based press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders has presented a new assessment report on global media freedom during 2011, and interestingly, the US has fallen 27 places to rank 47th in the latest Press Freedom ... |
 | TVNZ - The capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship lying on its side after being holed by a rock off the west coast of Italy. - Source: Reuters The captain of the doomed Costa Concordia lost "a precious hour" in evacuating the giant cruise ship when it ran ... |
 | ITProPortal - North Korea's leadership has yet again made it to the headlines for the wrong reasons. According to new reports, the government in the "rogue" Asian state has issued a warning to its citizens, stating that anyone found using mobile phones or defecting ... |
 | San Jose Mercury News - I think we've heard enough by now about how much Mitt Romney pays in taxes and comparing that to the rate the rest of us have to pay. |
 | Channel News Asia - KANO, Nigeria: Gunmen abducted a German engineer on Thursday in the Nigerian city of Kano, where yet another explosion struck fear among residents plagued by unprecedented violence blamed on an Islamist sect. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Cathy C. Yamsuan Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago was forced yesterday to leave the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona early after her blood pressure shot up to 180/90 while giving private prosecutor Arthur Lim another dressing down. |
 | Winnipeg Free Press - OTTAWA - The Canadian leader of Amnesty International is calling on the Harper government to use its influence with Libya's new leadership to put an end to the torture of prisoners that the organization says has been taking place. |
 | The Australian - A FOURTH man involved in the alleged Megaupload internet piracy case continues his bid for bail today, when a court hears a second day of submissions. |
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