Southeast Asia
 | TODAYonline - WASHINGTON - The United States and the Philippines will "deepen and broaden" maritime security cooperation and trade and investments, according to a statement released yesterday at the end of a two-day meeting of diplomatic and defence officials in ... |
 | New Straits Times - KUALA LUMPUR: In an apparent dig at Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over his statement to protect the security of Israel, Pas Youth said yesterday that it was not acceptable and right for Muslims to support Israel. |
 | Philippine Star - By Perseus Echeminada (The Philippine Star) Updated January 29, 2012 12:00 AM 0 The Puerto Princesa Underground River, in this photo taken from www. |
 | Straits Times - The Government is watching closely for signs of an expected economic slowdown and will prepare the upcoming Budget accordingly, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last night. |
 | Los Angeles Times - The shooting Friday night appears to have resulted from an argument on the patio of the eatery, police sources said. A man at the restaurant allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at a woman, who tried to grab the weapon. |
 | Philippine Star - By Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star) Updated January 29, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives will most likely call for a special election to elect the successor of Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo of Negros Occidental's fifth ... |
 | Bangkok Post - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has assured business leaders in Davos, Switzerland that Thailand's economy is strong enough to accommodate investors while the government has embarked on measures to prevent future flood crises and end domestic ... |
 | Phuketwan - By Phuketwan Reporters PHUKET: A daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. |
 | Straits Times - Mr Leung (far left) and Mr Pwee (centre) were at one point last year touted to be possible successors to secretary-general Chiam (left). |
 | Philippine Star - By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) Updated January 29, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang welcomed yesterday the filing of charges against Supreme Court (SC) administrator and spokesman Jose Midas Marquez for alleged misuse of the high ... |
 | The Hindu - Across many colonies in Delhi that house some of the Capital's very old trees, one can often spot isolated “crying” trees, ruined by human action. |
 | Bernama - By Jamaluddin Muhammad BANGKOK, Jan 28 (Bernama) -- Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the performance of the opposition in the states under their rule left much to be desired. |
 | Jakarta Post - As the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searches for the benefactors of the 2004 central bank's vote-buying case, a coalition of antigraft activists has urged investigators to also find out who benefitted from former senior deputy governor of ... |
 | Reuters - | BEIJING (Reuters) - China has jailed two Muslim Uighurs deported from Cambodia for life, Radio Free Asia reported on Friday, showing no sign of loosening its grip on far-western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region which holds rich deposits of oil and ... |
 | Philippine Star - By Marichu Villanueva (The Philippine Star) Updated January 28, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - An enigmatic smile was the only response of President Aquino to questions yesterday about his reported date with Korean entertainment personality ... |
 | Malaysia Kini - YOURSAY 'If all are clean as it is now claimed, the findings of the RCI can only enhance the government's reputation.' Dark Knight: Something is seriously wrong here. |
 | New Straits Times - By Nuraina Samad TO each his or her own, seems democratic enough. But, how far or how low can you go? Or is it simply a matter of speaking up, regardless of whether the subject you're promoting touches on Islam and is bordering on, if not already, ... |
World
 | New York Daily News - The lawsuit names Costa Cruises and parent company, Carnival Cruises; lawyer cites 'stress of disaster'. By Tina Moore / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lies on its side after it ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of ... |
 | The Seattle Times - The Arab League halted its observer mission in Syria on Saturday because of escalating violence that killed nearly 100 people the past three... By BASSEM MROUE and AYA BATRAWY The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. |
 | Boston.com - By Jill Lawless AP / January 28, 2012 LONDON—The rate of NATO troop withdrawals from Afghanistan ahead of a 2014 departure deadline must depend on security conditions on the ground, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday. |
 | Reuters Africa - By Diadie Ba DAKAR, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Senegal's opposition threatened on Saturday to make the country "ungovernable" if President Abdoulaye Wade insisted on running for a third term in elections next month. |
 | msnbc.com - By DEMETRIS NELLAS ATHENS, Greece - Greece and investors who have bought its bonds have reached a tentative deal to significantly reduce the country's debt and pave the way for it to receive a much-needed euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - JULIA Gillard has branded ''unauthorised and unacceptable'' her adviser's decision to have a union leader organise indigenous reaction to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's suggestion that Aboriginal tent embassy protesters should ''move on''. |
 | MiamiHerald.com - By Andres Oppenheimer Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich, under pressure from his party's establishment, pulled a Spanish-language ad in which he had accused his rival Gov. |
 | New Zealand Herald - Relatives of patients of the 'Christ is Love' rehabilitation centre for drug and alcohol addicts in Lima, Peru, comfort each other after a fire ripped through the facility, killing 26 people. |
 | Manila Bulletin - By MAUREEN MARIE BELMONTE MANILA, Philippines - Contrary to earlier reports that he was deported from Indonesia allegedly for failure to secure the appropriate working visa, international singing sensation Christian Bautista maintained that it was just ... |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - North Korea has warned that any of its citizens caught trying to defect to China or using mobile phones during the 100-day mourning period for Kim Jong-il will be branded as "war criminals" and punished accordingly. |
 | Chicago Tribune - ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Standing on what was once Ethiopia's oldest maximum security prison, the new African Union headquarters funded by China is a symbol of the Asian giant's push to stay ahead in Africa and gain greater access to the continent's ... |
 | Vanguard - By Tony Edike , AbdulSalam Muhammed & Ndahi Marama No fewer than 13 people were at the weekend killed in the latest confrontation between the security forces and members of the Boko Haram sect. |
 | Reuters - By Fabio Couto | RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Two buildings collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, in the latest incident highlighting the failure of authorities to improve the city's infrastructure amid preparations to host soccer's World ... |
 | AFP - TEHRAN - An International Atomic Energy Agency team arrived in Iran early Sunday on a mission to clear up what it called "outstanding substantive issues" on Tehran's nuclear programme, the official IRNA news agency said. |
 | CNN - By Susan Candiotti and Mick Krever, CNN The narcotics were found in at least one bag that turned up at the UN headquarters in New York. |
 | Jakarta Post - The country's leading journalist organizations have expressed doubt over the credibility of a report by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RWB), which puts Indonesia at a ranking of 146 out of 178 countries on this year's Press Freedom Index. |
 | Hindustan Times - AP Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary 4.9-magnitude has shaken the country's southern Aegean islands, including Crete. |
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