Southeast Asia
Straits Times - MANILA - The Philippine military said it killed three leaders - one of them a Singaporean - of the Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups Jemaah Islamiah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf in an air strike in the southern Philippines on Thursday. |
The Australian - A BOAT with up to 30 asylum-seekers has sunk off the coast of Malaysia, claiming at least eight lives. The incident has intensified pressure on Labor and the Coalition to cut a deal on asylum policy. |
The Economist - WHEN the leader of the Malaysian opposition, Anwar Ibrahim, was acquitted by a high court judge last month on controversial charges of sodomy, supporters in the government of the reforming prime minister, Najib Razak, were able to claim it as something ... |
GMA News - During cross-examination by defense counsel Ramon Esguerra, Quezon City Register of Deeds Carlo Alcantara produced the transfer certificate of title (TCT) for a P15-million lot under the names of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona's daughter, ... |
Tempo - By NONOY E. LACSON • AP Gunmen abducted Swiss and Dutch tourists and a Filipino bird photographer in Tawi-Tawi Wednesday and took the trio away by boat, authorities said. |
Inquirer.net - By Christine O. Avendaño Malacañang on Thursday said it would support the reopening of the Senate investigation into the “Jose Pidal” bank accounts following the reported discovery by Senator Panfilo Lacson of two other accounts containing P2 billion ... |
Voice of America - Thursday, 02 February 2012 Tribunal's Final Verdict in Duch Trial Set for Friday Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer | Washington, DC “It's a life sentence if they sentence him to 45 years. |
CBS News - (AP) HANOI, Vietnam - When student Nguyen Hong Nhung saw "Killer with a Festering Head" on someone's smartphone, she wanted the banned comic book too. |
TODAYonline - by Tan Weizhen and Sumita Sreedharan SINGAPORE - A new slate of nine Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) was unveiled yesterday, and its eclectic mix - among others, a political commentator, a former journalist, a banking high-flyer and a managing ... |
Inquirer.net - By Nathaniel R. Melican Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has asked the Pasay Regional Trial Court to allow her to attend the wake of her brother-in-law, Negros Occidental Representative Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo. |
ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines -- Korean television and radio personality Grace Lee is already gearing up for the birthday of President Benigno Aquino III, who turns 52 on February 8. "I'm brewing something up, and surprise na lang," Lee told ABS-CBN News in an ... |
Inner City Press - By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, February 2 -- As the UN Security Council continued battling on Syria whether to "fully support" or merely "take into consideration" the Arab League plan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is setting up a ... |
TODAYonline - by Agencies PHUKET - Four young Swedes in Thailand for a diving trip were killed instantly after a lorry crashed head-on into their rented car early yesterday near Phuket. |
Bangkok Post - My first day as a student at Thammasat University was quite endearing and full of eerie memory. Walking in the university for the first time, I saw more than just buildings. |
ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) wants the Philippine government to compensate a Davao City-based journalist who has been imprisoned for criminal defamation. |
World
Chicago Tribune - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The riots that killed 74 people in Egypt were sickeningly familiar for soccer: a rush to the field by fans, fighting, a deadly stampede - scenes replayed over and over at stadiums around the world. |
BusinessWeek - By Tony Capaccio Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon's monthly spending in Afghanistan dipped to $5.3 billion in October and November, down from an average of $7.8 billion a month in the fiscal year that ended in September, according to data compiled by ... |
Chicago Tribune - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Several UN Security Council members said they were close to a deal on Thursday on the wording of a draft resolution backing an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, but it was unclear if Russia ... |
Times LIVE - The tally of survivors from the sinking of a coastal ferry in Papua New Guinea reached 238, with no reports of bodies being pulled from the water. |
Herald Sun - Moldovan woman was with captain on night of disaster Tells investigators - "Yes it's true. I am in love with him" Cruise bookings fall in wake of Italian ship disaster THE Moldovan blonde spotted with the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, ... |
Brisbane Times - AP Pakistan's top court has vowed to charge the prime minister with contempt for failing to reopen an old corruption case against the president, escalating a crisis that could oust the premier from office. |
Chicago Tribune - SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's new leadership, highly critical of South Korea since taking power, published an unusual "open questionnaire" to its rival on Thursday, demanding answers to show that Seoul was sincere about resuming inter-Korean dialogue ... |
Pakistan Daily Times - ISLAMABAD: To create awareness about wetlands among young generation, the Pakistan Wetlands Programme (PWP) of World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) on Thursday organised an event in Islamabad College for Girls F6/2. |
TVNZ - Britain's Prince William has arrived in the Falkland Islands for a posting as a military search-and-rescue pilot, the defence ministry said, with tension resurging between London and Argentina over sovereignty of the British-ruled territory. |
Financial Times - By Tobias Buck in Herzliya Iran's nuclear programme could soon become immune to military attack, Israel's defence minister warned on Thursday, suggesting that Israeli leaders see a rapidly-closing window of opportunity to peacefully resolve the ... |
CBS News - Julian Assange WikiLeaks founder arrives at the Supreme Court in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Julian Assange took his extradition battle to Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday, arguing that sending him to Sweden would violate a fundamental legal ... |
MTV.com - Presidential hopeful makes a patriotic stop in Lady Lake, Florida, but not all his supporters were quite as upbeat. By Gil Kaufman LADY LAKE, Florida —The citizens of the Villages in Lady Lake, Florida, are used to visits from big politicians. |
The Australian - A COLD snap is keeping Europe in its icy grip, pushing the death toll to 163 as countries from Ukraine to Italy struggle with temperatures that plunged to record lows in some places. |
The Australian - A BOAT with up to 30 asylum-seekers has sunk off the coast of Malaysia, claiming at least eight lives. The incident has intensified pressure on Labor and the Coalition to cut a deal on asylum policy. |
Ynetnews - The Quartet of international Mideast mediators includes the US, the UN, the European Union and Russia. Ki-moon's visit to Ramallah this week, but the Palestinian president said he opposed it. |
Reuters Blogs (blog) - By Reuters Staff A French court upheld fraud charges and a €600 000 fine against the Church of Scientology in France on Thursday for cajoling members into spending tens of thousands of euros on personality tests, vitamin cures and sauna sessions. |
Inquirer.net - By Philip C. Tubeza BEIRUT—Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Wednesday signed two agreements here to protect the rights of overseas Filipino workers in Lebanon and pave the way for the lifting of the total deployment ban on OFWs coming to the country ... |
Wall Street Journal - By ALEXANDER KOLYANDR And RICHARD BOUDREAUX MOSCOW—During much of his decade of fame, Grigory Chkhartishvili has dwelt in Russia's royal and chivalrous past, surrounded in his study by 19th century antiques that furnish his best-selling czarist-era... |
Written by  Asbestos.com - Asbestos contamination in schools throughout the United Kingdom is “a national scandal,” according to one Member of Parliament who has asked for swift action to correct the growing health concern. |
Irish Central - Tapes which highlight the communications between the Johnsons and Kennedy's mother, Rose Kennedy, the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated, were made public yesterday. |
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