Southeast Asia
The Independent - It's been a notable week for the loss of titles: first Fred Goodwin, formerly a knight of the realm,... On Thursday, high-profile science journal Nature published a commentary by three academics, which ar... It is a year to the day since the infamous ... |
Washington Post - MANILA, Philippines - Police said Friday that local thugs, not al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants, were likely to have abducted two European tourists this week in the southern Philippines. |
TODAYonline - SINGAPORE - While he found the separation between Singapore and Malaysia "a very difficult decision" emotionally - as he still had family in Taiping, Perak - Dr Toh Chin Chye, throughout his career, dedicated himself to the task of nation-building. |
The Malaysian Insider - By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 - Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders have blamed Datuk Seri Najib Razak's poor leadership as prime minister and Umno president as the main cause behind stalled economic reforms, saying he lacked the political will ... |
Inquirer.net - By Miko Morelos, Nancy C. Carvajal The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police have decided to extend former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's hospital detention, according to the director of Veterans ... |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - A senator a year ago described the managerial skills of the present Administration as akin to a “student council”. |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - GRACE Lee is already gearing up for the birthday of Pres. Aquino, who turns 52 on Feb. 8. “I'm brewing something up, and surprise na lang,” Lee told ABS-CBN News in an exclusive interview on Thursday. |
Philippine Star - By Michael Punongbayan (The Philippine Star) Updated February 04, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - The Sandiganbayan yesterday ordered Presidential Assistant on Climate Change and Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) general manager Nereus ... |
New Straits Times - KUALA LUMPUR: MCA will not ban its members and supporters from attending any of Perkasa's future festive events. The party's president, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said such an act was very much uncalled for as the "white ang pow packets" incident was ... |
New Straits Times - By HARIZ MOHD Assistant Commissioner of Police Ab Rashid Ab Wahab (right) showing a cable the gang of foreigners had used in their futile attempt to cart away the ATM from a shopping complex at Kajang Technology Park. |
Malaysia Star - By BARADAN KUPPUSAMY KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Kita, the novice that was founded by Datuk Zaid Ibrahim in a huff after a fallout with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over his support for acolyte Azmin Ali, is to be dissolved soon, ending a one-year old adventure ... |
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. |
Boston.com - NEWARK, NJ—A group of Indonesian Christian immigrants is continuing to lobby federal lawmakers from New Jersey as they work to fight deportation. |
Manila Bulletin - By ROY C. MABASA MANILA, Philippines - The United Nations (UN) and its specialized agencies issued Friday a revised consolidated flash appeal for humanitarian assistance for the victims of tropical storm "Sendong" (Washi) as it sought a $10.6 million ... |
Malaysia Star - By YEE XIANG YUN JOHOR BARU: Two more bodies have been found in the boat capsize disaster off Telok Semayong in Sedili here, bringing the total number of deaths to 11. |
Phnom Penh Post - Authorities yesterday released the six Borei Keila and Boeung Kak women who were arrested in a violent protest outside Phnom Penh city hall on Wednesday. |
Phuketwan - By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison PHUKET: The driver of the truck involved in a head-on crash that killed four young Swedes and their Thai driver has surrendered to police and is now in jail. |
The Malaysian Insider - By Debra Chong KUALALUMPUR, Feb 2 - The Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim) joined today calls denouncing the latest pig-head incident at a city mosque, but advised Muslims to stay calm and not be provoked into joining “witch hunts”. |
World
The Guardian - More than 100 people were reported to have been killed yesterday in the Syrian city of Homs as security forces continued their efforts to take back opposition-held areas on the eve of a vote by the UN security council on a much-disputed resolution on ... |
BBC News - At least 2 people have been killed in the latest unrest in the Egyptian capital Cairo, amid continuing anger over 74 deaths after a football match in Port Said on Wednesday. |
New York Times - MOSCOW - The flow of natural gas has fallen off sharply in the main pipelines supplying Europe from Russia, but this time cold weather - not politics - is to blame. |
Sydney Morning Herald - The search has resumed for more than 100 passengers feared dead after the MV Rabaul Queen sank in rough waters off the coast of Papua new Guinea. |
The Independent - It's been a notable week for the loss of titles: first Fred Goodwin, formerly a knight of the realm,... On Thursday, high-profile science journal Nature published a commentary by three academics, which ar... It is a year to the day since the infamous ... |
Fox News - Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich showed no interest in going easy on each other heading into Saturday's Nevada caucuses, despite polls that show the former Massachusetts governor well ahead in the contest. |
New Zealand Herald - By Edward Gay Kim Dotcom (also known as Kim Schmitz), during his bail appeal hearing at the Auckland High Court today. Photo / Brett Phibbs In the end it was Kim Dotcom's money and his "history of taking an unorthodox route'' that saw the ... |
Economic Times - When Kim Jong Un made his debut as the North Korean heir apparent in September 2010, he looked so much like his grandfather, the closest thing North Koreans had to a god, that South Korean intelligence officials noted that many North Koreans who saw ... |
Salt Lake Tribune - By NASSER KARIMI AP Tehran, Iran • Iran's supreme leader pledged Friday to aid any nation or group that challenges Israel and said any military strikes over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program would damage US interests in the Middle East "10 times ... |
Pakistan Daily Times - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has again been summoned to the Supreme Court (SC) to face contempt of court charges. The seven-member bench hearing the case said: “After the preliminary hearing, we are satisfied that prima facie there is enough case ... |
Daily Mail - By David Williams and Ian Drury The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the South Atlantic to protect the Falkland Islands from the threat of Argentine military action. |
WXXI - By David Brunnstrom and Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Afghanistan could end up fighting Taliban insurgents with a national army and police force two-thirds the size envisaged, if plans discussed on Friday by NATO defense ministers, ... |
Chicago Tribune - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leaders said on Friday that unusually cold weather threatened to cut numbers at a protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule planned for Saturday. |
Reuters - | JUBA (Reuters) - A shoot-out among South Sudanese security forces using truck-mounted machineguns killed 37 people and injured a United Nations policeman Wednesday, UN and government officials said Friday. |
Prensa Latina - 03 de febrero de 2012, 10:33Mexico, Feb. 3 (PL) Four new Mexican sites were designated on Friday and accepted by the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention), due to the importance and preservation of their ecosystems and ... |
MiamiHerald.com - By Hannah Sampson The world's second-largest cruise ship company on Thursday reported increased profits in 2011 and a promising start to the new year - until the Costa Concordia wreck in Italy scared off new reservations. |
News24 - This up-to-date guide to Israel and the Palestinian territories includes a history chapter by... Was R245.95 Now R228.73 Jerusalem - An Israeli soldier stranded after a raid in occupied territory was escorted to safety by a Palestinian man in the same ... |
Philippine Star - MUNICH, Germany (Xinhua) - More than 10 heads of state and 40 defense ministers from around the world gathered here to discuss new security threats in the face of shrinking economic resources at the 48th Munich Security Conference. |
Sofia Echo - Not now and not soon - that has been the message from Prague on the Czech Republic's refusal to sign up to the European Union's fiscal pact, approved by the majority of EU countries on January 30. |
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