Southeast Asia
Sky News Australia - Strong quake in Philippines Updated: 10:13, Tuesday February 7, 2012 A strong earthquake has jolted central Philippine islands, killing at least 43 people and triggering landslides that left about 40 people missing. |
The Express Tribune - Indonesia urges non-signatories to ratify treaty, hopes for a 'South Asia nuclear arms free zone'. By AFP Indonesia became the 157th country to ratify the CTBT. |
The Sun Daily - KLANG (Feb 6, 2012): The government wants to develop a social safety net to help the less fortunate through greater public-private partnerships, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said today. |
Vox Bikol - Eleven days into the impeachment trial of CJ Corona, all that the house prosecutors have shown is that it is they who should be “impeached. |
Inquirer.net - By Christine O. Avendaño, Philip C. Tubeza President Benigno Aquino III on Monday said he wanted the new, incoming solicitor general—whom a senior aide said would be Deputy Ombudsman Francis Jardeleza—to prioritize the government's next move in ... |
Straits Times - An immigration offender caught hiding in a car boot. Seven vehicles were seized last year in connection with such offences. -- PHOTO: IMMIGRATION AND CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY By Tham Yuen-C The number of foreigners entering Singapore illegally and staying ... |
Inquirer.net - The remains of Negros Occidental Representative Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo Jr. won't be arriving anytime soon after his partner Grace Ibuna filed an injunction to stop the transfer, according to the late lawmaker's legal wife. |
Inquirer.net - By Miko Morelos The Pasay City Regional Trial Court has postponed the arraignment of former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos to March 5 after his lawyer sought to have the charges of electoral sabotage dismissed. |
Inquirer.net - By Christine O. Avendaño This was President Benigno Aquino III's angry reaction to the continuing corruption at the Bureau of Customs despite measures put in place by former Commissioner Angelito Alvarez and the latter's successor, Ruffino Biazon. |
LoanSafe - by Alex Ferreras on February 6, 2012 in Latest Financial News Bangkok (SOurce: The Nation/ANN) - As feared, last year's flood crisis has led to the hasty passing of laws to help support post-flood reconstruction. |
Straits Times - As compromise talks failed, some of the angry lucky draw participants turned aggressive when confronted by security guards. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG Police were called in to Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) integrated resort on Monday evening after more ... |
The Sun Daily - KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5, 2012): Umno as a political body is in no way affected by the controversy surrounding the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp). |
The Sun Daily - KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 6, 2012): An Indonesian woman who checked in a hotel room with her boyfriend was found murdered and her body packed in a bag nine hours later on Jalan Raja Laut late on Sunday. |
Mindanao Examiner - Farmers from various haciendas in Negros Occidental province participate in the nationwide march to press the Aquino administration to complete and not terminate the agrarian reform program. |
TODAYonline - by Saifulbahri Ismail SINGAPORE - As more Singaporeans paid their respects to Dr Toh Chin Chye yesterday, Minister of State for Health Amy Khor suggested research initiatives in science and technology could be named after the former Deputy Prime ... |
Sydney Morning Herald - JAKARTA: Was the pilot smoking crystal meth before takeoff? Beyond the sketchy landings and inevitable delays, this is the latest concern for passengers taking a flight on an Indonesian airline. |
Jakarta Post - (JP/Ricky Yudhistira)Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Abraham Samad said on Monday that the antigraft body would soon arrest suspended Democratic Party deputy secretary-general Angelina Sondakh, the latest suspect in the SEA Games bribery ... |
World
Newsday - Opinion Newsday > Opinion Editorial Editorial: Syria can't avoid the future Published: February 6, 2012 6:01 PM The bad news on Syria just doesn't stop. |
Canada.com - By Natalie Stechyson, Postmedia News February 6, 2012 OTTAWA - The last time Darryl Fox visited Rideau Hall he was with his brother, Terry Fox, when they were partway through the Marathon of Hope. |
Times of India - NEW DELHI: The deep freeze in Europe is now threatening travel plans of flyers from India too. With London being the worst hit, Indian carriers that fly to the British capital either cancelled or clubbed flights on a snowy Sunday. |
NPR - by Michele Kelemen Egyptian police raid a nongovernmental organization office in Cairo last December. Egyptian investigating judges on Sunday referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, to trial before a criminal court for allegedly being involved ... |
Voice of America (blog) - Rescue workers in the northeastern Pakistani city of Lahore struggled into the night to reach dozens of people still trapped in the ruins of a factory that collapsed early Monday following an explosion, killing at least 11 people and injuring scores of ... |
The Australian - A LEVEE bank is holding back 14m waters from inundating the Queensland town of St George. The Balonne River is expected to peak at around 14 metres, below the highest of the levees protecting the town. |
ABC News (blog) - Newt Gingrich has positioned himself as Mitt Romney's biggest threat to the nomination, but come Tuesday when Republicans in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri come out to vote, it's Rick Santorum, not Gingrich that represents the biggest threat to ... |
The Economist (blog) - THOSE who argued that Finland is fast becoming a Eurosceptic country that is against the country's membership of the European single currency, the euro, have been proved wrong by its presidential election. |
Bangkok Post - US President Barack Obama unveiled new sanctions on Iran's central bank Monday, tightening an economic choke hold with speculation rampant over a possible Israeli strike on Tehran's nuclear program. |
Straits Times - VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Victims of abuse by clergymen voiced scepticism on Monday as Catholic Church leaders from around the world held an unprecedented Vatican summit aimed at preventing paedophilia in the Church. |
MiamiHerald.com - By TOM LASSETER BEIJING -- Chinese officials denied reports that three ethnic Tibetans lit themselves on fire in protest against the government Friday, according to a story Monday in a state-controlled newspaper. |
BBC News - The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe have tightened their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200. |
CBS News - Burma pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, right in front, accepts candidate list of her National League for Democracy at Yangon District Elections Commission Office for upcoming elections Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 in Yangon, Burma. |
Bloomberg - A year of Mideast tumult has left the militant Palestinian organization Hamas in flux. As the regional states on which the group largely depends adjust, Hamas is trying to find a new place in the world. |
Independent Online - Firefighters return from an operation on the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island. The ship's captain remains under house arrest pending a court decision later this week. |
Aljazeera.com - Mihai Razvan Ungueranu nominated after Emil Boc resigns after pressure from own party and protests against austerity. Mihai Razvan Ungueranu, the head of Romania's foreign intelligence service, has been asked to form the country's new government. |
RT - Anders Breivik, the Norwegian who killed 77 people last July, told a court that he deserves a medal of honor for the act, and demanded his release. |
Herald Sun - FORMER Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was in a stable condition today after he was rushed from his prison cell to a hospital for treatment following a possible stroke, officials said. |
Canada.com - By Roland Oliphant, The Daily Telegraph February 6, 2012 6:13 PM Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with political scientists in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on February 6, 2012. |
Pacific News Center - Washington DC - The pentagon is trying to square the record on changed Guam build-up plans, after days of sometimes conflicting reports by international media organizations. |
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