Southeast Asia
Channel News Asia - By Ng Jing Yng, TODAY | Posted: 10 February 2012 0704 hrs Washington DC: The outcome of last year's Singapore General Election (GE) has been likened by some political commentators as an Arab Spring, noted Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam. |
msnbc.com - Foreign tourists look at photographs of Khmer Rouge victims on display at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21 prison) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Jan. 11, 2012. |
Malaysia Star - By NG CHENG YEE The debate is expected to be held at a political forum here on Feb 18. MCA extended the invitation. Lim said he would comment on the issue at a press conference today. |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - The Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) yesterday ordered attending physicians of former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to submit monthly report on her medical condition to determine the ... |
The Sun Daily - KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9, 2012): The usage of indelible ink will be gazetted on Feb 15 after which it will be ready for use in the 13th general election, the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Electoral Reform said today. |
The Sun Daily - KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10, 2012): Bukit Gelugor MP and lawyer Karpal Singh was yesterday told to enter his defence in May on a charge of uttering seditious words against the sultan of Perak three years ago. |
Bangkok Post - The campaign for rewriting the charter has kicked off as two draft amendments were submitted to parliament President Somsak Kiatsuranon yesterday. |
Inquirer.net - By Inquirer Central Luzon, Jun Malig 17TH EDITION The Inquirer Group hot air balloon prepares to take off during Thursday's kick-off of the four-day Philippine International Hot Air Balloon festival at Clark Freeport in Pampanga province. |
Bangkok Post - PATTANI : A car bomb killed one and injured 13 people in downtown Pattani province yesterday morning. Local authorities said the explosion was heard at 8.10am. |
Bangkok Post - Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat has urged red shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan to stop talking about a potential coup d'etat. |
Voice of America (blog) - Indonesia says one of Asia's most wanted terrorism suspects will go on trial Monday for his alleged role in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed more than 200 people on the resort island. |
Malaysia Star - PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin revealed that two Selangor assemblymen were involved in sand mining operations in the state since 2009. |
TODAYonline - I refer to the media furore over Member of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong's alleged extramarital affair and his subsequent resignation from the Workers' Party (WP) leadership. |
MuslimVillage.com - by OnIslam & Newspapers Malaysia's main Islamic opposition party has called on Malaysians not to celebrate the Valentine's Day, warning that the event leads to immoral activities, the Malaysia Star reported on Tuesday, February 7. |
Washington Post - TIMIKA, Indonesia - Unidentified gunmen attacked a car carrying workers Thursday near Freeport-McMoRan's gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia, wounding six people, police and a company spokesman said. |
World
Jerusalem Post - By REUTERS 02/10/2012 00:56 MEXICO CITY - The European Union's foreign policy chief added her voice on Thursday to international calls for Russia to support a United Nations resolution demanding Syrian President Bashar Assad halt a bloody crackdown on ... |
Inquirer.net - MALE—A judge issued an arrest warrant Thursday for the ex-president of the Maldives, who says he was forced from office in a coup, as troops deployed to restore order in the violence-wracked holiday paradise. |
New York Times - CAIRO - The Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday demanded that Egypt's military rulers cede control of the government, stepping closer to a long-anticipated confrontation between the ruling generals and the Islamist-dominated parliament. |
MiamiHerald.com - By TOM HUSSAIN ISLAMABAD -- A US drone strike reportedly killed a notorious Pakistani al-Qaida operative before dawn Thursday in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan, the latest sign that the United States and Pakistan are stepping up coordinated ... |
Telegraph.co.uk - By Con Coughlin In the week that the Queen launched the celebrations to mark her Diamond Jubilee, the deployment of two of her grandsons on active service should be a source of enormous pride for the Royal family and the nation at large. |
National Post (blog) - By Philip Pullella Insurers stung by multi-million dollar claims over the Concordia shipwreck will demand higher safety standards from the cruise industry, a lawyer who will file suits this month against Carnival Corp for more than 70 plaintiffs said ... |
Malaysia Star - WASHINGTON: The United States and China are discussing the possible elimination of Chinese barriers to American films in the run up to Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's US visit next week, a US trade official said on Thursday. |
Arab News - By ZAFAR MAHMOOD SHEIKH ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic turn of events, Pakistan's top court promised Thursday to drop contempt charges against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani if he obeys an order asking Switzerland to reopen corruption cases against ... |
BusinessWeek - By Laura Litvan and Derek Wallbank Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration's decision to issue a contraception-coverage rule without a broad exemption for religious groups is creating an election-year split among Senate Democrats, ... |
Huffington Post (blog) - The current stand-off with Iran should be called "Middle East WMD 2.0." No one knows Iran's true intentions. There is little concern with the outcome that Iran is not pursuing a weapons program and the West does nothing -- this is the right course of ... |
CBS News - Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum listens to a student's question at Oral Roberts University, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
Huffington Post - It is hard to learn about what daily life in North Korea is like. Every once in a while we stumble upon a curious video of children marching in perfect unison during the "mass games" or huge crowds weeping over Kim Jong Il's death. |
BusinessWeek - Defying protests, Putin is poised to return as Russia's President. But his days are numbered By Jeffrey Tayler The Russians who braved subzero temperatures to demonstrate against Vladimir Putin on Feb. 4 were not as liberal as the West would hope. |
Toronto Star - Star wire services Europe's record freezing temperatures have claimed hundreds of lives, snarled traffic and trapped tens of thousands of residents in remote villages across Serbia and Romania. |
Channel News Asia - By Ng Jing Yng, TODAY | Posted: 10 February 2012 0704 hrs Washington DC: The outcome of last year's Singapore General Election (GE) has been likened by some political commentators as an Arab Spring, noted Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam. |
Newsday - Nation Newsday > News > Nation Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI Published: February 9, 2012 10:49 AM By The Associated Press DAVID KLEPPER (Associated Press) WESTERLY, RI - (AP) -- For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, ... |
Bangkok Post - PATTANI : A car bomb killed one and injured 13 people in downtown Pattani province yesterday morning. Local authorities said the explosion was heard at 8.10am. |
Richmond Review - Almost 500 people turned out to celebrate the Year of the Dragon Wednesday night as Richmond Chinese Community Society held its annual Chinese New Year Community Dinner. |
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