Southeast Asia
Herald Sun - Hamza Kashgari deported over Prophet Muhammad remarks Tweet sparked responses calling for the death penalty Facebook group calling for execution MALAYSIAN authorities have deported a young Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on... |
Inquirer.net - In the trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, as the Senate tries to decide whether or not Corona may keep his position as head of the ultimate legal arbiter in the land, the Supreme Court itself, certain familiar propaganda tactics are resurfacing. |
Gulf Today - By Manolo B. Jara MANILA: A ranking American official has reiterated that Washington would not seek the return of US bases to the Philippines even in the wake of expanded US military presence in Asia and the Pacific. |
GMA News - A Greek-owned bulk carrier with 21 Filipino seafarers that pirates seized in the Arabian Sea last Thursday arrived off Somalia's coast over the weekend. |
SGGP - Leaders of the northern port city of Hai Phong on Saturday night announced the decisions to suspend the Tien Lang District People's Committee chairman and deputy chairman, who were involved in a land revoking case in the city that drove farmers to ... |
New Straits Times - By KUALA LUMPUR | 0 comments Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (centre) posing with autistic boy Rekneshwarkumar (second from right), and his family (from left) S. Indrani, Dinishvarkumar and B. Ananthkumar at the Prime Minister's Office in ... |
AsiaOne - The assault on a KFC customer at Shah Alam i-City came after the outlet ran out of chicken and not because of any racist remark, said the witness who filmed the incident and posted it online. |
New Straits Times - PAS and DAP are it again. They've bickered on and off over numerous major national issues from hudud and apostasy to the choice of candidates for the general election and the ban over the sale of beer. |
Bangkok Post - The son of red shirt lese majeste suspect Somyot Prueksakasethe on Sunday vowed to complete his 112-hour hunger strike aimed at getting bail for his father even though he may have to move from his protest site. |
Bangkok Post - As far as the government is concerned, the 10-million baht cost of staging the "Love Thailand, Move Thailand Forward" gala dinner at Government House on Friday was worth the cost despite all the criticism of bad taste, waste of taxpayers' money, ... |
Philippine Star - By Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star) Updated February 12, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said recently they would protest the appointment of new Solicitor General ... |
Tempo - MANILA, Philippines - Once a jeepney was passing in front of a leprosarium. Two patients with visible physical deformities boarded. |
Malaya - BY VICTOR REYES THE search, rescue and retrieval operations for 64 more landslide victims in Negros Oriental were suspended yesterday morning due to inclement weather brought about by a low pressure area. |
Inquirer.net - By Jerry E. Esplanada MANILA, Philippines—The government is set to evacuate 164 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Homs and three other protest hubs in Syria where the “violence has become very alarming,” according to the Department of Foreign ... |
New Straits Times - IPOH: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is confident of the Barisan Nasional retaining Perak in the coming general election as the various government transformation programmes have endeared the people to the party. |
Inquirer.net - By Nancy C. Carvajal “He did what he had to do to protect me, my child and my mother.” In a press conference Sunday, Quezon City Councilor Jessica Castelo said that her husband, Bulacan provincial board member Alan Robes, had no choice but to shoot her ... |
World
Voice of America (blog) - The Arab League has agreed to boost support for the Syrian opposition and urge the UN Security Council to form a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping force to try to end the Syrian government's increasingly deadly crackdown on an 11-month uprising. |
CBS News - (AP) ATHENS, Greece - Greece's parliament early Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled country from bankruptcy, after rioters in central Athens torched buildings, looted shops and clashed ... |
Herald Sun - Hamza Kashgari deported over Prophet Muhammad remarks Tweet sparked responses calling for the death penalty Facebook group calling for execution MALAYSIAN authorities have deported a young Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on... |
Herald Sun - THE Commonwealth is sending a ministerial mission to the Maldives to probe the ousting of president Mohamed Nasheed as fresh clashes broke out in the streets of the capital Male. |
USA TODAY - By Aamer Madhani, and Calum MacLeod WASHINGTON - This week's visit to the USA by the man in line to be China's next president is unlikely to provide any headline-grabbing deals or diplomatic breakthroughs, but Obama administration officials say Xi ... |
Reuters - By Ros Krasny | PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has a Rick Santorum problem that can't be easily swept aside, even with wins in the sparsely attended Maine caucuses and a poll of conservative activists. |
The Australian - Video Image New video shows chaos on Costa Concordia SALVAGE workers have begun pumping fuel from the shipwrecked Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia. |
ABC Online - By China correspondent Stephen McDonell Tension is rising in China's Tibetan regions, with a wave of self-immolations that are showing no sign of ending. |
Chicago Tribune - * Murdoch's Sun tabloid in focus after staff arrests * Public, political outcry over corruption probe muted * Angry staff could pose biggest threat to Murdoch By Mohammed Abbas LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch is under pressure over his Sun ... |
NPR - The main opposition leader in Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, is campaigning for a seat in parliament in her constituency outside Rangoon. |
NEWS.com.au - PAKISTANI Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is facing indictment for contempt in Supreme Court which may cost him his job for his refusal to re-open graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. |
Washington Post - White House Chief of Staff Jacob J. Lew on Sunday dismissed Republican criticism of President Obama's latest spending plan, arguing that it charts a long-term strategy for tackling the national debt while offering a short-term boost to the recovering ... |
The Independent (blog) - By Anne Penketh America's top general has been talking to Egypt's top military leader about the future of US military aid, or “choices and consequences,” as a Pentagon spokesman put it delicately. |
Egypt SIS (press release) - Three Korean tourists and their tour guide, who were kidnapped in South Sinai, have been released, South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda said on Saturday11/2/2012. |
Donnybrookmail - UMAR Patek, the man who allegedly built the 700 kilogram bomb that ripped through two crowded Bali nightclubs in 2002, is unlikely to be executed, terrorism analysts said on the eve of his trial. |
Jerusalem Post - By KHALED ABU TOAMEH AND HERB KEINON 02/13/2012 00:52 Palestinian Authority President Abbas threatens to return to UN Security Council, General Assembly for state recognition if J'lem doesn't agree to pre-'67 borders, halting settlement activity. |
ScandAsia.com - Ambassador Klas Molin recently presented his credentials to the President of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein at the President Palace in Nay Pyi Taw. |
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