Southeast Asia
National Post (blog) - A day before Iran plans to announce unspecified nuclear “achievements,” its apparently rapidly escalating proxy war with Israel spread to Thailand Tuesday, when an Iranian man blew off both his legs in a bizarre bombing in Bangkok. |
Straits Times - While consumers cheer the news of a lemon law, some retailers are worried there will be a rise in frivolous demands. Other retailers welcome the law, saying it will weed out the poorer practices of others. |
Inquirer.net - By Cynthia D. Balana, Marlon Ramos While Chief Justice Renato Corona's accusers cannot guarantee the authenticity of the documents concerning his local and foreign currency deposits, the testimonies of bank officials prove that the information in the ... |
Business Mirror - MORE than 20 farmers managed to slip past security checkpoints on Tuesday morning and staged a lightning rally in the Malacañang complex to voice their Valentine message to President Aquino: “Have a heart and speed up land distribution in the country. |
Malaysia Star - By MAIZATUL NAZLINA KUALA LUMPUR: The years of uncertainty finally ends in happiness for Low Bi-Anne, the teenager who caught the nation's attention in a tug-of-love court battle between her parents. |
gulfnews.com - By Barbara Mae Dacanay, Bureau Chief Manila Demands set forward by a formerly secessionist group are only going to be harder on the Philippine government considering the latter's deadline for parties to sign a political settlement next week,... |
Straits Times - Singapore plans to tighten the law governing moneylenders, to keep a closer eye on their activities. It also proposes to make it an offence for anyone to share information on a potential borrower, or refer such a borrower, to an unlicensed moneylender. |
New Straits Times - By NOOR ADZMAN BAHARUDDIN ALOR STAR: TAN Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has advised Kedah Chinese non-governmental organisations to lodge reports with the authorities on their claims that some state Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen have been demanding 30 per cent of ... |
Channel News Asia - By Melissa Goh | Posted: 13 February 2012 2009 hrs MALAYSIA: The youth wing of Malaysia's opposition Islamic party has blamed the celebration of Valentine's Day for rising social ills in the country. |
VietNamNet Bridge - The Vice President of Angola, Fernando Dias dos Santos, and his entourage visited Ho Chi Minh City on February 13. During his meeting with the city leaders, the Angolan leader said Vietnam's past struggle for national liberation has inspired the ... |
The Nation - A sense of urgency was prevalent in Phitsanulok province yesterday as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned some 200 local officials that time was running out as far as preparing for this year's floods was concerned. |
TERMINAL U - A passenger jet with nearly 140 people on board has overshot the runway after landing at Kalibo International Airport in the Philippines. |
Economic Times - NEW DELHI: The chief executive of the world's leading aviation alliance, International Air Transport Association (IATA), has blamed the Indian government's policies for stifling the potential growth in the country's aviation sector, warning that ... |
Philippine Star - By Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star) Updated February 15, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Education (DepEd) will assess the English skills and other proficiencies of Grades 1 and 2 teachers in public schools to map out a ... |
Taranaki Daily News - Is it time to change suppression laws so that sex offenders can't remain nameless just because they are businessmen? The identity of a businessman convicted of organising child sex tours will remain secret, a court has ruled. |
World
Wall Street Journal - By MARK PETERS And SCOTT KILMAN Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to Iowa this week is designed in large part to make a point to US critics of Beijing's economic policies: China is good for the US Farm Belt. |
Independent Online - By Panarat Thepgumpanat Policemen inspect a taxi damaged in an explosion in Ekamai in central Bangkok. An Iranian man was seriously wounded in Bangkok on Tuesday when a bomb he was carrying exploded and blew one of his legs off. |
Huffington Post - Your sweetheart may give you something sweet this Valentine's Day, but here's the rub -- it's probably not what you want. |
Ninemsn - The United Nations General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a new resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to put a stop to deadly attacks on civilians, diplomats said. |
CBS News - Anti-government protesters throw stones at armored vehicles in the streets of Sanabis, Bahrain, on the edge of the capital of Manama, on Feb. 14, 2012. |
Newsday - Nation Newsday > News > Nation Progress in payroll tax, jobless benefits talks Originally published: February 14, 2012 11:11 AM Updated: February 14, 2012 6:21 PM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - House-Senate talks on renewing President Barack ... |
Independent Online - By Jim Mannion AP Washington - Rick Santorum's drive to capture the Republican presidential nomination gained momentum on Tuesday as he surged to the front of the field in national polls and extended his lead over Mitt Romney in his rival's native ... |
Jerusalem Post - By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT 02/15/2012 02:00 US has "common cause" with Israel, international community with regards to concerns about Iran US defense secretary says. |
Starcasm.net - Valentine's Day as we know it now is very bittersweet: Sweet if you've got a generous crush/love and/or lots of friends to shower you with gifts, cards, emails, tweets, flowers, and candy, until you're swimming in red and pink colored flattery. |
The Australian - AN Australian journalist being prevented from leaving Egypt has called on foreign minister Kevin Rudd to intervene in the case. Freelance reporter Austin Mackell has been barred from leaving the Egypt, a day after he and four others were released from ... |
GoldDerby - By Daniel Montgomery Al Pacino receives the National Medal of Arts: "'Presidents and senators don't have men killed,' Michael Corleone was told in 'The Godfather. |
New Straits Times - By W. Scott Thompson | 0 comments DAMASCUS is the oldest continuously populated city in the world. Almost two millennia ago, a certain Saul had his epiphany on the road going there, and became the third most significant religious figure in history ... |
Khaleej Times - On December 17, 2011, Kim Jong-il died suddenly of cardiac arrest, just like his father, Kim Il-Sung. After Kim Il-Sung transferred his control of the North Korean Workers' Party, the backbone of the country's power hierarchy, to Kim Jong-il in 1973, ... |
China Daily - BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday that any attempt to incite a small number of monks to take radical moves to undermine the stability in Tibet Autonomous Region is not in the development interests of Tibetan-inhabited areas or the ... |
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