Southeast Asia
Mirror.co.uk - One of three alleged Iranian bombers who accidentally blew up their rented home in Thailand is escorted away by police yesterday. The trio are accused of travelling to Bangkok to blow up Israeli diplomats in the Thai capital. |
The Australian - A TEENAGER has been convicted in a British court of attacking a Malaysian student during last year's riots in London, in a case that sparked international outrage. |
Inquirer.net - By Cynthia D. Balana MANILA, Philippines—No amount of “auditing trickery or legal acrobatics” can sweep under the rug the P55,863374 discrepancy in real property, cash and investments that Chief Justice Renato Corona did not declare in his 2010 ... |
MiamiHerald.com - By Jessica Vander Velde TAMPA -- When Wendy Albano came back from a recent business trip to India, her friend had a question. Wasn't she scared of walking around India "alone, so far from home," asked her friend Maxine Stull. |
TODAYonline - Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah visited the Singapore Airshow 2012 yesterday. He was received by Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, who also accompanied him on a tour of the exhibits at the airshow. |
New Straits Times - By ROY GOH SIPITANG: THE Barisan Nasional government will transform its promises into reality, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said yesterday. |
Fox News - AP Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet A mom with a screaming child wanted a quick getaway from a plane on the tarmac in Vietnam and asked for help. |
ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - Two people died in Camarines Sur following the heavy rains that have flooded several parts of Bicol. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council identified the fatalities as Lea Alarcio, 18, a resident of Brgy. |
AngolaPress - Hanoi - Vietnam want to do "everything possible" to maintain privileged friendly and cooperation relations with Angola, said on Thursday in Hanoi, the Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan. |
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which has been waging an internecine war in the Southern Philippines since the mid-1970s, has condemned the recent spate of kidnappings in Mindanao. |
Bangkok Post - The fate of CAT Telecom and True Mobile's 3G service partnership hangs by a thread now the investigative committee of the Information and Communication Technology Ministry concluded it found "irregularities" in the contracts. |
TODAYonline - by Lin Yanqin SINGAPORE - Downtown East (picture) at Pasir Ris will soon get a facelift, with the former Escape Theme Park making way for a new resort. |
TODAYonline - The move by the Workers' Party and its secretary general Low Thia Khiang to expel its elected Member of Parliament, who refused to address allegations of indiscretions in his private life, demonstrated the party's firm stand that no one individual is ... |
The Malaysian Insider - ALOR SETAR, Feb 16 - Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir conceded that being his father's son has helped his progress in politics. However the international trade and industry deputy minister hopes to have the chance to show his own ability. |
World
BusinessWeek - By Flavia Krause-Jackson and Nicole Gaouette Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations denounced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown on protesters as his security forces pushed on with attacks on the city of Homs, highlighting the world ... |
Mirror.co.uk - One of three alleged Iranian bombers who accidentally blew up their rented home in Thailand is escorted away by police yesterday. The trio are accused of travelling to Bangkok to blow up Israeli diplomats in the Thai capital. |
The Guardian - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai confronted the Pakistani leadership Thursday during a visit to Islamabad, as his frustration with the country he accuses of harbouring the Taliban boiled over. |
Atlanta Journal Constitution - By DAVID PITT AP LOS ANGELES - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has arrived in Los Angeles, where he will begin the California leg of his visit to promote Chinese trade with the United States. |
Stuff.co.nz - CLEARING THE DEAD: Forensic technicians and Red Cross workers hand a body bag to soldiers at Comayagua National Penitentiary. LATEST: Six guards, 800 prisoners, one set of keys. |
Firstpost - Paris: President Nicolas Sarkozy declared his candidacy for a second term on Wednesday, seeking to overturn a wide opinion poll deficit with promises to get the unemployed back to work and to listen more to French voters by calling referendums on ... |
Nigerian Tribune - THE State Security Service (SSS), which is neck deep in the investigation of arrested kingpins of the dreaded Islamic militant sect Boko Haram is said to have concluded arrangements to declare more leaders of the sect whose identities have been clearly ... |
BusinessWeek - By Stacie Servetah Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey's Democratic-led Legislature passed a bill legalizing gay marriage and sent it to Governor Chris Christie, who has promised to veto the measure. |
The Guardian - North Korea has celebrated the anniversary of the birthday of Kim Jong-il with a military parade and by offering flowers. Thousands of North Korean soldiers marched, set off fireworks, waved flowers and pledged their devotion to the late leader's son ... |
Business Times (subscription) - (WASHINGTON) Robert Zoellick will step down as president of the World Bank when his five-year term expires on June 30, the Washington-based institution announced on Wednesday. |
Indian Express - India made intense efforts on Thursday to defuse the political situation in Maldives - which threatened to get out of hand after massive shows of support for ousted president Mohamed Nasheed - with Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai negotiating for a ... |
ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - A Filipino priest convicted of child molestation in the United States will face a case before the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). |
Los Angeles Times - Armed militias that helped bring down Moammar Kadafi are now repeating many of his abuses, Amnesty International warned Thursday in a report that comes a year after the start of the uprising against the Libyan strongman. |
Taipei Times - By Shih Hsiu-chuan / Staff Reporter The government yesterday dismissed concerns over possible changes in the US' policy on cross-strait relations after a Chinese press release said that US President Barack Obama “rejects” any call for Taiwan's ... |
Christian Science Monitor - Serbs living in northern Kosovo overwhelmingly rejected the state's independence in a referendum, voting against accepting rule from Albanian-dominated Pristina. |
National Review Online - By Kathryn Jean Lopez It's two things. One is - it is funny, because you do look at programs like Medicaid and Medicare and you think, boy, the federal government plays a large role in health care. |
gulfnews.com - By Shafaat Shahbandari, Staff Reporter Dubai: Florists had a field day on Valentine's Day, with love buds making a beeline to flower shops across the city, resulting in a bumper sale. |
Science Now - The legal jousting over California's Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in the state, has helped highlight a growing body of research on the psychological and socioeconomic aspects of same-sex relationships. |
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