Southeast Asia
New Straits Times - By PUTRAJAYA | 0 comments THAI Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday gave the thumbs up for the Global Movement of Moderates (GMM) policy initiated by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as a means of fighting extremism. |
AsiaOne - By Samantha Boh The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has called for a ban on glue traps after a cat was caught in one last Friday. |
Malaysia Star - By CALVIN YEO IT is a done deal: the “Chinese at a Crossroads: Is the Two Party System Becoming a Two-Race System?” debate between two Chinese political heavyweights in the country - MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and DAP secretary-general ... |
AsiaOne - Professional social worker Mohamed Fareez, 31, said it is important for him and his colleagues to get enough time to handle each case. |
Malaysia Star - By Bhag Singh A NEWS report stating that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad refuted allegations that he had interfered with the judiciary, has drawn attention from different segments of the population. |
TODAYonline - A lawyer for the Indonesian militant who allegedly helped assemble bombs used in the 2002 nightclub blasts on Bali said yesterday that the charges against his client should be dropped. |
Pinoy - By John Unson - Three persons were killed while 12 others were injured following an attack on the city jail here around 10 pm Sunday, February 19. |
New Straits Times - By MAZLINDA MAHMOOD OPPOSITION leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim must explain his statement supporting Israel's security to the Pas syura council and not just Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, said an Umno supreme council member. |
Bernama - By Ahmad Fuad Yahya JAKARTA, Feb 21 (Bernama) -- Indonesia has urged the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to enhance its role in resolving various global issues, including Syria's issue. |
Cebu Daily News - By Jaymee T. Gamil MANILA, Philippines—Antidrug units in all Manila police stations will be dismantled and replaced with a centralized unit at the headquarters of the Manila Police District (MPD). |
Jerusalem Post - By JPOST.COM STAFF 02/20/2012 23:56 Bangkok Police believe that a number of stickers bearing the word "Sejeal" found posted along a road in the city may have been used by the Iranian men arrested in a terror plot last week to mark potential targets, ... |
BBC News - At least three workers have been shot and hurt in a protest at an industrial zone in Cambodia. Several hundred employees were demonstrating outside sportswear factories in Svay Rieng province, in the east of the country. |
Bangkok Post - The "name and shame" tactic of the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) certainly worked as intended against Thailand. |
World
Voice of America (blog) - The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is trying to broker a humanitarian cease-fire in Syria, as government tanks and troops mass around the opposition stronghold of Homs after bombarding the city for more than two weeks. |
Washington Post (blog) - Sign-up for e-mail newsletters and alerts and get the news you need delivered directly to your inbox. Jennifer Rubin writes the Right Turn blog for The Post, offering reported opinion from a conservative perspective. |
Irish Times - TRADE IN Ireland is set to grow 76 per cent in the period to 2026, according to forecasts by international banking group HSBC. A new trade report commissioned by HSBC says Ireland's growth spurt will be driven by the chemicals and pharmaceuticals ... |
GMA News - MONTERREY - Members of Mexico's Zetas drug gang killed 44 rivals from the Gulf cartel in a prison riot before staging a mass escape, possibly with help from authorities, Mexican officials said Monday. |
The Australian - Image Video Video Video Rudd rules out a challenge - for now Gillard delusional and in retreat - Shanahan Crean: Leave Julia alone KEVIN Rudd's supporters say a petition calling for a leadership spill has not been sanctioned by the Foreign Minister as ... |
Daily Mail - By Saurabh Shukla Italy tried to invoke the immunity clause to 'free' the two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast. |
Arirang News - Despite threats from North Korea, South Korean Marines went ahead with an artillery drill Monday in waters near the West Sea border islands of Baengryeong and Yeonpyeong just south of the North Korean border. |
Voice of America (blog) - US Senator John McCain says Egypt has assured him it is working “diligently” to resolve a dispute with Washington about American pro-democracy activists facing Egyptian prosecution for working illegally in the country. |
London Free Press - Revellers take part in a masquerade party during Carnival celebrations in Salvador February 17, 2012. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Drum queen Sabrina Sato of the Vila Isabel samba school dances on the first night of the annual Carnival parade in Rio de ... |
TODAYonline - A lawyer for the Indonesian militant who allegedly helped assemble bombs used in the 2002 nightclub blasts on Bali said yesterday that the charges against his client should be dropped. |
Financial Times - The party apparatchiks in Beijing must be looking at the “election” for Hong Kong's next chief executive with horror. The exercise to choose the de facto mayor of the territory is meant to be rigged. |
ABS CBN News - KHARTOUM - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region said they released 49 international peacekeepers on Monday, hours after detaining them, but kept hold of three civilian staff they accused of working for the country's security service. |
Times of India - DHARAMSHALA: Two days before the onset of Tibetan New Year, Losar, Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Monday urged his countrymen to shun the celebrations to express solidarity with the people in Tibet. |
Taipei Times - By Amy Su / Staff Reporter Reforms to the nation's finances are expected to be initiated by mid-September, as government officials, industry representatives and experts reached a consensus to hold a series of meetings led by the Cabinet, ... |
Reuters Canada - By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Joseph Logan ADEN/SANAA Feb 21 (Reuters) - Yemenis vote on Tuesday for a successor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh in hopes of ending a year-long struggle that began with mass protests to oust him and almost led to the ... |
Irish Times - PRESIDENT DMITRY Medvedev met Russian opposition leaders yesterday to discuss reform of the country's political system, in a move critics dismissed as a bid to undermine anti-government protests ahead of next month's election. |
Business Mirror - “Number of people keeping track of the afternoon drama drops, but those who say Corona is 'guilty' increased.” From 59 percent on February 9, the number of respondents who replied that Corona is “guilty” increased to 82 percent by February 13, ... |
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