Southeast Asia
Cebu Daily News - Issues of freedom of information and accountability of public officers prevail today, particularly in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona in the Senate. |
New Straits Times - KUALA LUMPUR: The people should judge whether or not to accept Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's move not to sue the Wall Street Journal pertaining to his statement proclaiming support for Israel's security. |
Herald Sun - AN Islamic militant accused of beheading Philippine soldiers and a host of other attacks has been arrested after he was taken by surprise in his remote island hideout. |
Malaysia Star - PETALING JAYA: The battle against lorry and car thefts got a boost with the discovery of a godown used by syndicates to strip stolen vehicles of their parts and the arrest of 12 syndicate members in Selangor and Perak. |
TODAYonline - BANGKOK - The three suspected Iranian terrorists arrested in Bangkok last Tuesday identified and marked the routes used by their potential targets in Bangkok with stickers (picture), as Thai police said they are now looking into a sixth suspect. |
Malaysia Star - By TAN EE LOO “I hope schools will heed the call to promote harmony. Avoid touching on sensitive issues. Respect our differences and accept it as a heritage to be cherished,” Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said when launching the World ... |
GMA News - Police are puzzled over the quick "cleanup" of the crime scene in the ambush of a National Bureau of Investigation official in Manila's Paco district Tuesday night. |
New Straits Times - KOTA BARU: Thai Muslims yesterday welcomed Malaysia's willingness to help Thailand find a long-term solution for the troubled southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. |
Indian Express - Singapore: A man in Singapore allegedly raped his neighbour's Indonesian help twice and then tried to kill her by throwing her out of the window of a second-storey flat. |
Inquirer.net - Former Leyte Governor Benjamin “Kokoy” Romualdez, a younger brother of former first lady Imelda Marcos, died Wednesday afternoon at Makati Medical Center after a lingering illness. |
Kashmir Watch - ISLAMABAD - An Indonesian academician woman-member of the OIC Human Rights Commission has been unanimously elected on Tuesday as first chairperson to head this first ever 57 Muslim states institution. |
Bernama - KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 (Bernama) -- The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) will continue to work with the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to identify and take action against blogs which attempt to turn Muslims into apostates. |
Bangkok Post - The Office of the Ombudsman has decided that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's decision to skip a parliamentary session for a private meeting with a group of business people poses concerns about her ethics. |
Bernama - SHAH ALAM, Feb 21 (Bernama) - The Mufti of Perak, Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria has urged the Malays to regain the sovereignty of the race and nation to stop the insult of others. |
World
The Daily Star - By Lauren Williams BEIRUT: Activists said up to 106 people were killed across Syria Tuesday as security forces continued an onslaught on the central city of Homs. |
Times of India - BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN: About 2000 Afghans protested outside the main US military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday over a report that foreign soldiers improperly disposed of copies of the Koran. |
The Daily Star - By Olivia Alabaster BEIRUT: For 40 days, Christians around the world commemorate the period ahead of the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, and while various churches celebrate Lent in different ways, prayer and fasting are common themes. |
Financial Times - By Neil Hume in Sydney The man accused by the US of masterminding an alleged $175m internet piracy operation has been granted bail in New Zealand as he prepares to fight extradition. |
Herald Sun - FORMER IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was in French police custody overnight over allegations he took part in orgies in Paris and Washington with prostitutes paid for by businessmen. |
Stuff.co.nz - CITY MALL: A memorial service was held in City Mall where many died last February. GATHERED: More than 200 people attended the City Mall memorial service. |
Christian Science Monitor - The senators are urging Obama to demand that Iran suspend all of its uranium enrichment during any negotiations over its nuclear program, a position that could scuttle chances for the talks. |
Toronto Sun - A Mardi Gras float in the 2012 Krewe of Proteus Parade on Feb. 20, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Skip Bolen/Getty Images/AFP) A Mardi Gras float in the 2012 Krewe of Proteus Parade on Feb. 20, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
CNN - By the CNN Wire Staff Venezulan President Hugo Chavez said he was speaking out earlier than he'd planned because of the increasing speculation. |
China Daily - By Andrea Deng (HK Edition) The High Court has commenced a three-day hearing of the Hong Kong government's appeal in which the government seeks to quash a lower court ruling, granting a foreign domestic helper (FDH) right of abode in the SAR. |
Salt Lake Tribune - AP Sanaa, Yemen • Yemenis flocked to the polls across their battered nation Tuesday to vote in a US-backed, single-candidate election meant to instate a new leader to replace the outgoing autocrat. |
Straits Times - ROME (AFP) - Italy on Tuesday sent a top diplomat to India and said Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi will visit next week amid an escalating row over two Italian soldiers arrested for killing two Indian fishermen. |
CNN - On the Nepal-China border (CNN) -- The smell of incense burning and deep-throated chants greet you at the gate of one of Kathmandu's massive stupas, a Buddhist holy place where Tibetans gather to pray. |
The Daily Star - By Hussein Dakroub BEIRUT: In compliance with its disassociation policy, Lebanon will not attend the “Friends of Syria” conference due to be held in Tunisia this week, Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said Tuesday. |
Huffington Post - A dozen glitter-faced fairies, dwarfs and a dead bride line up by the seaside to take a pee. No wonder, given all that beer they've just had. |
New York Times - Robert H. Lieberman arrived in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, for the first time in December 2008. It was another dark period - after the crushing of popular protests by monks the year before - in the country's long history of repression and ... |
Irish Times - THE LONGEST hunger strike by a Palestinian prisoner has ended after lawyers representing Khader Adnan struck a deal with the Israeli authorities under which the detainee will be released in April. |
UN News Centre - Egyptian peacekeepers with UNAMID on patrol in Um Kadada, North Darfur. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran A 55-person patrol of the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur returned to its home base today after the team had been ... |
The Australian - Video Image PM should confront Rudd - Crean KEVIN Rudd's supporters have accused Labor's factional powerbrokers of "monstering" caucus members to shore up support for Julia Gillard ahead of any leadership vote. |
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