Southeast Asia
The Independent - Up to 3000 Malaysians staged a protest against a rare-earth refinery yesterday over fears of radioactive contamination. The Australian mining company Lynas has been granted a licence to operate the $230m (£145m) plant, which would be the first outside ... |
ABS CBN News - By Jess Diaz, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - Congressmen prosecuting Chief Justice Renato Corona in his Senate impeachment trial are eyeing to rest their case against him in six days. |
Malaysia Star - KUCHING: Malaysians have been reminded to be careful when selecting their Govern-ment in the coming general election. Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed some people might seek assistance from foreign powers to help them in their ... |
Malaysia Star - GEORGE TOWN: The situation turned rowdy when pro- and anti-Lynas groups started a war of words at Speaker's Square. Two reporters were injured during the demonstration that was planned to show support for the anti-Lynas Himpunan Hijau 2.0 rally in ... |
Malaysia Star - By FOONG PEK YEE and YUEN MEIKENG KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA president is confident of a breakthrough in the coming general election and has come up with an all-out strategy to take the Opposition head-on. |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Malacañang's luck in getting allies to support administration measures may have ran out with its proposal to raise more revenues from proposed “sin tax” amendments. |
Malaysia Star - PETALING JAYA: Selangor PKR leader Datuk Dr Badrulamin Bahron has denied an allegation that he had committed khalwat in Kuantan. He said on Sunday that he was merely helping a woman, who was facing domestic problems. |
Bangkok Post - The northern haze crisis will top the agenda when Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra meets environmental officials today. A passenger plane from Bangkok lands safely at Lampang airport despite poor visibility caused by thick haze. |
Inquirer.net - By Jerry E. Esplanada Another 20 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) arrived in the Philippines from strife-wracked Syria on Sunday courtesy of the government's free repatriation program, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). |
Bangkok Post - A democracy watchdog has called for a boycott of the government's planned constitutional amendment drive. The Campaign for Popular Democracy's (CPD) move came after a poll indicated many Thais believe the pursuit of the charter amendments will lead to ... |
Sun.Star (blog) - MALACAÑANG respects the Pasay City Regional Trial Court's (RTC) decision to allow Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to attend the wake of her brother-in-law, late Negros Occidental Representaive Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo. |
World
China Daily - By Li Lianxing (China Daily) BEIJING - Syrians voted on a referendum for a new constitution on Sunday in a bid to ease ongoing violence, a goal Chinese experts said can only be achieved after the government and opposition hold talks. |
BusinessWeek - By Jason Scott and Michael Heath Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard defeated predecessor Kevin Rudd in a leadership ballot, leaving her to unite the ruling Labor party and revive its lagging poll ratings before elections due ... |
The Independent - As anyone who reads my blog will be well aware, I'm primarily into music that is DJ-based. From the ... Ezra Miller is the 19-year-old star of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lynne Ramsay's film adaptation o... Yesterday saw a backlash against high street ... |
BusinessWeek - By Amy Thomson Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Rupert Murdoch said News Corp.'s first Sunday edition of the Sun sold 3 million copies, topping the circulation of its News of the World predecessor that he closed in the wake of a phone-hacking scandal last July. |
New Zealand Herald - France and Germany say they will pull advisors from Afghan institutions after two US members of NATO forces in Kabul were shot dead in ongoing violence triggered by a Koran burning in a US base. |
China Daily - By Wang Xiaodong (China Daily) TAIPEI / XIAMEN, Fujian - A strong earthquake struck southern Taiwan on Sunday morning causing widespread panic, although no deaths or injuries have been reported. |
Voice of America - February 26, 2012 Senegal's Ruling Party Pleased with Peaceful Election Peter Clottey A spokesman for Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's re-election campaign said the ruling party is satisfied with the peaceful conduct of Sunday's presidential ... |
Times of India - KATHMANDU: A Nepalese man was declared the shortest person ever with a height of 21.5 inches (54.60cm), beating the previous record of 22.5 inches (57 cm) held by Gul Mohammed of India. |
Reuters - The Pakistani home of Osama bin Laden is no more. Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints Comments (0) This discussion is now closed. |
The Epoch Times - By Alex Johnston “All the central core of the base, where the installations were concentrated, was lost. The exact extent of what occurred still needs to be determined, but the assessment is that we really lost virtually everything,” Defense Minister ... |
Reuters - By Steve Holland and Sam Youngman | TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (Reuters) - In a tight race to win the Michigan primary, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney strongly defended his wealth on Sunday and challenged voters to support someone else if ... |
Wall Street Journal - By DAN MOLINSKI BOGOTA—Colombia's largest guerrilla group said Sunday it was abandoning a decades-old practice of kidnapping civilians for ransom, a move analysts say could lead to a final peace in this nation beset by decades of war. |
CNN International - By the CNN Wire Staff Russian opposition supporters hold white ribbons and form a human chain in Moscow on Sunday. Moscow (CNN) -- Critics of Russia's once and possibly future president, Vladimir Putin, attempted to encircle central Moscow with a human ... |
Globe and Mail - The trial of 43 Western and Egyptian democracy activists has been adjourned for two months while diplomats and interested parties attempt to resolve the matter that has jeopardized US-Egyptian relations and threatened the strategic balance in the... |
The Nation Newspaper - A suicide bomber yesterday drove a car loaded with explosives into the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), Jos, where Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang worships. |
Irish Times - NOT FOR the first time, a verdict of “no verdict” was reached last Saturday in a case involving former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. |
Irish Times - GREECE SHOULD be “made an offer it can't refuse” to leave the euro zone, according to one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet ministers, ahead of a vote today on Germany's contribution to a second bailout. |
IBNLive.com - PTI Thiruvananthapuram/Kollam: Expressing satisfaction over Kerala Police's progress of investigation into the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by an Italian ship's naval guards, Defence Minister AK Antony on Sunday said the Centre would take ... |
Jerusalem Post - By HERB KEINON 02/27/2012 00:55 Diplomatic officials slam UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry for taking part in the “International Conference for the Defense of Jerusalem. |
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