Southeast Asia
Huffington Post - OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ 02/28/12 05:14 PM ET AP MEXICO CITY - Millions of children are growing up in squalid urban areas and denied basic services despite living close to them, the United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday. |
GlobalPost - Media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul has been given a 20 year prison sentence for corporate fraud. His lawyer says he will appeal. Thai Yellow Shirt leader Sondhi Limthongkul speaks during a protest in front of Parliament in Bangkok on Nov. 24, 2008. |
Blog Watch Citizen Media (blog) - Yesterday, the prosecution team in Chief Justice Renato Corona's impeachment trial has prematurely rested its case, thereby dropping five of the eight impeachment charges. |
Malaysia Star - KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General's Chambers has raised a preliminary objection (PO) against the application by a group of residents to challenge the temporary operating licence (TOL) for a rare-earth plant in Gebeng, Pahang. |
TODAYonline - by Neo Chai Chin SINGAPORE - The Government may have answered the calls of some Singaporeans when it moved to tighten the inflow of foreign labour. |
Tempo - An improvised bomb planted by New People's Army (NPA) insurgents went off as soldiers were passing by at a remote village in Compostela Valley prov- ince, killing one Army trooper and wounding three others Monday afternoon. |
Inquirer.net - By Julie M. Aurelio, Rogelio Constantino-Medina, Tina G. Santos Businesswoman Grace Ibuna, a longtime partner of the late Negros Occidental Representative Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo, said she and one of the daughters' of the late congressman, ... |
Wall Street Journal (blog) - By Chun Han Wong These are increasingly prickly questions for Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to ponder, after the dismissal of an opposition lawmaker two weeks ago threw up the potential of a third electoral fight for Singapore's ruling... |
Malaya - A measure to amend the 17-year-old Anti-Hazing Law has been filed by Senate majority leader Vicente Sotto III. It seeks an automatic life imprisonment for fraternity leaders and members who inflict physical harm on neophytes. |
Sun.Star - MANILA -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Tuesday that the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who allegedly died of renal failure in Syria "exhibited no signs of any serious illness" prior to her death. |
The Sun Daily - PUTRAJAYA (Feb 27, 2102): New rules to control political funding are on the cards as an initiative towards greater transparency and to reduce opportunities for corruption. |
Aliran Monthly - To many today, the BN has lost the plot as this sort of mob disruption increases in frequency, writes Jeffrey in this eye-witness report. |
Inquirer.net - By DJ Yap Three police officers, including a former spokesperson of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), have been implicated in the kidnapping and murder of a woman, whose body was discovered last week in San Pedro, Laguna, ... |
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre - by Rick Stow The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has executed 16 warrants following an investigation into multiple animal cruelty complaints in the Lucknow area. |
The Nation - The northern provinces of Lampang, Phayao and Chiang Rai continued to endure dust - or PM10 - levels beyond the safety standard of 120 micrograms per cubic metre of air yesterday, but in other provinces the pollution situation returned to normal. |
Straits Times - The Marsiling Drive flat (above) where police arrested four suspects in a raid yesterday. Two others were nabbed separately. -- PHOTOS: NG SOR LUAN, LIANHE ZAOBAO By Tham Yuen-C & Amelia Tan Hui Fang The young man thought he had found a friend. |
World
Reuters - * Syrian forces kill 25 in bombardments - activists * UN official says Syria toll exceeds 7500 * France says Security Council working on new resolution By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can be classified ... |
Boston.com - A group of students and parents pray for victims of a school shooting on the square in Chardon, Ohio Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the Chardon High School cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday. |
msnbc.com - Conditions on the Costa Allegra are deteriorating. With no electricity, passengers and crew have taken to sleeping on deck. A woman whose son escaped the Costa Concordia, and whose daughter is now stuck on the Costa Allegra says all she wants to do is ... |
Huffington Post - OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ 02/28/12 05:14 PM ET AP MEXICO CITY - Millions of children are growing up in squalid urban areas and denied basic services despite living close to them, the United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday. |
Times of India - ISLAMABAD: In a sign of growing fratricidal conflict in Pakistan, at least 18 Shias pilgrims were forced to disembark from a bus and gunned down by extremists as they travelled from Rawalpindi to Gilgit in northern Pakistan on Tuesday. |
Huffington Post - By Al Webb LONDON (RNS) Police on Tuesday (Feb. 28) evicted scores of demonstrators from a makeshift tent city they had erected outside historic St. Paul's Cathedral more than four months ago as part of a global protest against capitalism. |
Herald Sun - THE Australian Greens want the federal government to reveal what it knew about secret charges United States prosecutors drew up against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. |
Montreal Gazette - The Socialist front-runner for the French presidential election has announced plans for a 75 per cent tax rate on millionaires, drawing accusations that he is trying to create a "Marxist" economy. |
Firstpost - A planned referendum in Ireland and a German court ruling cast new uncertainty on Tuesday over efforts to overcome the euro zone's debt crisis, just when a flood of central bank money appeared to be calming financial markets. |
Sydney Morning Herald - A reported Labor revolt over prime ministerial plans to parachute Bob Carr into the foreign ministry proves Julia Gillard remains beholden to the factions, the opposition says. |
Times of India - GENEVA: Iran, facing growing international pressure over its nuclear programme, called for more talks with the UN nuclear watchdog on Tuesday and condemned production of atomic weapons as a "great sin". |
Pakistan Daily Times - BRUSSELS: European Union governments agreed on Tuesday that Serbia should become a candidate to join the 27-country bloc, but said a final decision should be taken by EU heads of states later in the week due to reservations from Romania. |
Telegraph.co.uk - A rather peculiar campaign advert encouraging first time voters in Russia to support Vladimir Putin has become a viral hit. The slickly produced advert, which has picked up over 200000 views on YouTube, sees a young Russian female visit a fortuneteller ... |
Voice of America - February 28, 2012 EU Pulls Ambassadors Out of Belarus VOA News European Union members are pulling all their ambassadors from Belarus after its authoritarian government ordered Polish and EU ambassadors out of the country. |
Wall Street Journal - They also don't want a return of the Taliban, despite the recent protests over the burning of Qurans. By MAX BOOT Violent Afghan protests over the burning of Qurans have strengthened the hand of those in Washington who argue for a faster reduction of ... |
Arab News - By RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN In a major blow to the repressive regime of Syria, the United Nations' main human rights body condemned Damascus yesterday for the “brutal” use of heavy weapons on residential areas, killing innocent people and persecuting ... |
Washington Post - PYONGYANG, North Korea - A renowned conductor from South Korea is in Pyongyang to rehearse with North Korean musicians before their upcoming performance in France. |
Business Recorder (blog) - A Chinese woman was shot dead with a male companion on Tuesday in the Peshawar, police said. They were killed by gunmen on motorbikes while walking in the Kohati bazaar in the historic centre of city, police said. |
Christian Science Monitor - There are reasons - political, strategic and economic - to be hopeful the FARC's offer to end kidnapping may be genuine, writes guest blogger Steven Dudley. |
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