Southeast Asia
The Borneo Post - KUALA LUMPUR: The British High Commission here has welcomed the conviction of two men for stealing from Malaysian student Ashraff Rossli last August, during the London riots. |
New York Times - ON a sunny weekday in Kep, a seaside village about halfway along Cambodia's coast, the crab market was heaving. Women in straw hats and rubber boots stood knee deep in the surf shouting out prices, periodically darting into the sea to pull writhing ... |
Inquirer.net - ILOILO CITY - Two unidentified men on a motorcycle repeatedly shot and wounded a radio blocktimer yesterday morning, police said. PO2 Velmor Murcillo of the intelligence section of the police station in Iloilo's Jaro district said Fernando “Kapid” ... |
Inquirer.net - AP HANOI, Vietnam—Vietnam has accused China of assaulting its fishermen in the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea), in the countries' latest spat over disputed territory believed to be rich in natural resources. |
Philippine Headline News - [PHOTO - Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (the woman seated at the left side of the man in front seat row, with their backs to the camera) at the wake of Negros Oriental Rep. Ignacio ``Iggy” Arroyo] MANILA, MARCH 3, ... |
Bangkok Post - After administering the country for about six months, the Yingluck Shinawatra government is beginning to show signs of internal discord with the resignation of Bandhoon Supakavanich, the prime minister's secretary-general, noted Thai Rath. |
Deccan Herald - Malaysia is calling for more political freedom, guarantees for democratic rights and for a more serious crackdown on corruption. In an interaction with journalists in Mangalore, on Thursday, Malayasian former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, ... |
AFP - GORONTALO, Indonesia - Thousands of male Indonesian civil servants had their monthly pay transferred to their wives' bank accounts this week in a bid by a local government to stop men having affairs. |
Manila Bulletin - By ROLLY T. CARANDANG MANILA, Philippines - Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago said there is possibility of a backlash if Chief Justice Renato C. Corona is allowed by the defense panel to testify in the impeachment court in order to answer many ... |
Bernama - KOTA BAHARU, March 2 (Bernama) -- Sabak Bernam member of parliament (MP) Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakri, who was found guilty on charges of making false claims, will lose his post in Umno, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said. |
Channel News Asia - By Sharon See | Posted: 02 March 2012 1543 hrs SINGAPORE: Nine students scored a perfect score of nine distinctions in the 2011 Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Examination. |
Bangkok Post - Tourists aboard a flight to Lampang last weekend were surprised when the control tower ordered their plane to circle the airport for an hour because visibility was below the safe 1000-metre minimum required for landing. |
GMA News - At least 40 people received medical attention after suffering from nausea and breathing difficulty after a suspected ammonia leak from an ice plant in Zamboanga City Wednesday night. |
Journal Online - TWO persons were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) allegedly planted by suspected members of the lawless Muslim group (LMG) exploded the other night in Cotabato City. |
World
The Daily Star - The International Committee of the Red Cross Friday increased its calls for a respite in the humanitarian crisis in Baba Amr, from where reports say the Syrian army is carrying out mobbing operations including burning homes and making house-to-house ... |
The Economist (blog) - “NO, under no circumstance, in no manner - neither now nor later on.” Such was the response of Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, to a question about whether he would seek a European job should he lose power in May's presidential election. |
Reuters UK - * Election could be pointer for 2013 presidential poll * Voters preoccupied by economy, not nuclear issue * Khamenei wants high turnout to restore legitimacy * Obama-Netanyahu meeting to focus on Iran (.) By Parisa Hafezi and Zahra Hosseinian TEHRAN, ... |
Globe and Mail - Vladimir Putin wears the number 11 on the ice, and has his name in cyrillic on the back of his jersey, during a friendly hockey game on March 1, 2012. |
Bloomberg - An Italian judge will order the examination of the Costa Concordia's black box today in the first pre-trial hearing into the cruise-ship wreck that killed at least 25 people. |
Stuff.co.nz - A suicide bomber has attacked the headquarters of a rival insurgent group in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 of its supporters in an outbreak of factional fighting, an official said. |
Ottawa Citizen - By Lee Berthiaume and Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News March 2, 2012 6:43 PM Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks down the Hall of Honour with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Parliament Hill in Ottawa March 2, 2012. |
The Daily Star - By Annie Slemrod BEIRUT: Russia will continue to veto United Nations Security Council resolutions that it sees as leading to military intervention in Syria, according to Alexander Zasypkin, Russia's ambassador to Lebanon. |
Washington Post - Of all Europe's crisis countries, Ireland has been perhaps the most adamant about pushing ahead with the budgetary, banking and other steps urged by its international lenders. |
Los Angeles Times - It will probably take several weeks before the Los Angeles County coroner's office determines an official cause of death for conservative website editor and author Andrew Breitbart, who died unexpectedly Thursday at age 43. |
Reuters - By Sui-Lee Wee | BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top official in Tibet has urged authorities to tighten their grip on the Internet and mobile phones, state media reported on Thursday, reflecting the government's fears about unrest ahead of its annual ... |
The Australian - < Prev of 2 Next > TWO French journalists evacuated from Syria's battered city Homs have returned home after escaping the besieged protest hub where two of their colleagues were killed. |
New York Times - ON a sunny weekday in Kep, a seaside village about halfway along Cambodia's coast, the crab market was heaving. Women in straw hats and rubber boots stood knee deep in the surf shouting out prices, periodically darting into the sea to pull writhing ... |
AFP - WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated Serbia Friday for achieving the status of candidate for admission to the European Union. |
Financial Times - By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York When James Murdoch stepped up from running BSkyB to oversee all of News Corp's European and Asian businesses in 2007, he had a reputation as one of London's brightest media executives, regardless of the role his ... |
Daily Mail - By Emine Sinmaz Police raiding a methamphetamine lab found a scientist had been producing a 'mellower' version of the drug without the usual side effects for his own personal use. |
Taipei Times - Former first lady Wu Shu-jen on Thursday urged judicial authorities to grant former president Chen Shui-bian a release from prison for medical treatment after visiting Chen at Taipei Prison. |
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