Southeast Asia
gulfnews.com - By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Members of women's group, Gabriela, protest in front of the US embassy in Manila yesterday, against increasing US military presence in the country citing the upcoming joint US-Philippines military exercise to be ... |
Philippine Star - By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) Updated March 08, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - The defense panel will present as witnesses Chief Justice Renato Corona's wife Cristina and three congressmen when the Senate impeachment trial resumes ... |
Inquirer.net - By Leila B. Salaverria The Office of the Ombudsman has rejected a petition from militants to upgrade to plunder the graft charges against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and several others in connection with the canceled National Broadband ... |
The Borneo Post - ALOR SETAR: A teacher at a religious primary school in Arau, Perlis was sentenced to 18 years' jail for causing the death of a Year One pupil, Saiful Syazani Saiful Sopfidee, last year. |
TODAYonline - by Sumita Sreedharan Singapore - The new Carbon Emissions-based Vehicle Scheme (CEVS) rebates will kick in six months before surcharges are introduced to give consumers and the motor industry more time to adjust, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said ... |
Jakarta Globe - Botum Sakor National Park is taking on a starkly different look as Chinese developers continue their efforts to build a resort town to cater to foreign gamblers. |
Inquirer.net - By Cathy C. Yamsuan Malacañang wants the Senate to approve two urgent bills aimed at curbing money laundering and terror funding, warning that failure to do so in two months would result in the Philippines' being blacklisted by the global-based ... |
In Entertainment - Asura's Wrath uses a mix of science fiction and religion to embellish a hack n slash adventure game, which involves calling upon the Gods to assist in times of need. |
gulfnews.com - By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Manila A fray broke out in front of the US Embassy as demonstrators attempted to pelt the facade of the foreign mission with red paint to dramatise their protests on the eve of International Women's Day. |
Jakarta Post - JAKARTA: National Police Spokesman Ir. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution said Tuesday that the police were investigating a tax official, identified as AR, over corruption allegations. |
Bernama - PETALING JAYA, March 7 (Bernama) -- Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (Kita) president Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said Wednesday he would contest in the parliamentary constituency of Kota Baharu under the party's banner in the next general election. |
The Borneo Post - KUALA LUMPUR: About 1.4 million government employees are waiting with bated breath for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's announcement of the revised Public Service New Remuneration Scheme (SBPA) Thursday. |
GMA News - A ferry bound for the Caticlan, gateway to Boracay, caught fire shortly after leaving port on Wednesday, but the coast guard said all 25 passengers aboard had been accounted for. |
Wall Street Journal - By TOKO SEKIGUCHI. TOKYO—Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spent the first leg of her three-day visit to Japan urging investors to return to Thailand, after last year's flooding disrupted supply chains for hundreds of Japanese manufacturers in ... |
Sun.Star - By Carla N. Canet and Teresa Ellera FORMER First Gentleman Mike Arroyo said Wednesday that the love showered by the Negrenses was very touching and overwhelming for the grieving family of former Representative Ignacio "Iggy" Arroyo (5th district, ... |
Jakarta Post - Anti-graft activists praised the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) latest move to send their former director of investigations, Brig. |
Sun.Star - By Malu Cadeliña Manar KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) urged Sarangani Representative and boxing champion Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao to drop the three-count, P75-million libel suit he filed against ... |
World
The Associated Press - BEIRUT (AP) - The UN humanitarian chief toured the shattered Syrian district of Baba Amr on Wednesday but found most residents had fled following a bloody military siege, while activists accused the government of trying to cover up evidence of ... |
Politico (blog) - By MAGGIE HABERMAN | Rick Santorum's top adviser has made pretty clear that the campaign hopes that Newt Gingrich will find his way out of the race in the hopes of conservative voter unity, but the candidate himself claimed to know nothing about that. |
Bloomberg - Francois Hollande, the Socialist Party frontrunner in France's presidential race, said he would seek to form a government with an equal number of women and men. |
The Australian - SIX British soldiers have been killed after an explosion hit their armoured vehicle in southwestern Afghanistan. It was the biggest loss of life for British forces in the country since a plane crash in 2006. |
Daily Beast - After Iran said it would allow inspectors into the country earlier this week to look over its nuclear sites, satellite images showed trucks and earth-moving vehicles that could mean officials are scrambling to cleanup the remnants of any tests,... |
Economic Times - NEW DELHI: A day after Congress' drubbing in three states, including Uttar Pradesh, party president Sonia Gandhi conceded that price rise may have been a factor behind its rejection by the electorate. |
China Daily - BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi delivered a speech from Beijing to the Conference on China-US Relations in Washington by video link on Wednesday, calling on the two nations to further their ties. |
NEWS.com.au - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, waves as a member of his security detail stands beside his as he addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington. |
USA TODAY - By Maria Puente, USA TODAY A tragedy for British troops in Afghanistan had consequences half a world away for one British Army captain - Prince Harry - whose cheery tour of the Caribbean turned more somber as he participated in military exercises in ... |
E! Online - More people are rushing out of the Rush Limbaugh business following his tirade against Georgetown student and birth-control advocate Sandra Fluke. |
Voice of America - March 07, 2012 China Downplays Impact of Tibetan Self-Immolations William Ide As a wave of self-immolations continues in Tibetan areas of China, Chinese authorities not only are tightening security, but also are stepping up efforts to discredit those ... |
Houston Chronicle - JUAN A. LOZANO, AP R. Allen Stanford, center, leaves the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Houston. Stanford, once considered one of the wealthiest people in the US, with a financial empire that spanned the Americas, ... |
NEWS.com.au - A RECORD 300sq km of floodwater is flowing across the NSW Riverina, swamping homes, properties and towns. Flowing along Mirrool Creek west of Griffith towards the Murrumbidgee River, it has hit Yenda and Yoogali. |
The Australian - OF course, Aung San Suu Kyi is known first and foremost as the opposition leader at the centre of 20 years of social unrest and political turmoil in Burma. |
The Hindu - A Russia election watchdog group has refused to recognise the results of Sunday's presidential election won by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. |
Himalayan Times - BEUSSELS: The European Union said today, it is actively seeking a solution to a row between Italy and India over two jailed marines that is causing a political rumpus in Rome. |
Voice of America (blog) - Afghan authorities say the death toll from Monday's avalanche in the northeast province of Badakhshan has risen to 47. Rescuers were digging through mounds of snow Wednesday looking for anyone who might have survived the massive snow slide that buried ... |
Toronto Star - Debra Black Staff Reporter It sounded almost like thunder, then like popcorn popping and finally like fireworks going off. That's how one seismologist describes the sounds of last year's 9.0 magnitude March 11earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan ... |
AFP - NEW YORK - North Korea's main nuclear negotiator on Wednesday held talks with US academics in New York as part of a private visit amid new hopes of disarmament progress after the isolated state agreed to freeze its weapons program. |
Wall Street Journal - By TOKO SEKIGUCHI. TOKYO—Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spent the first leg of her three-day visit to Japan urging investors to return to Thailand, after last year's flooding disrupted supply chains for hundreds of Japanese manufacturers in ... |
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