Southeast Asia
The Associated Press - BANGKOK (AP) - A fire at a high-rise hotel in Bangkok's main tourist district sent smoke billowing through the upper floors, killing at least one foreigner and injuring almost two dozen other people, authorities said Friday. |
Sin Chew Jit Poh - KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (Bernama) -- Civil servants, who have reached the maximum of their scale, will also enjoy salary adjustments with the adoption of an improved version of the Malaysian Remuneration System (SSM), said the Congress of Unions of ... |
Channel News Asia - SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday in Parliament he intends to call for a by-election in Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC) but he has not decided on the timing of the polls. |
ABS CBN News - by David Dizon, ABS-CBNnews.com MANILA, Philippines - The lawyer of Chief Justice Renato Corona on Friday challenged Sister Flory Basa and Ana Basa to file charges if they feel they were aggrieved by Corona and his wife, Cristina. |
Visayan Daily Star - BY CARLA GOMEZ Tears and a shower of flowers from residents of the fifth district of Negros Occidental, and fireworks capped the wake of Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo Jr. |
AsiaOne - The accused persons, New Zealander Robert Stephen Dahlberg (L), 34, and Briton Robert James Springall (R), 25, face charges over a brawl that took place at Suntec City two years ago. |
Malaysia Star - It is obvious that the maid agents in Indonesia and Malaysia are the actual cause for the delay in the supply of maids because they are not satisfied with the maid-agents' fees. |
AsiaOne - The first objective of the Yingluck Shinawatra government's Women Empowerment Fund scheme is to provide a lending resource at zero or low interest. |
New Straits Times - MENTERI Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak has submitted the names of Datuk Phahrolrazi Zawawi and Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh to be re-appointed as the state executive councillors. |
Inquirer.net - By Cathy C. Yamsuan The Senate's current focus on the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona could result in its failure to approve three banking bills that a global anti-money laundering body wants signed into law by May. |
AsiaOne - By Gwendolyn Ng SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Education's (MOE's) Edusave Award, which is tilted towards academic achievement, will no longer be exclusive to students with good grades. |
Jakarta Post - The Law and Human Rights Ministry says it will continue its ban on sentence reductions for corruption convicts, despite a recent court ruling. |
CTV.ca - Four Filipino foreign workers killed by suspected drunk driver Sunday. Anthony Castillon (top left),Eden Biazon (top right),Josefina Velarde (bottom left),Joey Mangonon (bottom right) The four Filipino workers killed by an alleged drunk driver Sunday ... |
AsiaOne - JOHOR BARU - Police believe that missing Nurul Nadirah Abdullah, 5, is still alive following new developments in the case. It is learnt that investigators from the police special task force have been working round the clock in an effort to trace the ... |
Philippine Star - By John Unson (philstar.com) Updated March 09, 2012 12:14 PM 0 KIDAPAWAN CITY - With firebrand skeptics so silent lately and the military and local government units active in projects complementing the Mindanao peace process, there is an open window ... |
Malaysia Star - PUTRAJAYA: Any criticism against a judge or court should be made in a reasonable and proper manner, said Chief Judge of Malaya Justice Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin. |
AsiaOne - SINGAPORE - The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has smashed a drug syndicate that was distributing a variety of illicit drugs islandwide. |
Independent Online - Thai security personnel investigate the wreckage of a jeep after a bomb attack by suspected Muslim militants as weapons and body armour of soldiers are seen in the foreground on a roadside in Thailand's southern Narathiwat province. |
World
Khaleej Times - SAN FRANCISCO - A video calling for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army militia group in Uganda, swept across the Internet this week, attracting a wave of support on Twitter and Facebook along with a skeptical ... |
Jakarta Post - Several Internet companies marked the 101th International Women's Day (IWD) on Thursday with the release of new products and doodles touching on women's issues. |
The Chosun Ilbo - The US State Department is in talks with Beijing over the repatriation of North Korean defectors captured in China, it said Wednesday. |
msnbc.com - Rick Santorum is asking voters to knock Newt Gingrich out of the presidential race. MSNBC hosts Lawrence O'Donnell, Alex Wagner and Chris Hayes discuss that issue, and all the latest 2012 headlines. |
Vanguard - AT a time of need for more continental integration, the growing immigration row between Nigeria and South Africa is needless, unless it achieves the important objective of helping both countries to understand and respect each other. |
NEWS.com.au - AUSTRALIAN expat professor John Morris lived through the 2011 Japan tsunami and has watched the Sendai region's efforts to recover. |
Haaretz - Foreign involvement in Syria has changed this into a Sunni-Shi'ite conflict, relegating the question of bad governance to the background. |
msnbc.com - The new HBO film version of “Game Change” reveals even more secrets about the 2008 campaign. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell talks to former McCain-Palin advisor Nicolle Wallace about the new movie and her decision not to vote for Sarah Palin. |
Khaleej Times - VIENNA - The UN nuclear watchdog chief accused Iran on Thursday of seeking to “tie our hands” and of spreading incorrect information about talks between his inspectors and Tehran, in unusually blunt public criticism that highlights strained ties. |
Times of India - WASHINGTON: Al-Qaida has announced the death of an important regional commander in Yemen who had threatened Western targets and narrowly escaped capture in 2010, a US monitoring group reported. |
Haaretz - Initiating a war to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons also risks stripping Israel of its own nuclear arsenal. By Geoffrey Aronson Ask any military planner. |
Newsday - Nation Newsday > News > Nation Tibetan writer calls for end to self-immolations Published: March 8, 2012 10:06 PM By The Associated Press BEIJING - (AP) -- A prominent writer under house arrest in Beijing has pleaded with her fellow Tibetans to stop ... |
The Press Association - A British hostage was "murdered" by his captors in Nigeria on Thursday when an attempted rescue operation involving UK special forces ended in tragedy. |
Daily News & Analysis - By Adrian Blomfield | Agency: The Daily Telegraph Iran's supreme leader took the unusual step of praising President Barack Obama for eschewing the language of war yesterday (Thursday), raising hopes that he may genuinely be seeking a negotiated ... |
GMA News - Pope Benedict XVI's untimely demise was announced by what turned out to be a fake Twitter account posing as Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state (around 2 am on March 9 in the Philippines). |
Mirror.co.uk - LABOUR'S David Miliband yesterday said the Government had “no clear strategy” for peace in Afghanistan. The former Foreign Secretary said the international community must talk to the Taliban after the deaths of the six British soldiers. |
Bernama - LIMA, March 9 (BERNAMA-NNN-ANDINA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has joined other senior United Nations officials in highlighting the potential of rural women to improve the well-being of the entire societies if given equal access to resources ... |
The Japan Times - By NATSUKO FUKUE The Lower House passed a ¥90.3 trillion budget for fiscal 2012 on Thursday, ensuring the legislation will be enacted, but the opposition camp could still prevent it from entering into force before the new fiscal year starts. |
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