Southeast Asia
Straits Times - Gary Yue had posted a doctored photo of former DPM Wong Kan Seng being executed and a link to a video depicting an Egyptian president being assassinated, with a comment saying it should be re-enacted at Singapore's National Day Parade. |
AsiaOne - By Nelson Benjamin Charred remains of 5-year-old Nurul Nadirah, missing since March 1, were found at a plantation in Nusa Damai, Johor. |
Malaysia Star - KUALA LUMPUR: The Government is still drafting the two new security laws that will replace the Internal Security Act (ISA). “I have not seen the final draft as it is still with the Attorney-General. |
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - President Benigno Aquino III is "concerned" on the possibility that the country will be blacklisted by Europe-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a senior government official admitted today. |
Toronto Sun - The repatriation for Col. Geoff Parker at CFB Trenton on Friday, May 21, 2010. (QMI Agency, file) After the repatriation in caskets of 157 Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan, and the investment of taxpayer millions, it would be nice to know for ... |
New Straits Times - BUKIT MERTAJAM: A local woman's first-ever holiday trip abroad could turn out to be her last after she was nabbed with 3.1kg of methamphetamine worth RM770,000 at the Penang International Airport on returning from Bangladesh. |
gulfnews.com - By Barbara Mae Dacanay, Bureau Chief Manila The administration of President Benigno Aquino called for an investigation following an attempt on the life of a journalist on Sunday night. |
Inquirer.net - By Julie M. Aurelio The legal counsels of the patriarch of the clan charged with the 2009 Maguindanao massacre have formally asked a Quezon City court to allow him to remain in confinement at a military hospital. |
Inquirer.net - By Frank Cimatu, Vincent Cabreza CLASS OF 2012 The top 10 graduates of PMA Class 2012, led by Tom Puertollano, pose for photographers at Fort del Pilar in Baguio City on Monday. |
Inquirer.net - By Michael Lim Ubac At the start of Chief Justice Renato Corona's defense presentation, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago was uncharacteristically meek as a lamb, while Senator Franklin Drilon, roared like a lion. |
AsiaOne - KUALA LUMPUR - The executive chairman of the National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd has claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to two counts of committing breach of trust and two counts of violating the Companies Act 1965 involving RM49.7mil. |
GMA News - The late Jose Cardinal Sanchez, the first Filipino cardinal appointed by the Pope to head a dicastery or department in the Vatican's Roman Curia, was buried Monday at the crypt of the Novaliches Cathedral in Quezon City. |
Straits Times - By Amelia Tan The slowdown in the banking and finance sector has hit at least one university here. Of last year's crop of graduates of the Singapore Management University (SMU), 95.6 per cent found jobs within six months of completing their final ... |
Straits Times - By Phua Mei Pin Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has written to the wife of the late former attorney-general Tan Boon Teik, remembering her husband as a man always ready to find a solution to difficult problems, whom he held in 'high esteem'. |
Bangkok Post - The Thai worker critically wounded from clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip on Friday is "out of danger", Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said on Monday. |
China Daily - BANGKOK - Two soldiers were injured in a bomb attack in Thailand's southern Pattani province Monday morning, police said. Eight soldiers, riding on four motorcycles, were on a patrol mission providing security for teachers in Pattani's Sai Buri ... |
World
GMA News - By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, Reuters March 13, 2012 8:55am GAZA - Israel and militant factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered truce to end four days of cross-border violence in which 25 Palestinians have been killed, a senior Egyptian ... |
Mirror.co.uk - THe fact that David Cameron says the British objective is to train Afghan soldiers and police is all we need to know about the mission - for now. |
China Daily - By Zhao Shengnan and Li Lianxing (China Daily) China will continue its efforts and welcomes any proposal that promotes the political resolution of the Syria issue, as related parties are working to ease tension in the Arabian country. |
Ninemsn - Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney has argued ahead of Mississippi and Alabama primaries that he can beat President Barack Obama. "I am delighted the people of Mississippi and Alabama have looked at the race and said, 'We need to get behind the guy who ... |
Boston.com - SAN DIEGO—The chief executive of a group that produced a wildly popular video about African warlord Joseph Kony is answering critics. |
Mirror.co.uk - Before Prince Harry set off on his first solo tour abroad, he went to see his gran for some farewell advice. The Queen told him: “Enjoy it, I hope you do me proud. |
BusinessWeek - By Patrick Donahue on March 12, 2012 Chancellor Angela Merkel made an unannounced visit to German troops in Afghanistan amid heightened tensions after a US soldier killed 16 Afghan villagers in a rampage in the south of the country. |
Reuters - | PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy leads his Socialist challenger Francois Hollande for the first time in an opinion poll on Tuesday for round one of France's presidential election, but is still shown losing in the second round. |
Irish Times - A GARRY Trudeau Doonesbury strip for publication this week lampooning Texas legislation on abortion has been pulled by some American newspapers. |
BusinessWeek - By Ranjeetha Pakiam and Daniel Ten Kate on March 12, 2012 A member of Malaysia's ruling party said she'll resign from the Cabinet amid a corruption probe against her husband that has opened Prime Minister Najib Razak to criticism as he prepares to call ... |
New Vision - By Steven Candia A 53-year-old Ugandan woman allegedly nabbed with a pack of a banned drug worth over 22.5 million Philippine Pesos (about sh 1.3b) has been detained in Manila, Philippines. |
Bangkok Post - City Hall plans to sue the owner of Grand Park Avenue Hotel after an inspection revealed what it says are illegal modifications to the building. |
Khaleej Times - Two months after his succession, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has seized the initiative by agreeing to restart denuclearisation talks with the United States. |
Irish Times - ATTACKS AGAINST police, a local government office and jewellery shops in Iraq killed 14 yesterday as the Iraqi government made preparations for the annual Arab summit scheduled to meet in Baghdad at the end of the month. |
Boston.com - In this Sept. 24, 2008 file image released by NBC, opera singer Neal E. Boyd, center, is flanked by, from left: judges Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne, host Jerry Springer and judge David Hasselhoff after winning the NBC talent competition, ... |
Herald Sun - MEW looks like any other air hostess, but she's one of a few Thai transsexuals blazing a trail in the skies. Fledgling Thailand-based carrier PC Air has hired four transgender cabin crew in a highly publicised recruitment drive that has divided opinion ... |
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