Southeast Asia
Sky News Australia - 13 minutes ago Nightmare zoo conditions exposed Updated: 09:38, Wednesday March 14, 2012 The tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbour. |
Straits Times - 47 minutes ago Dr Yudhoyono introducing the Indonesian ministers to Mr Lee at the entrance of the Istana Bogor. The President noted that Sir Stamford Raffles had once lived there. |
Inquirer.net - 3 hours ago The prosecution panel of the Office of the Ombudsman has insisted on the consolidation of Romulo Neri's Sandiganbayan graft case over the National Broadband Network (NBN) deal with those of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Benjamin Abalos, ... |
Straits Times - 34 minutes ago By Andrea Ong The High Court has set March 30 as the date to hear an application by Hougang resident Vellama Marie Muthu on a by-election in her constituency. |
Tempo - 25 minutes ago By HANNAH L. TORREGOZA Manila, Philippines - The lawyers of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona are asking the Senate impeachment court to cite for contempt Majority Floor Leader Neptali Gonzales,Jr. |
TODAYonline - 1 hour ago by The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's controversial Public Service Remuneration Scheme (SBPA) was scrapped because it failed to meet the government's commitment of a 7 to 13-per-cent raise across the entire civil service, Prime Minister ... |
Inquirer.net - 2 hours ago Palawan broadcaster Gerardo Ortega, 47, was shot and killed by a lone assailant on Jan. 24, 2011, while shopping in a used-clothes store in Puerto Princesa City. |
Bernama - 16 hours ago BANGKOK, March 13 (Bernama) -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says that her government has not decided to cancel the state oil fund, pending the Ministry of Energy's thorough study on the pros and cons and a resolution of the National Energy ... |
Straits Times - 16 minutes ago By Lin Zhaowei The Chinese undergraduate scholarship holder who has come under fire for making derogatory comments about Singaporeans appeared before a disciplinary panel at the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Tuesday. |
Manila Bulletin - 6 hours ago MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines ranked as the 107th freest economy in the world in the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom (IEF), eight notches higher than its 2011 ranking of 115th of 179. |
Inquirer.net - 2 hours ago By Tina G. Santos For the third time in as many weeks, airport authorities arrested an African woman attempting to sneak suspected illegal drugs into the country. |
BBC News - Mar 12, 2012 Vietnam is sending six Buddhist monks to re-establish abandoned temples on islands that are the subject of a bitter territorial dispute with China. |
The Borneo Post - 4 hours ago PASIR GUDANG: The police have described the killing of Nurul Nadhirah Abdullah, 5, to be cold blooded murder and investigation papers are being prepared to bring the suspects to justice. |
Inquirer.net - 4 hours ago By Niña Calleja Police have begun looking at the local drug trade in Pasig City in their hunt for suspects in Sunday night's shooting of Daily Tribune reporter Fernan Angeles. |
Philippine Star - 5 hours ago By Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) Updated March 14, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Farmers of Hacienda Luisita sought yesterday the help of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima against the reported military presence in their communities. |
Philippine Star - 8 hours ago MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Senate approved today a bill that seeks to end discrimination against women in the workplace. Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, principal author of the bill, said that the measure aims to ensure ... |
The Sun Daily - 11 hours ago ALOR SETAR (March 13, 2012): Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said today the steering committee set up by PAS's central committee for the state only acts in an advisory capacity. |
Manila Bulletin - 2 hours ago MANILA, Philippines - The counsel for former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., the alleged mastermind in the “Maguindanao Massacre'' case, has asked a Quezon City court to allow his transfer to the Philippine Heart Center for his confinement. |
Channel News Asia - 8 hours ago By Malaysia Bureau Chief Melissa Goh | Posted: 13 March 2012 2205 hrs This comes just days after Women's Affairs Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil announced she is stepping down after her term ends. |
Bangkok Post - 3 hours ago The cabinet has approved a budget of 24.8 billion baht to pay for 246 flood management projects proposed by the National Water Resources and Flood Policy Committee. |
World
Huffington Post - 10 minutes ago At 3 am on Sunday, an American soldier walked off his base about a mile from a cluster of villages in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, and went on a shooting spree, killing 16 civilians, including nine children and three women. |
The Australian - 11 minutes ago SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has called parliamentary elections for May 7, even as monitors said fresh violence cost nearly 50 lives and a pro-regime daily reported the capture of a rebel city. |
Ynetnews - 1 hour ago Syria condemned the Israeli air raids night on Gaza on Tuesday, which killed 25 Palestinians, and called upon the international community to undertake urgent steps to put an end to these activities", said a Foreign Ministry statement. |
National Post - 15 minutes ago Mississippi primary polls close at 7 pm CT. Like Alabama, the Republican race is turning out to be a neck-and-neck match between Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. |
GMA News - 1 hour ago KISHORI CHAR - At least 32 people drowned when a ferry sank in Bangladesh before dawn on Tuesday with scores more bodies feared trapped inside the capsized vessel, officials said. |
Voice of America - 13 minutes ago March 13, 2012 Kony Video Campaign Shakes Up Advocacy World Nico Colombant The release this month by a US non-profit organization of an Internet video denouncing a Ugandan rebel leader is creating a worldwide conversation and shaking up the world of ... |
Reuters Canada - 24 minutes ago By Samuel P. Jacobs WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time since early July, more Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing than disapprove, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows his approval rating now at 50 percent. |
Voice of America - 1 hour ago March 13, 2012 Sarkozy Moves Ahead in Poll for French Presidential Race VOA News President Nicolas Sarkozy has overtaken Socialist challenger Francois Hollande for the first time in an opinion poll on this year's presidential election. |
CBS News - 37 minutes ago (CBS/AP) ANTAKYA, Turkey - A pro-regime militiaman in Syria was hanged from a tree in the northern province of Idlib as masked rebels cheered his gruesome death, according to an amateur video that shows how brutal the uprising has become after a year ... |
Zee News - 3 hours ago Beijing: A teenage Tibetan monk set himself on fire in protest on the anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in 1959, an overseas activist group said on Tuesday. |
Sin Chew Jit Poh - 12 hours ago By TAY TIAN YAN Shahrizat quit her ministerial post while her husband, NFC executive chairman Mohd Salleh Ismail was charged in the court. |
Manila Standard Today - 8 hours ago by Macon Ramos-Araneta THE Department of Tourism launched its new tourism slogan “It's More Fun in the Philippines” at the world's biggest travel fair in Berlin, Germany. |
Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production Magazine - 5 hours ago By Diarmaid Williams Green Future Innovations Inc. of Japan has decided to postpone the commissioning of a $120m ethanol and cogeneration facility in the Philippines to June after last year's typhoons affected the plant's construction. |
Inquirer.net - 11 hours ago By Tetch Torres MANILA, Philippines—The Court of Appeals (CA) dismissed the contempt case against Justice Secretary Leila De Lima and Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo. |
BBC News - Mar 12, 2012 Vietnam is sending six Buddhist monks to re-establish abandoned temples on islands that are the subject of a bitter territorial dispute with China. |
Asbury Park Press - 22 minutes ago Gov. Chris Christie, talented politician that he is, has managed to convince many New Jersey citizens that he is a straight-talking Jersey guy. |
Inquirer.net - 8 hours ago By Aquiles Z. Zonio GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines—The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Monday booted out Mayor Jose Zamorro of Maasim town, Sarangani province and installed Vice Mayor Uttoh Salem Cutan as acting mayor. |
Slate Magazine (blog) - 10 hours ago By Matthew Yglesias MySlate is a new tool that you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. |
Gulf Today - 1 hour ago By Mohammed Al Waseelah FUJAIRAH: Some unknown persons robbed more than 30 cars in Al Faseel and Al Mahatta areas in Al Fujairah after smashing windows of cars. |
Patently Apple - 7 hours ago The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-three newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In our first report of the day we covered the iPhone's Missed Phone Call Management system. |
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