Southeast Asia
New Straits Times - IPOH: HUMAN Resource minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam yesterday said Indonesia's statement that maids from there would only do a single type of work for a minimum monthly payment of RM700 was not in line with the understanding achieved by the two... |
Gold Star Daily World News - CONSTITUTIONAL law expert, Fr. Joaquin Bernas SJ, has expressed that the impeachment of Chief Justice Corona assaults the independence of the judiciary since it attacks the collective decision of the Supreme Court, and that it has a "chilling effect" ... |
Manila Bulletin - By MIKE U. CRISMUNDO SURIGAO CITY, Philippines - At least 55 persons were injured, some of them children while some government buildings were also damaged when a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Friday afternoon in the provinces of Dinagat, ... |
Wall Street Journal - By BRIAN SPEGELE BEIJING—Vietnam is protesting plans by a Chinese oil company to take bids on developing energy deposits in the contested South China Sea, in a fresh sign that territorial disputes in the region may rise as Beijing, Hanoi and other ... |
Bernama - By Ahmad Shukran Shaharudin KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- The date when the 13th general election will be held continues to be the main talking point among Malaysians. |
ABS CBN News - by Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino visited the New Executive Building (NEB) in Malacañang Palace Friday to go to the office of his speechwriters and discuss a speech he is giving next week. |
Firstpost - Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities have sought time from a court here to furnish more evidence over the plea to extradite an Iranian national accused of being one of the bombers in a triple explosions in Thailand. |
Business Recorder (blog) - Indonesia has asked Britain to take back 1800 tonnes of waste after inspectors found liquid and illegal mixed waste in containers marked as "scrap metal," Britain's Environment Agency said Friday. |
Telegraph.co.uk - Two men who pretended to be "Good Samaritans" then mugged a Malaysian student during the London riots brought "shame" on the country, a judge said. |
New Straits Times - KUALA LUMPUR: THE cabinet has given the green light for the establishment of a parliamentary select committee to study issues related to the Lynas rare earth plant. |
The Guardian - A British man and his Thai wife have been robbed and beaten to death at a resort in southern Thailand. The bodies of Michael Raymond, 68, and Suchada Bowkamdee, 52, were found in their bungalow at the Jack Beach resort in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, ... |
Register - By Phil Muncaster • Get more from this author The monarchy-loving Thai authorities have deleted over 5000 web pages in the past three months in a continued crack down on content deemed insulting to the royal family, although critics argue it's just an ... |
International News Network - MOSCOW: Russia will not provide NATO with any facility as a military base during international force withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry has said. |
New Straits Times - JOHOR BARU: Police are confident they have solved the murder of 5-year-old Nurul Nadirah Abdullah, whose charred remains were found in an abandoned housing site in Nusa Damai, Masai. |
AsiaOne - By Steven Daniel KUALA LUMPUR - Three sisters were injured when they jumped seven metres off the balcony of double-storey house in a bid to escape two thieves who had broken into their home. |
World
Gulf Daily News - ANKARA: Turkey said yesterday it might set up a "buffer zone" inside Syria to protect refugees fleeing President Bashar Al Assad's forces, raising the prospect of foreign intervention in the year-long revolt. |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - News reader announces the launch of a working satellite to mark the 100th birthday of Kim Il-sung. News reader announces the launch of a working satellite to mark the 100th birthday of Kim Il-sung. |
Straits Times - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Actor George Clooney and several members of the United States (US) Congress were handcuffed and arrested on Friday outside Sudan's embassy as they demanded an end to an offensive they fear will cause thousands to starve. |
China Daily - By Fu Jing in Heverlee, Belgium (China Daily) Tearful and sorrowful Belgians observed one minute of silence on Friday to mourn the deaths of 22 children and six adults who died in a bus crash in the Swiss alps on Tuesday. |
San Francisco Chronicle - (03-16) 20:09 PDT FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- The soldier accused of gunning down 16 Afghan villagers has arrived at a US military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. |
Reuters Africa - By Mirwais Harooni and Rob Taylor KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday lashed out at the United States for failing to fully cooperate with an investigation into the massacre of 16 Afghan villagers by a US staff sergeant and ... |
South Asian News Agency - KABUL (SANA): At least 10 people, including a woman and two children, have been killed when a NATO Turkish helicopter crashed into a house and burst into flames on the outskirts of Kabul, officials said. |
The Independent - The succession of comments this week by the Chinese leadership on the sudden sacking of the Communist Party boss of Chongqing, Bo Xilai, suggests both a nervousness about the public response to the fall of this popular leader and a determination to ... |
Aljazeera.com - The second election in East Timor pits Nobel Peace prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta against 11 other candidates. Voting has begun in East Timor's presidential election seen as a key test of stability in Asia's youngest and poorest nation. |
CTV.ca - Jason Russell, the 33-year-old co-founder of the group Invisible Children, is seen in a this 2012 interview. Jason Russell arrives at a party for Invisible Children in Los Angeles Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006. |
USA TODAY (blog) - If you were thinking about heading to Burma during your next vacation, you aren't the only one. It turns out that everybody and their mom has decided to hop on flights to the country since Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the democratically elected ... |
National Hog Farmer - The US-South Korea free trade agreement became effective last Thursday. Approximately two-thirds of the tariffs on US food and agricultural were eliminated on March 15. |
Indian Express - For the first time today, the Delhi Police linked an Iranian suspect in the attack on the Israeli diplomat in Delhi with a “Bangkok module” that was planning a similar attack in the Thailand capital. |
Straits Times - WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama will host Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the White House on Tuesday, his office said. |
CBC.ca - The French military has ordered soldiers in a section of southern France to wear civilian clothes when off-base for extra security following deadly, unsolved shootings of paratroopers in the area. |
Canada.com - A tsunami wave crashes over a street in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on March 11. TOKYO - A two-year empirical research program is planned to begin in April to develop a next-generation tsunami prediction system by calculating ... |
Jerusalem Post - By AHARON E. WEXLER If there was nothing physically special about us, and we come from mixed backgrounds, why is Judaism manifested in a physical Jewish people? |
Mirror.co.uk - David Cameron was rosy-cheeked with bliss playing global statesman on the White House lawn - it is so much easier than thinking about one million kids who do not have a job. |
International News Network - MOSCOW: Russia will not provide NATO with any facility as a military base during international force withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry has said. |
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