Southeast Asia
Sky News - Indonesian police have shot dead five suspected militants in Bali who officials say were planning to carry out an attack later this week. |
GMA News - President Benigno Simeon Aquino III said he will refrain from commenting on the trial of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, radio dzBB's Tuesday Niu reported. |
Malaysia Kini - COMMENT DAP chairperson Karpal Singh's continuing public display of dissent over decisions taken by juridical bodies within the party in respect of its deputy secretary-general P Ramasamy is surprising by any measure. |
Jakarta Globe - najib would be suprised to see no longer as PM after election. and so far you are no longer fit to govern. Indonesia has set new conditions for sending maids to Malaysia, including the requirement that workers perform only one task for a minimum ... |
Malaysia Star - By RAHIMY RAHIM PETALING JAYA: The top 100 Indian graduates who achieve first-class honours will be given full scholarships to pursue post-graduate studies at local universities, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. |
AsiaOne - By Sophie Hong Recent initiatives in Budget 2012 aimed at giving lower-income families a leg up, helping seniors live well and longer, and supporting those with disabilities have garnered strong support from Singaporeans. |
AsiaOne - Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law Mr K Shanmugam was Guest-of-Honour at the annual Lions Befriender's Service Association's walk. |
Sydney Morning Herald - Cambodia, known for the beauty of Angkor Wat, may soon attract investors too. Photo: AFP Min Sovannry wasn't born when the Communist Khmer Rouge took power in 1975 and abolished Cambodia's money, markets and financial system. |
Pakistan Observer - Jakarta—At least 10 members of one Indonesian family were killed on Sunday, as their minivan spun out of control after colliding with a moving train and flipped over in a nearby rice field. |
Inquirer.net - By Ruel Perez MANILA, Philippines - Just days after introducing “Noynoying”, a militant group is at it again, this time calling President Benigno Aquino III “Noy-ngaling” in reference to his recent speech on protecting workers' interests. |
Scene Queenstown - Queenstown helicopter company Kershaw Aviation Group has launched an internal investigation into the death of a pilot in Indonesia at the weekend. |
China Daily - Lt. Gen. Burton Field, the commander of US Forces Japan, gave a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday, demanding that China respect freedom of navigation and take responsible actions in the South China Sea. |
GMA News - President Aquino presents the Presidential Saber Award and diploma to Cadet First Class Tom Puertollano for topping the 'Bagwis' Class of 2012 during the 107th PMA graduation rites at Fort Gen. |
The Nation - Phuek - Some 200 people from Songkhla and other Andaman-coastal communities rallies outside the Phuket airport to submit their demand to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Monday morning. |
AsiaOne - This was the call made by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to Pakatan Rakyat leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after he snubbed blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin at a scheduled political global forum in England on Saturday. |
The Nation - An aerial photograph taken recently by the Phuket Marine Biological Centre shows the largescale property development on Cape Panwa. |
World
Reuters Canada - By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - A heavy firefight broke out on Monday between Free Syrian Army rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in a main district of the Syrian capital Damascus that is home to several security ... |
The Seattle Times - Shenouda was viewed as a spiritual, social and sometimes political leader who guarded the rights of Egypt's minority Christian population. |
IBNLive.com - AP New York: As spring approaches, Occupy Wall Street protesters who mostly hibernated all winter are beginning to stir with plans for renewed demonstrations six months after the movement was born. |
The Associated Press - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Mitt Romney scored an overwhelming win Sunday in Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary, trouncing chief rival Rick Santorum on the Caribbean island even as the two rivals looked ahead to more competitive contests ... |
Sky News Australia - Ramos-Horta concedes defeat Updated: 14:47, Monday March 19, 2012 East Timor's Jose Ramos Horta has conceded defeat after a poor showing in the weekends presidential elections. |
Zee News - Seattle: With formal charges looming against his client within days, the lawyer for an Army sergeant suspected in the horrific nighttime slaughter of 16 Afghan villagers flew to Kansas and was preparing for his first face-to-face meeting with the ... |
Voice of America (blog) - South Korea accused North Korea on Monday of using a planned satellite launch to further development of a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear payload. |
Bernama - ATHENS, March 18 (Bernama) -- Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos was elected as the new leader of the socialist PASOK party Sunday in internal elections, ahead of the early general polls due later this spring, Xinhua news agency reported. |
Scene Queenstown - Queenstown helicopter company Kershaw Aviation Group has launched an internal investigation into the death of a pilot in Indonesia at the weekend. |
Daily News & Analysis - A former East German dissident and Lutheran pastor has been elected German president with expectations high that he can restore faith in an office tarnished by scandal. |
CBC.ca - Stunning images captured above Earth by NASA and the International Space Station show a haze of bright colours from the northern lights illuminating the night sky in North America. |
GMA News - A Filipino was killed in the explosion that hit a Liberian-flagged vessel off Jubail in Saudi Arabia last week, a Saudi-based news site reported on Monday. |
ABC News - The officer in charge of the Norwegian military's cargo planes says a deadly crash that killed five might have been caused by the pilots' decision to fly manually instead of on autopilot. |
AsiaOne - AMSTERDAM - "It has nothing to do with politics," insisted owner Remco van Daal as he welcomed patrons to Pyongyang, Europe's first North Korean restaurant according to its owners. |
Financial News - As banks come to terms with new capital adequacy requirements, they are increasingly focusing on ways to increase the accuracy of measuring the riskiness of their business. |
DAWN.com - All Nisar Hussain wanted to do was to successfully climb Mount Everest. Like millions on this planet, he too had a dream; a dream to reach dizzying heights. |
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