Southeast Asia
Inquirer.net - President Benigno Aquino gestures as he speaks during an interview with AFP at Malacanang Palace in Manila on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. |
Ninemsn - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck the Papua region of Indonesia, meteorologists say, but there was no tsunami warning. The quake struck at 2.56am (0456 AEDT) at a depth of 66.9 kilometres, some 154 kilometres south southwest of Irian Jaya, ... |
ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - Supreme Court spokesman and court administrator Jose Midas Marquez on Tuesday questioned the results of a Pulse Asia survey that said 47% of respondents think Chief Justice Renato Corona is guilty on charges filed against him in ... |
TODAYonline - by Sumita Sreedharan SINGAPORE - A proverbial line has been drawn in the sand on the Bukit Brown issue. Minister of State (National Development) Tan Chuan-Jin - the Government's point man on the matter - signalled yesterday that it was time to move on ... |
Jakarta Post - Welcome: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, left, walks with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, before a meeting at Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday. |
Bangkok Post - PHUKET : The cabinet yesterday approved in principle 117 development projects for five southern Andaman coastal provinces worth more than 84 billion baht. |
Voice of America - March 20, 2012 Indonesians Want Closer Ties with Australia; Aussies Wary Phil Mercer Indonesians have significantly warmed towards Australia and want a much closer bilateral relationship with Canberra, according to a new poll by the Lowy Institute, ... |
Malaysia Star - By Baradan Kuppusamy With the general election imminent, the worsening feud between DAP deputy secretary-general Dr P. Ramasamy and national chairman Karpal Singh has put the party in a dilemma. |
The Malaysian Insider - By Clara Chooi Both Anwar and Lim (right) are refusing to take part in the PSC's proceedings. - File pic KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 - Key opposition leaders Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang tonight joined their Pakatan Rakyat (PR) colleagues in ... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - A MEASURE aimed at protecting digital data collected by government agencies and service providers has been approved on third and final reading by the Senate. |
TODAYonline - by Esther Ng SINGAPORE - A layer of white covered the muddy banks of Sungei Api Api yesterday, as thousands of white fish, measuring 5cm long each, were washed up onto the shore. |
Voice of America - Tuesday, 20 March 2012 Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal Under Pressure After Judge Resigns Irwin Loy, VOA | Phnom Penh "The problem here is the UN hasn't actually done anything concrete to address the government continuing to try to control the court's ... |
New Straits Times - INDONESIAN maids can perform more chores than the four main tasks stipulated in their employment contract - cooking, housekeeping, washing clothes and ironing. |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Government of the Philippines (GPH) Peace Panel Chairman Marvic Leonen urged on Monday the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to redouble their efforts so that a lasting peace agreement could soon be achieved by both parties. |
Bikya Masr - JAKARTA: At least 6 people involved in a Vietnam gang accused of human trafficking have been detained, police told Bikyamasr.com on Tuesday afternoon via telephone. |
World
San Francisco Chronicle - (03-20) 14:38 PDT TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- An angry uncle imagines what he would do to the cold-blooded killer of his two young nephews. |
Victoria Times Colonist - By Richard Spencer, The Daily Telegraph March 20, 2012 2:48 PM Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, March 20, 2012. |
ABC Online - A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit south-west Mexico this morning, forcing evacuations in the capital and knocking down some homes in rural areas. |
Seattle Post Intelligencer - HAMZA HENDAWI, AP, MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press An Egyptian Christian woman carries a poster of the late Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing... |
Oman Daily Observer - SEOUL - North Korea has invited UN inspectors to monitor a nuclear freeze deal with the US, insisting the pact remains in force despite its shock announcement of a planned satellite launch. |
The Australian - AT least 30 people have been killed in Syria as the UN Security Council discussed the violence and long-time Damascus ally Russia said President Bashar al-Assad had "made a lot of mistakes". |
Stuff.co.nz - ROBERT BALES: The US soldier says he has no memory of the killings on March 11 in southern Afghanistan. US authorities lack proof of what occurred the night a US soldier is suspected of killing 16 villagers in Afghanistan, his lawyer says. |
Pakistan Daily Times - BHUBANESWAR: Maoist guerrillas responsible for kidnapping two Italians in a remote Indian region repeated their demand for Indian troops to halt counter-insurgency operations against them on Monday as the authorities said they wanted to negotiate the ... |
Pakistan Daily Times - YANGON: Myanmar has invited a team of five monitors from Southeast Asian countries to oversee crucial April 1 parliamentary by-elections that will be contested by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. |
Daily Mail - By Daily Mail Reporter Israeli leaders on Tuesday denounced the European Union's top diplomat for linking a deadly shooting attack at a Jewish school in France and Israeli military attacks that kill Palestinian children. |
Huffington Post (blog) - One critical element leads me to the conclusion that the United States will not go to war with Iran, nor allow Israel to do so. It is this: common sense. |
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - (AGI) Oslo - An avalanche killed four Swiss and one Frenchman on Monday in Northern Norway, reported the local police. Officers clarified that the victims include a group of four Swiss skiers and their French guide. |
Stock and Land - THE five men shot and killed in Bali over suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack were fired up on religious music, and photos of an unidentified religious figure dressed in white were found among their belongings. |
Huffington Post - In response to the violent clashes between a resurgent Occupy movement and the NYPD this weekend, Mayor Michael Bloomberg showed little sympathy for the protesters, telling reporters Monday, "You want to get arrested? |
TIME - By Rania Abouzeid Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012 Syrian rebels patrol and set up check-points in the north of northern Syria's Idlib region, on March 18, 2012. |
Inquirer.net - By Christine O. Avendaño WORKING FOR THE BOSS Amid the amusing “Noynoying” antics by militant students, President Aquino is shown in this Malacañang photo scooping up a stack of documents in his office before setting out to attend a series of meetings ... |
Havana Times - HAVANA TIMES, March 20 - The recent occupation of several Catholic church buildings by opposition groups - including one which a dozen protesters maintained in the capital for 48 hours - is putting on the table another sign of how politics in Cuba is ... |
AngolaPress - Greece - Greece's Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos declared victory Sunday in a vote for the leadership of the socialist party, PASOK, in which he ran unopposed - (Reuters). |
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