Southeast Asia
CTV.ca - 49 minutes ago Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived Saturday in Japan, where he is expected to formally launch free-trade talks, after wrapping up a visit to Thailand with a $12-million pledge to combat human smuggling. |
Malaysia Kini - 46 minutes ago YOURSAY 'They are all crowing about bangsa, agama and negara and yet seem unable to distinguish between right and wrong, honour and disgrace...' Goliath: The NFC (National Feedlot Corporation) scandal is a daylight robbery. |
Inquirer.net - 5 hours ago By Philip C. Tubeza MANILA,Philippines—Protestant leaders on Saturday expressed disappointment with Malacañang's change of heart when it decided to scrap a meeting between President Aquino and the Rev. |
New Straits Times - 1 hour ago By PATRICK SENNYAH | SEREMBAN | news@nst.com.my 0 comments Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak greeting the people at the handing over ceremony for quality affordable houses at Taman Intan Duyung, Port Dickson. |
Straits Times - 4 hours ago Mr Iswaran (seated) attending the gala dinner for the Eurasian Reunion 2012. With him are (from left) Mr Aloysius Gasper, president of the Penang Eurasian Association; Mr Michael Singho, president of the Malacca Portuguese-Eurasian Association, ... |
Independent Online - 19 hours ago By SAPA Prime Minister Najib Razak said Malaysia will halt imports of crude oil from Iran, state media reported. Kuala Lumpur - Prime Minister Najib Razak said Malaysia will halt imports of crude oil from Iran, state media reported on Saturday. |
Malaysia Kini - 19 minutes ago VOXPOP 'As the winds of war gather strength, political opportunists like Nallakaruppan are having a field day resorting to plying their infamous trade...' Chuath: We have more important things to worry about - like corrupt police, wastage of public ... |
Malaysia Star - 2 hours ago By Wong Chun Wai The happening days are back in Malaysian politics but the seasoned ordinary Malaysians are not even batting an eyelid. |
China Daily - Mar 22, 2012 By Zhang Yunbi (China Daily) China's recent decision to intercept Vietnamese fishing boats, which were fishing illegally in Chinese territorial waters, is legitimate and lawful, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. |
AsiaOne - 1 hour ago By Sira Habibu PETALING JAYA - The police has cleared Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz's son of any wrongdoing in a minor scuffle involving his bodyguard and a security guard. |
Inquirer.net - 10 hours ago By Nancy C. Carvajal The imperious, cantankerous and short-fused former President is not her old self in her special suite at Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City. |
Inquirer.net - Mar 23, 2012 By Norman Bordadora ROYAL VISITOR GRATEFUL President Aquino guides Kuwaiti Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah before trooping the line during the arrival honors at the Malacañang grounds on Friday. |
Bali Discovery - 22 hours ago Bali's celebration of New Year and Nyepi passed without major incident, despite fear of terrorist reprisals following the shooting of five-suspected terrorist on Sunday, March 18, 2012. |
Inquirer.net - 8 hours ago By Carla P. Gomez BACOLOD CITY—Businesswoman Grace Ibuna may run for the House seat that was vacated with the death of her long time partner, Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo, who passed away on Jan. 26. |
Philippine Star - 10 hours ago By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) Updated March 25, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines will continue to appeal for reprieve and commutation of sentence for the two Filipinos who were sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling ... |
Inquirer.net - 9 hours ago Right before the Senate went into its five-week Lenten recess, Pulse Asia released a study showing that 47 percent of Filipinos believed Chief Justice Renato Corona was guilty. |
World Politics Review - Mar 23, 2012 By Richard P. Cronin | 23 Mar 2012 Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series on China's geopolitical interests in the Mekong River Basin. |
Jakarta Post - 22 hours ago Jakarta: Convicted terrorist Ali “Alik” Imron has testified that Umar Patek was involved in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people. |
Manila Bulletin - 11 hours ago By ELENA L. ABEN MANILA, Philippines - “Be nice and have fun.” This was the special instruction given by USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Commanding Officer Capt. |
VietNamNet Bridge - Mar 22, 2012 VietNamNet Bridge - State President Truong Tan Sang has reaffirmed that Vietnam persists in its foreign policy of independence, sovereignty and openness, thus attaching great importance to developing the friendship and comprehensive cooperation with ... |
World
Times of India - 51 minutes ago SEOUL: US president Obama will join the leaders of more than 50 countries here next week for a nuclear security summit meeting, where fears about two rogue states, N Korea and Iran, will loom over a gathering ostensibly about perils of nuclear ... |
Bangkok Post - 7 hours ago Doubts as to whether new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will follow along the curious foreign policy trail blazed by his father, the late Kim Jong-il, seem to have been erased when Mr Kim's government announced earlier this month it would launch a ... |
RTE.ie - 29 minutes ago The UN-Arab League peace envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, is in Moscow, seeking Russian backing for his efforts to secure a ceasefire as the bloodshed shows no sign of abating. |
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago By MARTIN VOGL, AP - 20 minutes ago BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Mali's US-trained coup leader said Saturday he is in control of the country, has no fears of a countercoup and wants peace talks with the rebels whose northern rebellion was the trigger that led ... |
Chicago Tribune - 31 minutes ago * Abdelkader Merah says 'proud' of sibling's killing spree * Brother questioned about massacre in Toulouse * Explosives found in his car - prosecutor * Sarkozy, seeking re-election, holds meeting on aftermath * Poll shows fears of terrorism lowest in a ... |
New Straits Times - 11 minutes ago Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful from his popemobile as he makes his way to Plaza de la Paz or Peace Plaza in Guanajuato, Mexico, Saturday, March 24, 2012. |
Houston Chronicle - 18 minutes ago AP A woman wipes away tears next to a photograph of Trayvon Martin during a rally in support of the slain teenager at Freedom Plaza in Washington, on Saturday, March 24, 2012. |
Straits Times - 38 minutes ago Pro-democracy activists march street to protest against the city's system of choosing its chief executive in Hong Kong. -- PHOTO: REUTERS HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong's elite met behind closed doors on Sunday to choose the city's new leader as ... |
The Independent - 2 hours ago The year-long effort to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and his government has failed. Two or three months ago, it seemed to come close to succeeding, as insurgents took over enclaves in cities such as Homs and Deir el-Zour. |
Mainichi Daily News - 12 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's choice to lead the World Bank is not the usual politician, lawyer or economist. Jim Yong Kim, the White House's surprise nominee, is an educator, a doctor and an anthropologist who has waged a sometimes ... |
Business Mirror - 16 hours ago THE government of Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have extended a grant of $1.5 million to help finance the national government's public-private partnership project to build new preschool classrooms in poor communities by 2014. |
Philippine Information Agency - 10 hours ago By William L. Beltran CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 24 (PIA) -- To avoid long queues at the toll plazas, the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) will implement an express payment scheme for class 1 ... |
Daily News & Analysis - 11 minutes ago For the children of the Mingalar Orphanage, the arrival of Aung San Suu Kyi is the biggest day of their bleak lives. Dressed in their Sunday best of white T-shirts and blue skirts or longyi, the sarong still worn by most Burmese males, ... |
Kuwait News Agency - 15 hours ago KUWAIT, March 24 (KUNA) -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah issued a ministerial decree to promote five army officers to higher ranks. |
Inquirer.net - 10 hours ago Malacañang on Saturday acknowledged the cost of Chief Justice Renato Corona's impeachment trial on the legislative schedule after the Senate succeeded in passing only four bills since the trial started in January. |
Philippine Star - 10 hours ago Two separate surveys conducted by professional survey firms Pulse Asia and Stratpolls showed remarkably low public perception that embattled Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice (CJ) Renato Corona is innocent of the charges against him in the Senate ... |
msnbc.com - 3 hours ago NBC's John Yang reports on the state of the investigation into Staff Sgt. Robert Bales and his possible role in the recent deaths of Afghan civilians. |
Tempo - 10 hours ago Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said there are job opportunities in the public sector. “Hopefully, a lot of you will be able to secure jobs not just in the private sector. |
Business Mirror - 16 hours ago THE Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., (Pagcor) is eyeing to generate $8-billion additional revenue by 2016 with the establishment of a network of gaming casinos being developed under the “Entertainment City” project. |
Manila Standard Today - Mar 23, 2012 The mere say-so of this President is all it takes for 188 congressmen to impeach a sitting chief justice without so much as a solitary clarificatory question. |
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