Cambodia to ask ASEAN to monitor ceasefire with Thailand

Cambodia to ask ASEAN to monitor ceasefire with Thailand

Cambodia to ask ASEAN to monitor ceasefire with Thailand

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:05 AM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia will ask the Southeast Asian regional grouping ASEAN to send observers to monitor a fragile ceasefire at its disputed border with Thailand, a move likely to be resisted by its neighbour.

Chinese man with grudge charged over Beijing bomb blast

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:05 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court has charged a man with endangering public security after he set off a home-made bomb near one of Beijing's main diplomatic enclaves last year, injuring a U.S. student, state media said on Wednesday.

Star female US reporter sexually assaulted in Egypt

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:36 AM PST

NEW YORK, Wednesday 16 February 2011 (AFP) - Top CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan suffered a "brutal" sexual assault at the hands of a mob in Egypt while covering the downfall of president Hosni Mubarak, the network said Tuesday.

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Cambodian killer elephant dies in new home

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:34 AM PST

PHNOM PENH, Wednesday 16 February 2011 (AFP) - An elephant that killed its owner and then went on a 10-day rampage in the Cambodian countryside before being taken in by an animal rescue centre has died unexpectedly, officials said Wednesday.

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Most Arabs welcome WikiLeaks

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:56 AM PST

MANAMA, Feb 16: Most Arabs support Wikileaks, the whistle-blowing website, and demand greater transparency, a survey conducted in 17 Arab countries indicates.

Pakistan says U.S. prisoner Davis has immunity

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:04 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An American jailed for shooting two Pakistanis is shielded by diplomatic immunity, the Pakistani government said on Wednesday, a move that may help end a bruising row between the troubled allies.

ANALYSIS - Flood of money needed to fix China's water woes

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:04 AM PST

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is now the world's second largest economy, but hundreds of millions of its people still rely on fouled water that will cost billions of

Bahrain protesters gather in capital for third day

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:04 AM PST

MANAMA (Reuters) - Thousands of Shi'ite demonstrators, inspired by popular revolts that toppled rulers in Tunisia and Egypt, poured into Bahrain's capital on Wednesday to mourn for a second protestor killed in clashes this week.

India police probe underworld don death in Thailand

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:06 AM PST

MUMBAI, Wednesday 16 February 2011 (AFP) - Indian police on Wednesday said they were investigating the death in Thailand of a senior gangland figure wanted over the murder of a lawyer who represented a Mumbai attacks suspect.

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Six hurt as record snow buries South Korean market

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:05 AM PST

SEOUL, Wednesday 16 February 2011 (AFP) - Six people were injured when an awning at a South Korean market collapsed Wednesday under the weight of record snowfall, a fire and rescue service spokesman said.

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India’s cornered PM vows to press on despite scandals

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:46 PM PST

NEW DELHI, Feb 16 — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vowed today to stay in office to press ahead with reforms, denying a series of massive corruption scandals had made him a lame duck leader.    Allegations the government may have lost up to US$39 billion (RM119 billion) in revenues after firms were awarded telecoms deals at rock-bottom ...


129 Myanmar migrants found off Indonesia: police

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:43 PM PST

KRUENG RAYA, Wednesday 16 February 2011 (AFP) - A wooden boat carrying more than one hundred migrants from Myanmar's Rohingya minority has been found drifting off Indonesia's Sumatra island, local police said Wednesday.

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Manila appeals as China to execute drug mules

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:42 PM PST

MANILA, Wednesday 16 February 2011 (AFP) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino launched a last-ditch appeal Wednesday for China to show clemency to three Filipino drug couriers who face execution next week.

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VIDEO: Bahrain protesters camp out in capital

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:18 PM PST

A tide of unrest is continuing to sweep across the Middle East.


VIDEO: Doctors vote on Czech healthcare walkout

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:19 PM PST

Nearly 4,000 doctors have handed in their resignations in a co-ordinated protest over low salaries and increased overtime.


Japan as No. 3 need not moan

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:17 PM PST

The Japanese can still hold their heads high. No amount of moaning at being overtaken by China would negate the fact that theirs remains a model rich nation others want to emulate, and that it is probably among the most civilised of societies.

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IOI Corp posts improved Q2 pre-tax profit

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:14 PM PST

IOI Corporation Bhd registered an improved pre-tax profit of RM689.324 million for the second-quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 compared with a pre-tax profit of RM598.241 million registered the same quarter in 2009.

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Khusrin takes oath of secrecy

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:13 PM PST

Selangor State Secretary Datuk Mohamad Khusrin Munawi has finally taken his oath of secrecy today. Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim confirmed that Mohamad Khusrin took the oath before him at about 1.30pm.

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One dead as snow buries South Korean market

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:07 PM PST

SEOUL, Wednesday 16 February 2011 (AFP) - One person was killed and several others were missing after an awning at a South Korean market collapsed Wednesday under the weight of record snowfall, police said.

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Asean's expanding role in conflict settlement

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:06 PM PST

One big question needs to be answered: Is Asean ready to become a pro-active, forward-looking organisation which could expose individual members to outside scrutiny and eventually erode the principle of non-interference and consensus making?

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