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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Singapore Star.com http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/303b19022816233b/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:39:50 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:39:50 -0500 30 Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will travel to Qatar on Monday for talks on the Taliban's plans to set up a representative office in the Gulf state, Pakistani officials have said. al http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203248496/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:40:17 -0500 ANI http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203248496/cs/1/ A group of congressmen has sought the US citizenship for jailed Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, who helped the CIA track down and kill former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden last year in his Abbottaba http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203248482/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:10:07 -0500 ANI http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203248482/cs/1/ Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said the Balochistan issue is a "grave concern", adding that he is planning to talk to Baloch leaders - even those in exile over the issue. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203248481/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:10:04 -0500 ANI http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203248481/cs/1/ Australian captain Michael Clarke has said his team deserves to be regarded as favourites, ahead of the triangular one-day series against Sri Lanka and India. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203245912/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:11 -0500 ANI http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203245912/cs/1/ Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has assured that his government would continue to extend its fullest political, moral and diplomatic support to the Kashmiris to help settle the Kashmir dispute pea http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244621/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:40:06 -0500 ANI http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244621/cs/1/ Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has urged India to withdraw its 'unfinished agenda' in Kashmir, and to renew talks with Pakistan afresh to resolve the decades old dispute. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244605/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:50:17 -0500 ANI http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244605/cs/1/ India and Bangladesh are holding a special three-day film festival titled-'Bangladesh War of Liberation in Celluloid' here to promote cultural diplomacy bilaterally. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244599/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:50:05 -0500 ANI http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244599/cs/1/ Bangladesh High Commissioner Tariq Ahmed Karim and the president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Dr. Karan Singh, released Dhaka-based author Anisul Hoque's latest book here on Saturday even http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244592/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:40:08 -0500 ANI http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244592/cs/1/ Over 500 million Indians will need new homes in almost a decade, close to the needs of China, North America and Western Europe put together, as the government and urban local bodies focus more on cons http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203243197/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203243197/cs/1/ India's import and export business with Bangladesh is flourishing due to the favourable and strategic geographical location of both the countries, strengthening the process, economic ties between the http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233161/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:10:02 -0500 ANI http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233161/cs/1/ SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203249378/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:37:25 -0500 Reuters http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203249378/ Taipei, Feb. 5 (CNA) New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, who was in Taiwan to promote his books, said he has drawn ideas for his fantasy novels from Chinese culture and has ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203247847/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:30:51 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203247847/ England managed just one wicket on the third morning of the final Test as Azhar Ali completed a painstaking century in Pakistan's second-innings 295 for ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203247840/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:03:29 -0500 The Independent http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203247840/ HEALTH workers in Nepal are to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the southeastern part of the Himalayan ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203247688/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:57:42 -0500 News.com.au http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203247688/ A | A human rights watchdog has slammed the government for not taking human rights cases in the country seriously."To date, the government has continuously ignored any calls from the ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246284/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:44:33 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246284/ A | Political observers have warned that Democrat Party chief patron Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's initiative to publicly explain issues surrounding the party in relation to the Corruption ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246283/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:44:31 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246283/ MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Two Philippine security officials say a key Abu Sayyaf commander killed in a United States (US)-backed airstrike was planning terror attacks when he was slain. Abu Sayyaf ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246285/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:43:19 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246285/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Azhar Ali joined Younis Khan in making a hundred on the third morning of the third test between Pakistan and England, as the host nation slowly extended their grip on this match to ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203247843/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:25:47 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203247843/ Energy shortages across Pakistan are crippling the country's economy and costing businesses millions in lost productivity. Electricity is cut off for hours at a time, fuel is rationed at ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246006/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:19:34 -0500 Orange News http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246006/ Chinese language at school level across the country and this programme would soon be initiated. She added that steps were being taken to promote Chinese language among the people, reported ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246280/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:19:08 -0500 Times of India http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246280/ Pakistan's prime minister will travel to Qatar next week to talk with leaders there about the prospect of a peace deal to end the war in Afghanistan, a government official said Saturday, a trip ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246213/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:18:27 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203246213/ Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.For most people, that word means something malicious - shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244948/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:50:51 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244948/ A | A senior lawmaker wants stern punishment of any pilot found using drugs after police arrested several aviators for alleged drug use."We must set an example and teach them the hard way ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244949/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:50:49 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244949/ JAKARTA (AFP) - For years big-name manufacturers including Honda, Samsung and Nike have quietly harvested profits from factories in Indonesia, where wages are even lower than in China or India. ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244950/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:49:38 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244950/ GEBENG, Malaysia (AFP) - China's chokehold on the rare earths vital for everything from iPods to missiles is widely expected to end soon, thanks in large part to a contentious new plant in ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244951/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:49:34 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244951/ Younus creams Anderson's first ball through the covers for four. He's scored a triple century, two doubles and two 190s in the past so has the virtue of patience and stickability. Anderson ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244946/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:39:46 -0500 The Guardian http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244946/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- China’s economy may be headed for a "rough landing," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244678/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:31:40 -0500 Business Week http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244678/ Due to the heavy overnight snowfall in the United Kingdom, London's Heathrow airport has worked out a revised flight schedule for Sunday with all airlines, to minimise disruption caused to ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244952/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:31:19 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244952/ monarchy to threaten them. Another proposal that has meet with public opposition is [the call] to have the monarch swear before being enthroned to prevent the problem of the constitution being ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244788/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:31:08 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244788/ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's visit to Qatar next week for signing energy and investment agreements. Qataris, desirous of playing the role of a regional peace broker, have ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244889/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:30:55 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244889/ The number of imported CBU's matches last August's record low.Industry insiders attributed the fall to economic difficulties, high lending interest rates and strict regulations on import ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244721/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:30:42 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244721/ Composite sketches have been completed of the suspects. The suspect descriptions are as follows: Driver – South Asian man, late 20’s, thin build, 5’10';, clean shaven, short ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244752/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:24:46 -0500 The Province http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244752/ SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Senior officials arrested in a corruption investigation. Subway commuters trapped underground without light or proper ventilation. Flooded roads in the financial ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244945/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:15:43 -0500 Reuters http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203244945/ A | The government is accelerating its water-resources management and flood-prevention projects worth a combined 350 billion Baht to ensure that the country is ready to cope with this year's ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203243763/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:06:09 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203243763/ PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Controversial tweets by a Khmer Rouge tribunal judge have inflamed a damaging public spat between the UN and Cambodia and raised questions over how Twitter is used in the courts. ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203243764/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:04:53 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203243764/ Gilani will appear in person before the bench, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, and will be finally indicted. The court will, however, provide him an opportunity to respond to the charges while ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203243765/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:44:56 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203243765/ A | A fire chief in the eastern Dominican Republic says at least 10 people drowned when a boat overloaded with migrants overturned off the country's coast.Jefrey Pimentel says the wooden boat ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242264/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:13:55 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242264/ A | Overwhelming "human gridlock" in Indianapolis' Super Bowl Village is causing police to rethink crowd control before the National Football League championship game.Eleven people ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242265/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:13:53 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242265/ Last year's flooding in Thailand was a mammoth natural disaster. And now, because a vital segment of the electronics industry clustered in a Thai flood zone more than two decades ago, the Twin ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242008/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:53 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242008/ Map of the 36 Rohingya villages of the Kyauktaw township in the western Burmese Arakan state along the Kaladan River. Early in January, the Sa-Ka-Kha-9 military division based near the ancient Falom ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242255/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:02:49 -0500 Green Left Online http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242255/ Participants from members of the uniformed organisations, government departments, schools, colleges, village residents and private agencies taking part in the procession during last year's ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242262/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:14 -0500 The Brunei Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242262/ economy demand professionals to have communication skills as most professions nowadays demand those kinds of skills. And students need to be prepared to connect fluently with international ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242263/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:10 -0500 The Brunei Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242263/ to promote awareness among government officials on how they can contribute to NGOs for special needs individuals through voluntary deductions from their monthly pay continued yesterday at the ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242261/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:07 -0500 The Brunei Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242261/ Sales Management Course for postal services staff endsTHE Sales Management Course for postal services staff, has received good response from the participants, the course ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242260/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:03 -0500 The Brunei Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242260/ THE efforts and experience of school principals and religious teachers have been lauded as valuable and important in guiding and shaping the new education officers in their leadership roles, the ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242259/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:53:59 -0500 The Brunei Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242259/ Darussalam yesterday urged Muslims to show their true commitment to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) by following the path shown by him and emulate his character in all aspects of life.This was ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242258/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:53:55 -0500 The Brunei Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242258/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Permanent Secretary, Dato Hj Abd Hamid (L), attending the closing ceremony of the `Dikir Maulidur Rasul' hosted by the Department of Youth and Sports at ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242257/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:53:51 -0500 The Brunei Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242257/ Burma A group of Australians is in Burma for one of the first major business and academic gatherings since the Asian nation reopened its borders.Burma shifted to civilian rule in 2011, and is ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242016/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:51:54 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203242016/ Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam yesterday granted an audience to the Chairman of the Philippines Sports Commission, Ambassador Richardo R ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203240379/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:36:47 -0500 Bru Direct http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203240379/ Bandar Seri Begawan - Nine Vietnamese fishermen were each fined after they pleaded guilty to fishing illegally in Brunei waters before the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court yesterday. ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203240380/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:36:40 -0500 Bru Direct http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203240380/ Bandar Seri Begawan - A publicity drive started yesterday for World Cancer Day to be commemorated on February 26 at 7arn at the Indoor Stadium, a press release stated yesterday. World Cancer Day, ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203240018/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:36:29 -0500 Bru Direct http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203240018/ By Hazlin Hassan, Malaysia Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police took to Facebook on Saturday to refute rumours of race riots in Klang and their spread to the capital. 'The ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203238954/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:30:44 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203238954/ BANGKOK (AFP) - One of Myanmar's most prominent rebel groups on Saturday warned a ceasefire deal seen as a breakthrough in relations with the regime was "fragile", as ethnic unrest ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203237294/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:37:43 -0500 West Australian http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203237294/ George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79. ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203237293/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:45:14 -0500 Deseret News http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203237293/ His Robin Williams impersonation wasn't great. But I'd certainly arrived early enough - on the first-ever non-stop flight from the UK to Vietnam - to witness Hanoi waking up. The ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203237295/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:30:42 -0500 The Independent http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203237295/ Kittisak Prokkati, a lecturer at Thammasat University's Faculty of Law, called for Parliament to approve the appointment of monarchs in the future during an interview in which he gave his ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235678/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:28 -0500 The Nation http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235678/ Officials focusing on the viability of designated floodways; coordination at provincial level is key, says premier The government is accelerating its water-resources management and flood-prevention ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235679/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:24 -0500 The Nation http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235679/ Dr Art-Ong Jumsai na Ayudhya, a former scientist at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), has called for the relocation of Thailand's capital to the Northeast. Speaking ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235680/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:21 -0500 The Nation http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235680/ The Pheu Thai Party has no policy to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, which involves lese majeste offences, deputy party spokesman Sunisa Lerpakawat said yesterday. According to Sunisa, ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235681/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:18 -0500 The Nation http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235681/ The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday welcomed Deputy PM Chalerm Yoobamrung's idea to tap the phones of inmates allegedly involved with drug-trafficking rings, and may seek ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235682/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:15 -0500 The Nation http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235682/ A security guard pointing a gun at your chest may not be a perk of first-class travel in the West, but it's all part of the service on Pakistan's gleaming Business Express. Thirteen ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235257/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:34 -0500 SINA http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203235257/ A | European envoys to the Security Council said they would vote Saturday on a draft resolution backing an Arab League call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down amid talk that Russia ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233886/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:08:04 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233886/ A | A boat carrying dozens of immigrants from Afghanistan and Iran sank early Saturday off the coast of Cikalong in Tasikmalaya, West Java, according to an official.West Java Police spokesperson ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233887/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:08:02 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233887/ MANILA (AFP) - A 6.0-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued. The ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233888/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:34 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233888/ Jakarta - With over 250 students and seminarians in the new year, the number of candidates to the priesthood in Central Java has experienced a sharp growth, after three years of slow decline. The ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233880/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:10 -0500 Spero News http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233880/ MANILA, Philippines - Digital medium has overtaken radio and print, according to TNS Digital Life 2012, a study by custom research firm TNS which covered 93 percent of the world’s online ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233423/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:58:28 -0500 Manila Bulletin http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233423/ Consider the miserable plight of the average Pakistani electricity consumer. With about 50 percent less electricity generation capability than the actual demand, Pakistan's national grid is ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233470/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:04:59 -0500 World Press Review http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233470/ Group Looks at Social Challenges That Need Cooperation Between CreedsROME, JAN. 24, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Religious leaders from regions of Asia and the West met in Thailand this month to consider the ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233883/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:53:09 -0500 EWTN http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203233883/ Australian Scott Hend has maintained his lead of the Myanmar Open after the third round at the Royal Mingalardon Golf and Country Club.Hend carded a three-under 69 on Saturday to take himself to ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203231926/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:30:39 -0500 sportal.com.au http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203231926/ Former captain Younis Khan scored the first century of the series and propelled Pakistan to 2-222 against England in the third and final Test on ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203231929/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:29:47 -0500 SBS http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203231929/ The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Zaka Ashraf tells BBC Sport's cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew on Test Match Special that they would like to bring Mohammad Amir back into the ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203231923/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:54:47 -0500 BBC Sport http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203231923/ SAN FRANCISCO -- In Asia, there's an ongoing irony that deepens as the natural world dwindles to the size of a parking lot. Wild animals, once revered and assigned all kinds of spiritual ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203231925/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:52:14 -0500 New America Media http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203231925/ A | Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began naval maneuvers Saturday in the latest show of force near the strateg Strait of Hormuz, the critical Gulf oil tanker route that Tehran has ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228878/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:23 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228878/ A | Nine out of ten offices of state water company PDAM in Jambi province are in a poor finacial state, according the Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP).BPKP Jambi office head Didik ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228879/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:21 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228879/ A | The World Bank's newly appointed Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific, Pamela Cox, will visit Indonesia next week to meet with government counterparts and opinion makers in the ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228880/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:19 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228880/ JAKARTA: Local pop band Nidji is planning to release their new album, Victory, in Australia as part of their latest attempt to conquer the international music scene."Actually, we have been ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228881/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:17 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228881/ A | Pertamina EP, the upstream business unit of state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina, expects to produce 126,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) in February, lower than the government's ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228882/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:15 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228882/ A | The month of Sapar in the Javanese calendar fell in January this year, and has been welcomed with various activities in Yogyakarta and Central Java. According to Javanese belief, Sapar is an ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228883/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:12 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228883/ A | State-owned flag carrier Garuda Indonesia obtained shareholder approval on Friday to spend the remaining proceeds of last year's initial public offering (IPO) to finance the purchase of ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228884/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:10 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228884/ Pipe dream: Customs and excise officers display on Friday a total of one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine confiscated from a courier service. The illegal drugs were hidden inside water purifiers. ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228885/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:08 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228885/ ROC President Ma Ying-jeou vows Feb. 3 to boost Taiwan's tourism industry by expanding an existing program to allow individual tourists from more mainland Chinese cities to visit Taiwan. ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228888/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:11:20 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228888/ Taiwan Today The ROC Executive Yuan has put forward five major policy directions for the year 2012 aimed at bringing about a "golden decade" for Taiwan. The policy guidelines, which have ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228887/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:11:18 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228887/ Taiwan Today By Aaron Hsu The Ministry of Finance will launch a task force next month to study whether tax reform can help balance the budget and reduce Taiwan's growing wealth gap, incoming ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228890/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:11:12 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228890/ Taiwan Today By Meg Chang The Intellectual Property Office under the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Feb. 3 that it received a total of 82,988 patent applications in 2011, the second highest on ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228889/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:11:10 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228889/ "Nocturnal Taipei," a photo exhibition by Dutch artist David Verbeek, portrays the beauty of the city's darker side. (Staff photo/Chen ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228891/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:11:08 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228891/ Taiwan literary texts chosen to receive government subsidies for translation and publication are presented at the Taipei International Book Exhibition. (Courtesy of Council for Cultural ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228892/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:11:06 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228892/ An eight-month-old stray parrot was taken to the nearby Linbian precinct police substation by a man at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening. Failing to make the parrot speak, the police came up with ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228893/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:11:03 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228893/ To make his father laugh, Hsinchu-based crane seller Hu Han-yan spent NT$1,000 and two hours to have the figure of "Hello Kitty" shaved into his hair in Taoyuan on the sixth day of the ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228894/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:11:00 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228894/ Flyweight Karlo Maquinto, 21, died in hospital on Friday. -- PHOTO: PHILBOXING MANILA (AFP) - An undefeated Philippine boxer has died after sustaining head injuries during a fight and falling ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228886/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:22 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228886/ Pakistan reached 2-30 at lunch on the second day of the third and final Test in Dubai on Saturday, still trailing England by 12 runs after losing both ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228875/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:08:26 -0500 SBS http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228875/ Islamabad, Feb. 4 (BNA) - Earthquake tremors of 5.4 magnitude were felt in northern Pakistani city of Chitral and its adjacent area on early Saturday morning, local media reported. Shakes of 5.4 ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228873/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:41:24 -0500 Bahrain News Agency http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228873/ Alsarah, a member of the hip-hop troupe FEW Collective, performs during a concert organized by the U.S. embassy in Islamabad November 14, 2011. (REUTERS/Faisal ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228869/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:36:43 -0500 The Star http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228869/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Asian currencies rose for a fifth week, led by Taiwan’s dollar, as foreign investors poured money into the region amid optimism the global economy is ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228045/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:25:43 -0500 Business Week http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203228045/