Al Jazeera - Middle East

• Allawi open to ending Iraq parliament boycott
• Yemen fighters 'to withdraw' if inmates freed
• Ceasefire 'agreed' in Syrian mountain town
• Qatar promises labour reform before 2022
• World Bank warns of 'very difficult year'
• Mubarak lawyers blame military for killings
• Iran says nuclear talks to resume soon
• Israel launches 'deadly air strike' on Gaza
• Beirut building collapse kills dozens
• Gaza rights groups accuse Hamas of abuses

Gulf News

• Strong earthquake hits north-eastern Iran
• Ministry of Health organises blood donation campaign in Dubai
• DHA plans to extend door-to-door medical test for visa issuance
• Bangladesh army says coup bid foiled
• Tips: Ways to clean up the desert
• Hundreds to join two-day desert cleanup drive in UAE
• Shinawatra, Aquino hold bilateral talks
• OIC condemns attack on Cotabato's Sema
• Oman police arrest five suspects in a fraud case
• 26 drug peddlers arrested in Oman

Haaretz

• Santorum, not Romney, won Iowa Republican U.S. presidential caucuses
• Netanyahu denies calling Haaretz and New York Times Israel's 'main enemies'
• Introducing freekeh, the hip grain of 2012
• UN watchdog urges full Iran cooperation in nuclear probe
• Why did Netanyahu choose AIPAC over Africa?
• Six hurt during demolition of illegal West Bank outpost
• The badly kept secret of Israel's trade throughout the Muslim world
• Israel's Chief Rabbinate freezes plan to help determine brain death
• Israel's High Court green lights massive revamp of Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway
• Immigration Ministry withheld information about murders in Israel's Ethiopian community

East Africa Forum

• Land grabbing in Ethiopia – foreign investors and famine
• Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought
• Amnesty Int’l Says Delegation Expelled From Ethiopia
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• Nations Fall Short in Helping 12.4M Africans in Drought-Caused Famine
• Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit
• International court could curb Somali piracy
• Indian investors eyeing Ethiopian agriculture
• Ethiopia Detains to Two Prominent Opposition Politicians
• Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out

Radio Free Asia

• Top Chinese Official Wants “More Forceful” Online Controls
• “Who Guards The Guards”: Chinese Netizens Step Up To Hold Media To Account
• The Easing Of Restrictions On A Chinese Activist: The Social Media At Work
• Wierd Data Streams From China Raise Concerns New Online Censorship Tools Have Been Developed
• Excellent Resource For Digital Journalists And Those Concerned About Online Censorship, Reporting and Content
• China Rolls Out New Journalism Restrictions
• Chinese Protest Leader From The 1980s Brings His Experience To Occupy Wall Street
• The Consequences Of Criticising The Chinese Government – Ai Weiwei Talks About Life In Jail
• Burma Follows Syria’s Example And Uses US Company’s Technology For Online Censorship
• China IT Chiefs Agree To Tighten Web Controls And Content

Daily Star (Lebanon)

• An Israeli initiative worth watching
• 24 detained in crackdown on illegal construction
• At least 10 Iranian exiles killed in clashes with Iraqi forces
• Sidon residents dump garbage on streets
• Syria face-off grows deadlier
• Safa set to face Ahed in Lebanese Cup final
• Mideast tumult could drive Gulf sukuk issuers to Malaysia
• Beirut Order of Engineers braces for close race
• A comic journey
• New guidelines aim to help NGOs deal with domestic violence cases

Mail & Guardian (S. Africa)

• Kenya on edge ahead of ICC ruling
• Sea piracy dips, but Somali corsairs still lead the charge
• Nigeria's Christmas massacre 'mastermind' escapes
• Guests evacuated from Kruger Park after Moz floods
• Tourists attacked, kidnapped in Ethopia
• Report: Aid dithering doomed tens of thousands in E Africa
• 47 killed in South Sudan tribal violence
• Hosni Mubarak painted as 'a just man'
• Thousands displaced in Ethiopian development drive
• Fake, dodgy drugs drive malaria crisis in Africa

AllAfrica

• Sudan: The Administration's Mixed Message on Sudan
• Madagascar: Exiled Leader Eyes Return
• Tanzania: Farmers Look to Science - and Tradition - to Resist Drought
• Africa: New Partnership Launched for African Media
• Africa: Who Will Deliver, Surprise At Africa Cup of Nations
• Egypt: Carter Asks U.S. to Support Islamic Rule
• Libya: Govt Number Two Flees Protest in Benghazi
• Algeria: Human Rights Activist Arrested in Paris Airport
• South Sudan: Citizen X - No to Tribalism We Want Peace
• Rwanda: Irrigation Provides Sprinkles of Life for Agriculture

Daily Nation (Kenya)

• Egypt army responsible for killings: Mubarak lawyers
• Britain scraps Libya torture probe
• Israeli Ethiopians protest racial discrimination
• Tourists under attack in the Horn of Africa
• No evidence Mubarak ordered shootings: lawyers
• Clinton urges dialogue between Ivory Coast rivals
• Attackers kill 51 in South Sudan clashes: governor
• Gambia jails ex-minister for life over coup plot
• Libya militias settle fight with prisoner swap
• HRW urges Egypt new parliament to amend abusive laws

The East African (Kenya)

• Kagame exonerated over Habyarimana’s death
• Dar arrests Burundi opposition politician
• EAC single tourist visa likely to fail
• KRA faces the task of picking a boss
• Graft: Makerere students ask Museveni to resign
• Uganda’s $200m electricity subsidy gravy train
• EAC’s political stability tops region’s business leaders’ concerns for 2012
• Haji says no to Kismayu attack without back-up
• Nairobi joins Uganda in arms shopping spree
• Treasury to borrow $600m in foreign debt markets

The Standard (Kenya)

• New motor boss reports to work as Kirgotty stays put
• Ruto's visit to Ocampo draws mixed reactions
• Kiunjuri faults procurement procedures at Water ministry
• More Rift Valley MPs to meet Ocampo
• Victims to participate in ICC proceedings, say judges
• Ocampo ready to present two Kenyan cases
• ICC: Ruto, Ocampo set agenda for meetings
• Officers move to stem looting at odd armoury
• Nine people killed in road accident
• Chaos as Knut top guns sent home

Sudan Vision

• What Does Gadhafi's Fall Mean for Oil Prices?
• Obstacles Libya's New Leaders must Overcome
• Japan PM to Resign, Successor Race Wide Open
• The Looming Extinction of Earth's Plants and Animals
• Nadal Says Djokovic Deserves Top Billing Right Now
• Couples Tells Woods He's on Presidents Cup Team
• Flanagan Death Ruled Suicide by Medical Examiner
• Spanish Soccer Strike Ends, Deal Reached
• Strong Swiss Franc Punches Holes in Cheese Exports
• Authorities Urge Filipinos to Stop Hoarding Coins

WorldNews

• Perry likely endorsing Gingrich for president: sources
• San Francisco protesters target financial district on Friday
• Rick Perry to drop presidential campaign: report
• U.S. Treasury names top Guatemalan drug trafficker
• Syria Kurd groups to try to unite against Assad
• Tape shows cruise ship crew denying emergency
• Syria pound hits record low as sanctions bite: traders
• Nigeria investigates massive fuel subsidy fraud
• Woman who ate with captain defends his actions
• Santorum won Iowa U.S. presidential caucuses

News24

• Cheaper calls for SA households
• Five Moroccan self-immolations
• Mantashe inconsistent, says ANCYL
• IFP welcomes new Minority Front leader
• More flooding expected as dams take strain
• Rates unchanged, but next move likely up
• Div: SARU too late with decision

Times of India

• Rs 1.50 cr crown donated to Meenakshi temple
• Martin Luther King was peeved after being called untouchable in India
• Kalmadi walks out of Tihar, IOA says he can be boss again
• UK: NoW publisher pays phone-hacking victims
• 'Fatwa' announced against Christian schools in J&K
• After Australia humiliation, BCCI says 'this Indian team can beat any side'
• Pak govt to deny extension to ISI chief: Report
• US special envoy swings by India after Pak rebuff
• Bid to topple Bangladesh govt foiled: Army
• 'Will defeat guru-chela pair of Rahul-Digvijaya'

Business Mirror (Philippines)

• Parents seek digital-media training to guide kids
• Pinoy crewmen of sunken ship arrive
• Sharapova makes quick work of second-round match
• Evoking mixed emotions for the Evoque
• Kate Beckinsale goes ‘under’ again
• Senate gets hold of Corona SALN
• Kung Hei Fat Choi or Kiong Hee Huat Tsai?
• Tattoo@Home beefs-up 2012 product portfolio
• Aquino confers award on former Singapore foreign minister
• Wozniacki stays on track to keep her No. 1 ranking; Clijsters keeps bid for back-to-back

Khaleej Times (UAE)

• UAE, Iraq urge end to Strait of Hormuz escalation
• Twelve more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors
• Palestinian rights groups slam Gaza police raid
• Israel raises alarm over Sinai-Gaza cooperation
• Meet on heart disorders from tomorrow
• Bid to smuggle heroin foiled
• Device capable of saving energy developed in Oman
• Death toll in Beirut building collapse rises to 25
• Palestinians not interested in talks: Israeli PM
• Egypt Islamists nominate parliament speaker

Al Arabiya

• "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze dies
• Somali Qaeda group vows to avenge US raid
• Iraqi shoe-thrower freed, greeted as hero
• Iraq, Syria bid to ease tensions in Turkey talks
• Lebanon opens talks to name new PM
• US-Israel talks end with no sign of a deal
• Top Somali Qaeda member killed in US air strike
• Saudi students in US do Ramadan American style
• Israeli PM refuses to freeze settlement building
• Fatah backs Egypt election delay proposal

EurasiaNet

• The Caucasus and That Thing Called Freedom
• Kyrgyzstan: New Security Chief De-Radicalizing Ethnic Tensions?
• Cyberspat Erupts As Baku-Tehran Relations Become Increasingly Strained
• Kazakhstan: Top-Notch PR Firms Help Brighten Astana’s Image
• Turkish Coffee's Dark Past
• Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev Bans “Hired” Election Critics
• Armenia and Euro Pop: Singing Behind Enemy Lines
• Georgia: Politics and the Billionaire Housewife
• Turkey: Verdict in Dink Case Comes Under Fire
• Armenia: Will Karabakh Become ‘Fatal Shore’ for Armenian Convicts?

The Moscow Times

• Officer Tosses 2 Girls Out 8th-Floor Window
• Barsukov Handed 14 Years for Fraud
• Medvedev Promises to Bring Democracy to Regions
• 3 State Corporations To Lose Status in �10
• IMF Warns on Russia�s Ruble Course
• Putin Named World's 3rd Most Powerful Person
• Inter, Sberbank Join MSCI Index
• TeliaSonera, Alfa to Merge Some Assets
• Economic Downturn Slows in 3rd Quarter
• Medvedev to Address APEC Summit

SiloBreaker

• Apple’s new iBook textbooks start at $14.99 or less from partners Pearson, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Insider Advantage Poll Shows Gingrich Leading Romney
• Recount gives Santorum edge in Iowa caucuses
• Add 'cautious' to builder optimism
• Gingrich: What My Ex-Wife Told ABC Is Old News
• Markets rally as France, Spain clear bond hurdle
• Keystone decision rekindles U.S. fight over pipeline
• Jude Law gets about $200,000 in phone hacking settlement from Murdoch
• Costa Concordia: Did the captain break any law in abandoning ship?
• Israeli experts urge Korea to sanction Iranian oil i...

Kommersant (Russia)

• Ad Market to Dip in 2009
• Alcohol Supervisor to Be Set Into Motion on New Year Eve
• Gazprom Builds Big Gas Reservoir
• Russia Terminated Armament Projects with Ukraine
• Georgian Opposition from New York
• Ruble’s Future May Be Clear Soon
• Switzerland to Represent Russia in Georgia
• Politics Are a Guarantee // The price of the question
• Secret Equipment Exploded at Baikonur Cosmodrome
• Export Surplus Up to $182.8bn in Jan-Oct

Dawn (Pakistan)

• Suicide attack kills seven at Afghan airport
• Perry to drop out, endorse Gingrich in US race: reports
• Sri Lanka shakes up cricket setup after poor run
• UN sets stage for blazing fast new mobile devices
• 2012 Australian Open: Day 4
• American company to design Liverpool kit
• Stocks end lower; rupee firms
• NAB assures SC not to arrest Malik Qayyum
• ‘Shameful’ Pepe under fire after Messi stamp
• Number ones beaten by ten in three

JPost (Israel)

• Dutch PM urges Netanyahu to freeze settlements
• Shin Bet arrests Islamic Jihad cell planning abductions
• Certified results: Santorum won Iowa caucuses
• Off the Beaten Track: Castle above the sea
• Media not portraying the entire Ethiopian-Israeli saga
• France's Juppe: EU to agree on Iran sanctions
• Neeman backs nixing custody law favoring moms
• Who is the latest Jewish trivia whiz?
• More on the looming war with Iran
• Syrian Muslim Brotherhood leader: Isolate Assad

Xinhua (China)

• Senior British official rules out military intervention in Syria
• Abbas says ready to present Palestinian visions on status issues
• Egyptian new PM completes cabinet line-up
• Obama presses Congress to OK payroll tax cut extension
• Sarkozy, Merkel agree on new EU treaty to stem debt crisis
• Poll suggests Gingrich benefits from Cain exit
• Occupy D.C. protesters arrested
• Italian cabinet approves emergency reform plan
• Pakistan wants solid outcome of Bonn Conference: FM spokesman
• Failing EU summit to exacerbate debt crisis: Rehn

AfricaNews

• Police fires tear gas at protesters in Lagos
• Nigeria: Escaped suspect sparks nationwide manhunt
• Gambia: Former minister jailed for life
• Ethiopia warns Eritrea over attacks
• Ethiopia: Five tourists Killed, two wounded
• Kenya: Minority group decries forceful eviction
• Liberia: Sirleaf sworn in for second term
• AU’s future direction questioned
• Nigeria labour calls off strike
• Nigeria: Soldiers take over Lagos roads

Asia Times Online

• Seoul food vote leaves a sour taste
• Philippines under fire in Hong Kong
• Taiwan's economy falters
• THE ROVING EYE : Sweet crude of mine
• China squeeze drives boom in 'black' banks
• Kim Jong-il: Tactical genius
• Less jaw-jaw, more war-war
• From Arab hero to zero
• ASIA HAND : Man with the plan in Myanmar
• Tar sands protesters find example in Dr King

News24 on Africa

• Cheaper calls for SA households
• Five Moroccan self-immolations
• Mantashe inconsistent, says ANCYL
• IFP welcomes new Minority Front leader
• More flooding expected as dams take strain
• Rates unchanged, but next move likely up
• Div: SARU too late with decision

Angola Press

• Draft Law on Tax Regime unanimously approved
• Minister stresses incentive to oil companies
• Rains displace 46 families in Cuilo Futa
• MPLA pledges commitment to improving living conditions
• Media Nova group pleased with government support to private press
• Angola reach African Cup final
• Writer presents 'Gotas de Lágrimas' in Lubango
• Experts prepare dossier for Maiombe Forest ministerial meeting
• Greater publicity of retrieval of civic, moral values recommended
• Cazenga urban restructuring project faces difficulties

One World

• Egypt: Mubarak Faces Historic Challenge
• MDGs: Make the Most of the Next Five Years
• 'Urgent' Access to Somalia Drought Communities Needed
• Food Crisis Warnings Fall on Stony Ground
• In Tunisia, People Power Succeeds Without Western Backing
• Vietnam: Communists Gag the Web
• Families of Missing Women Protest Police Inaction in Juarez
• Latest Food Crisis Brewing for Months
• Suicides Rise Across India
• Egypt Church Bombing Fuels Sectarian Rift

WorldPress (Headlines)

• Changing Geometrics of Asia-Pacific
• Iranian Nuclear Issue within the State System
• Ramifications of Negotiating with the Taliban
• The Unsolved Mystery of Agnès Dury
• The Future of Indonesian Palm Oil
• Gender, Race and the Burqa Ban
• China and North Korea's New Dynasty
• Repression of the Press in Cote d'Ivoire
• Lifting the Gaza Blockade: A U.S. Imperative
• Will a United Government Lead Yemen to Peace?

WorldPress (Breaking News)

• Concordia: How the disaster unfolded
• Japan gets U.S. blessing for TPP talks
• Defective pipe blamed for Qantas superjumbo explosion
• Perry prays for Obama at SC Christian gathering
• Crime falls, but fear remains big business in South Africa
• Americans For Prosperity Launches ‘Obama Forgets’ Campaign
• Celebs caught on film

The News (Pakistan)

• ‘PM’s SC appearance to help remove misunderstandings’
• MQM tables bill for creation of Hazara,
• Briefs....
• Will Aitzaz follow Gilani or his own view on Swiss cases?
• Contempt notice to PM challenged in Supreme Court
• Sumsam Bukhari elected as Chairman NASC
• Romney says US should not negotiate with Taliban
• Musharraf seeks US help against arrest on return
• We would happily sit on opposition benches: Imran
• Chandio denies he has resigned as law minister

Press TV (Iran)

• 'Obama message sign of US failure'
• 'Money influencing American politics'
• Older women can skip bone scans
• Iraq to execute ministry attack convicts
• ACLU files case over abuse in LA jails
• Britain admits to spying on Russia
• Avalanches kill 29 in NE Afghanistan
• 'UK prisons face crisis point'
• NYPD to use body scanners in New York
• UK jamming IRIB signals from Bahrain

Economic Times (India)

• IPO mkt likely to do better in 2012: ICICI Sec
• GDP growth would be around 7.2% this fiscal: FM
• NRHM scam: CBI books UP revenue board member
• Rupee may strengthen to below 49 per dollar: HDFC Bank
• Government has no plan to censor the internet
• US unemployment claims fall to lowest since 2008
• Wall Street opens higher on bank earns
• Wall Street opens higher on bank earns
• Angry Birds creator says IPO needs longer to hatch
• Greek market gains 4.3% on hopes of debt deal

The Zimbabwean

• Weekly Newsletter
• 17 arrested, 5 assualted by police in Bulawayo
• Free Zimbabwe Global Protest – Exiled Zimbabweans demand action
• Mp's case referred to Supreme Court
• SA runs more than a year behind deadline
• EU Delegation moves to Byo
• Kruger Park hit by floods
• Pressure Group Leads Weekend Gukurahundi Victims Commemorations
• I can’t conceive
• They told me so

The Jakarta Globe

• Elections Pushed Back as Aceh Party Agrees to Register Candidates
• Malinda's Sister Sentenced to House Arrest
• Two Indonesian Workers Freed From Saudi Death Row
• With an Eye Toward Marble, Jakarta City Council Plans Rp 180b Renovation
• Investigation Finds Nothing Wrong with Luxury Bali Hotel
• No Officers Named Suspect in Deadly Bima Violence
• Indonesia Stock Market Breaks 4,000 Mark Midday Thursday
• Unwanted Cellphone Costs Still a Problem in Indonesia
• Jakarta City Administration Warns Of Fake Job Offers
• Jakarta Acts to Clear Streets of Gas-Powered Bajaj

Phnom Pen Post (Cambodia)

• Cash crunch at KR Tribunal
• Escape from Prey Speu
• Protesters injured as guards fire
• Porn charges for students
• Alcohol ads must have warnings by February
• Judge’s OK an ‘obligation’, UN says
• Cash crunch at KR tribunal
• B Meanchey boy first bird flu fatality of 2012
• Border sitdown tabled
• Prosecutors detail docs at KRT hearing

Daily Monitor (Uganda)

• Kabaka restates case for federo
• For killing his opponent, Mayuge LCV boss to hang
• Copenhagen: Case for a fair climate deal
• Smallholder farming in Africa: climate casualty or pioneer?
• Kyabazinga poll for Jan
• Okhuti on mark as Bunna go top
• Nagginda addresses Buganda Conference
• Ugandans can now live up to 51 years - report
• Parents want Anti-gay Bill enacted
• British Airways strike blocked

Business Daily Africa

• Kenya shilling steady, seen firming on rate rise
• IMF pushes for more investments to spur growth
• Lobby files suit to stop hiring of KRA boss
• Longhorn writes new chapter with listing plans
• New KCC invests in new plant to increase long-life milk production
• Firms intensify search for oil and gas
• Fewer jobs created in industries despite growth of investments
• Telkom takes aim at Safaricom with new Internet deal
• Nairobi Water Company to name chief executive
• EABL taps new finance director from Diageo Plc

Africa Business Source

• Africa’s Francophone Countries Launch Mobile Applications Hackathon
• Judith Aidoo - Private Investor and Media and Entertainment Entrepreneur
• East Africa Com Conference Will Bring Together 650 Telecom Leaders from Across East Africa
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• Femi Akinde
• Zain is Now Officially Airtel
• GM Reorganizes Africa Operations to Capitalize on Growing Opportunities
• Business Summit Netherlands - Africa
• South Africa and Kenya Ranked the Most Popular Destinations
• Citigroup Signals New Strategy for Expansion into Africa

Bernama (Malaysia)

• General : 3,886 Illegals And 106 Employers Penalised Under 6P Programme
• Business : Liverpool Signs On Warrior Sports As Official Kit Supplier
• Features : RTC Gopeng Pioneers Rural Transformation
• General : Kedah Customs Collects RM878.5 Million In Revenue
• General : 963 BR1M Recipients In Elopura, Tanjung Papat Constituencies
• General : More Than 1,000 MDTCC Officers Monitoring Price Of Controlled Items For CNY
• General : 13 Killed On Third Day Of Ops Sikap
• Features : Shopping Boost For The Malaysian Economy
• General : Price Control Scheme Implemented For 12 Days For Chinese New Year Celebration
• General : Health Ministry Welcomes Fatwa Committee On Human Milk Bank

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Ma'an News Agency

• Israel 'detains 180 migrants' near Egypt border
• EU condemns death sentencing in Gaza
• Syria's Muslim Brotherhood tells world to isolate Assad
• Syria conflict persists as Arab monitors' mandate expires
• Israeli forces demolish illegal settler outpost
• Not-so-covert Iran war buys West time but raises tension
• Egypt entrepreneurs see new dawn post-Revolution
• Israel says 'very far' from decision to attack Iran
• IPU calls on Israel to stop detaining Palestinian MPs
• Israeli army says 12 arrested overnight

World Bulletin

• Egypt forms new cabinet
• Kazakh leader proposes early presidential election
• Egypt Brotherhood aims broad group for army talks
• Egypt banks closed Tues, no date set for reopen: CBank
• Turkey to help evacuation of foreigners in Egypt
• Deadly clashes in Bangladesh airport protest
• Egypt protesters call "million march", Mubarak turns to army
• Moody's downgrades Egypt debt
• ElBaradei urges US to stop backing for Mubarak
• Non-committal China urges return to order in Egypt

Independent Online (South Africa)

• ‘Darfur is at a crossraods’
• Ethiopia hunts tourist killers
• 2 presumed dead after chevron rig fire
• MSF closes largest medical centres in Mogadishu
• New Thai minister has Zim links
• Ethiopia searches for tourists’ killers and kidnappers
• More than 5m going hungry in Niger: PM
• SA says it will help get relief to Sudanese
• Radioactive material stolen from Egypt plant
• Dlamini-Zuma in the running for top AU job

Straits Times (Singapore)

• Philippine anti-crime czar sacked for kidnap
• Fugitive nabbed at Kuala Lumpur airport 6 years later
• Cambodia royal family seeks medical care in China
• Vietnam reports 1st bird flu death in 2 years
• 2 die from bird flu in Vietnam, Cambodia
• American expert to advise UN on Cambodia court
• Thai 'Red Shirt' firebrand appointed to Cabinet
• EU could begin lifting Myanmar sanctions in February
• Suu Kyi registers as candidate in Myanmar by-election
• Najib reaches out with Chinese Facebook page

The Jakarta Post

• Murdoch to pay Jude Law and others hacking damages
• Rihanna, Coldplay to perform together at Grammys
• Independent candidate secures minimum support
• Group closes Somali hospital after shooting
• Mother battles for drug addict son’s future at court
• 400 cops secure Katy Perry concert
• Bekasi workers block Cikarang toll gates
• Malinda Dee's husband sent to prison for money laundering
• 5 unemployed Moroccans set selves on fire
• Tangerang workers rally to demand Apindo withdraw legal suit

Newstime Africa

• Swazi student leader’s trial begins with prosecution witness lies
• Kenya property market booms as a result of somali piracy
• Calling Africa – The calling cards rip-off
• As Sierra Leone takes steps to end corruption – Other African states should follow
• Music in Sierra Leone – The new political drive
• New railway line set to boost economies of Swaziland and South Africa
• Street vendors strip women naked in Malawi
• Black-market intelligence driving Malawi police
• A mass murderer’s quest to become president – Julius Maada Bio should be put on trial for crimes against the people of Sierra Leone
• Africa turns a new page – As good governance becomes a way of life in Sierra Leone

The Media Line (ME)

• A Kinder, Gentler Hamas?
• Seal Sheds Light on Temple's Day-to-Day Activities
• MERRY CHRISTMAS!
• Bethlehem Burgeons with Christmas Visitors
• Egyptian Salafists Seek to Amend, Not Rescind, Egypt-Israel Treaty
• Gaza in Shock After Rare Double Homicide
• Christians in Israel: Thriving, Beleaguered at the Same Time
• New York Campus Signals Israeli University's Global Ambitions

Tuoitre News (Vietnam)

• Arab observers to report back on Syria mission
• No cash burned in Quang Binh’s scooter fire: police
• Gold surges to VND44 mln on world rally
• China working-age population fell in 2011
• HCMC rings in year of Dragon with fireworks
• China's challenge to the iPad raises a red flag
• 120-petal apricot flower lures HCMC onlookers
• Settled David Beckham will return to LA Galaxy
• Weather key to resuming search of capsized Italy liner
• Fireworks set off nationwide on New Year Eve

Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)