Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Philippine Times.com http://www.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/ed68ecccb9e5520c/ en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:49:25 -0500 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:49:25 -0500 30 A delegation from the Syrian opposition concluded a four-day visit to Beijing earlier this week. As Western countries, one after another, opt to sever contact with al-Assad's government, ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394724/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:27 -0500 Global Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394724/ UNITED NATIONS -- When the government of erstwhile U.S. ally Egypt shut down seventeen Western pro-democracy groups, trashed their Cairo offices, and slapped travel bans on some of their staff , ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394720/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:17:48 -0500 The China Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394720/ Four years ago, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stood at the gates of a Michigan factory and vowed to fight for the U.S. auto industry as it slid toward ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394721/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:17:46 -0500 The China Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394721/ When commodities brokerage MF Global imploded, the FBI and federal prosecutors were quick to launch an investigation to pursue what seemed obvious to outspoken regulators and lawmakers: laws were ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394723/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:17:43 -0500 The China Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394723/ Peshawar but had to leave everything behind at the time of Partition. Starting from scratch, he swiftly ensured that his establishment would give the other well-known bookshops in Pune a run for ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394717/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:07:08 -0500 Times of India http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394717/ Rahul Gandhi has been travelling throughout UP, getting to know every nook and corner of the state, its people and its aspirations. Given his intense involvement with the poll campaign as well as ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394718/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:07:00 -0500 Times of India http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394718/ Rahul Gandhi will 'remote control' a Congress regime in the state, irrespective of who becomes chief minister. This will merely reinforce notions about Congress bosses being averse to ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394719/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:06:50 -0500 Times of India http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203394719/ When I first arrived in Taiwan I clearly remember predicting after six months of intense language practice, I would be triumphantly returning home to the U.S., flexing my fluent Chinese tongue to ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203380662/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:21 -0500 The China Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203380662/ Dickens' works were called social novels, scathing commentaries on poverty in Victorian England. His novels should be made required reading for English classes, made more relevant for Filipino ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203380663/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:20 -0500 The China Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203380663/ The eurozone crisis appears to have swept this post-war caution aside. Two years into the debt disaster, Germany looks increasingly confident in the role of economic superpower, pushing its model of ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203380661/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:19 -0500 The China Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203380661/ The country's rise as an economic power has been one of the hottest topics in the world. Catching the trend The Economist published a special section on China in its Jan. 28 issue, the first ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203380664/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:17 -0500 The China Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203380664/ While Banerjee kept the political pot boiling throughout the cold winter, Kumar chose to spoil the spring for the BJP, which had a golden past but is now faced with a bleak future in UP. Apparently, ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372284/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:03:03 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372284/ Relief comes in the form of Karma, a rambunctious and irreverent old man. Called an avatar of the divine madman, Drupka Kunley, Karma embarrasses Anand and Tara by singing a provocative Drupka song ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372283/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:03:01 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372283/ shadow and so displeased with his own footsteps that he determined to get rid of both. The method he hit upon was to run away from them, so he got up and ran, but every time he put his foot down, ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372282/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:08:29 -0500 Times of India http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372282/ The cops are beefing up and increasing their numbers. But the thieves are increasing in numbers, too. While these are the bad guys, the bigger enemy are those who would egg them on by buying the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372276/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:08:06 -0500 The Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372276/ It is being asked at every gathering. This fixation on the date of the elections has totally and completely eclipsed policy arguments. THE final long weekend of the beginning of the year will have ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372277/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:08:04 -0500 The Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372277/ MINDA Malaysia (an umbrella body representing family support groups of people with mental illness in the country) and the Malaysian Mental Health Association (MMHA) read with ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372278/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:07:59 -0500 The Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372278/ I REFER to the report on the capture of the 200kg male tapir which somehow strayed into Kg Tun Abdul Razak, Bukit Katil in Malacca recently (The Star, Feb 2). The tapir is also the animal on the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372279/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:07:54 -0500 The Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372279/ IT is difficult to rationalise why Malaysian households have to wait indefinitely for the recruitment of Indonesian maids when there are other options to employ maids from countries like Thailand ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372280/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:07:52 -0500 The Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372280/ IN a free enterprise market, a glass of water may be priced at 50sen to RM1.50, depending on what type of water you drink and where you go. You consume it if you want it. You ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372281/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:07:45 -0500 The Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203372281/ China has had a long run of luck in recent decades. Few countries can match China's momentum of development. Holding such good cards, if China should falter, several Chinese generations would ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203362119/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:02:58 -0500 Global Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203362119/ Filmfare awards - for his movies. The German embassy in Delhi recently showcased Akhtar's film Don - The King Is Back, about to be screened at the ongoing ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203362118/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:35:10 -0500 Times of India http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ed68ecccb9e5520c/id/203362118/