| Inquirer.net (blog) - 3 hours ago What is the weary observer to make of the testimony of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales at the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona but that it appears to clinch the claim that he is holding questionable assets and is unfit to stay on at ... |
| Financial Times - 19 minutes ago By David Pilling Too many dragons, too much noise.” That is how one Chinese scholar explained constant friction in the South China Sea, where Beijing's territorial claims are rubbing up against competing claims from several south-east Asian nations. |
| Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago In a parking lot near the Grove mall Wednesday, shoppers and workers said they were surprised that boxer Manny Pacquiao was barred from taping a TV interview at the shopping center after making negative comments about gay marriage. |
| Wall Street Journal - 26 minutes ago By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER BRUSSELS—Returning to a national currency after more than a decade of using the euro and having its money managed by the European Central Bank would catapult Greece into a financial, legal and political no-man's land. |
| Independent Online - 28 minutes ago By Charlotte Raab AP An Instagram fan shares a photograph via Facebook using an iPhone. The social networking giant has unveiled a 25-percent increase in the number of shares to be sold at the market debut. |
| Chicago Tribune - 15 minutes ago Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Cannes festival opens with quirky comedy and a camel CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival kicked off on Wednesday with quirky US comedy ``Moonrise Kingdom,'' Wes Anderson's ... |
| Pakistan Daily Times - 25 minutes ago MANILA: The Philippines is looking at arming itself for the first time with dedicated fighter jets made outside of the United States, President Benigno Aquino said Wednesday amid a territorial dispute with China. |
Philippine Star - 5 hours ago By Helen Flores (The Philippine Star) Updated May 17, 2012 12:00 AM 0 Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile asks a defense witness about his intentions in giving to him documents received allegedly from an anonymous source. |
| gulfnews.com - 1 hour ago By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Manila: A nationalist group on Wednesday accused an American submarine of violating the country's law banning nuclear weapons as the vessel docked at a former US Navy base northwest of the capital on Tuesday. |
| TODAYonline - 24 minutes ago by Lin Yanqin SINGAPORE - Describing Hougang as his "home", People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Desmond Choo, 34, urged the residents to give him the mandate to "create a vibrant and brighter future" for the constituency. |
| Gulf Times - 17 minutes ago Indonesian investigators yesterday expressed hope that the newly found cockpit voice recorder from a Russian airliner would help answer why the plane crashed into a mountain. |
| TODAYonline - 24 minutes ago by Amir Hussain SINGAPORE - The High Court will hear a Hougang resident's application to declare that the Prime Minister "does not have unfettered discretion" in calling a by-election in the single-seat constituency. |
| by Kelly McEvers Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 pm ET UN monitors in Syria leave their Damascus hotel on Wednesday on a mission. |
| Pakistan Daily Times - 27 minutes ago THE HAGUE: Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic intended to “ethnically cleanse” Bosnia, the opening day of his war crimes trial has heard. |
| TODAYonline - 24 minutes ago ATHENS - A day after Greece's President warned about the possibility of bank runs, Greek political leaders yesterday began forming a caretaker government. |
| Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry, said she no longer wanted to be part of the new cabinet, after being overlooked for the post of prime minister. |
| The Seattle Times - 11 minutes ago The United States and Pakistan on Wednesday raced to conclude a deal to reopen key supply routes for the Afghanistan war before next week's NATO summit, with Washington hopeful of an imminent deal but Islamabad insisting that the US pay more to repair ... |
Philippine Star - 5 hours ago MANILA, Philippines - New York-based Travel+Leisure magazine has named Jollibee, the Philippines' all-time favorite quick-service restaurant, as one of the “Best fast food chains in the world” in its May 2012 issue. |
| by Katherine Visconti MANILA, Philippines - The 2nd largest media group in the Philippines, GMA Network Inc., saw net income slump 27% to P388 million in the first quarter of 2012 from P534 million in the same period last year, on the back of a dip in ... |
Inquirer.net (blog) - 6 hours ago By Riza T. Olchondra The World Bank on Wednesday announced that it had approved $275 million in financing for a project aimed at improving water quality in Metro Manila and Manila Bay. |
| San Francisco Chronicle - 46 minutes ago (Updates with CEO comment in fifth paragraph.) May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc.'s loss of paid advertising from General Motors Co. |
| Help Net Security - 7 hours ago Brazilian and Peruvian users looking to install Google's Chrome browser are in grave danger of downloading information-stealing malware instead. |
Philippine Star - 5 hours ago MANILA, Philippines - Chelsea FC announced bigger plans for its football school program in the Philippines, which the EPL club has set in motion with a special summer camp in partnership with The Younghusband Football Academy (TYFA). |
| Cebu Daily News - 3 hours ago By Recah Trinidad After being stopped on his tracks in Pasig City on Sunday, Mexico's Omar Niño Romero has offered to sail elsewhere in a wild, wild chase of defending world flyweight boxing king Brian Viloria. |
Inquirer.net - 4 hours ago By Jasmine W. Payo Thai star Jeng Bualee aims to bring back her power game when San Sebastian guns for at least a semifinal playoffs versus a streaking Ateneo in the Shakey's V-League today. |
Inquirer.net - 3 hours ago By Jasmine W. Payo Jam Cortes and Mark Cruz took over as Letran bucked the absence of its top gunner to down Perpetual Help, 71-67, in the Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup yesterday at the Filoil Flying V Arena. |
| MTV.com - 10 minutes ago 'American Idol' hopefuls Joshua Ledet and Phillip Phillips have gotten A-List support from Mariah Carey, Rihanna and Julianne Hough. |
| Philippine Star - 5 hours ago By Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) Updated May 17, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has agreed to lift its suspension of TV5 program “T3” hosted by the Tulfo brothers. |
| By Marie-Joelle Parent, QMI Agency CANNES - Sacha Baron Cohen, in full General Aladeen character, caused the first stir of the Cannes Film Festival when he darted into traffic on the back of a camel. |
| by Kyle Ellison (RSS feed) on May 16th 2012 at 11:00AM According to a recent New York Times article, yes, they are. This is scary news for a destination whose economy is not only tied to the billions of dollars beachgoers spend annually while visiting ... |
| Reuters India - 4 hours ago By Nina Chestney | LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, ... |
| The Inquisitr - 43 minutes ago Sugar is hardly a “smart” food that can enhance your brainpower a new study suggests. Just the opposite; it can cause metabolic dysfunction that impairs cognitive ability. |
| Mmegi Online - 6 hours ago The positive response to safe male circumcision by men will help reduce infections in Botswana, the Director of HIV and AIDS Prevention Dr Refeletswe Lebelonyane has said. |
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