KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The government was ordered to pay 1.4 million ringgit ($430,000) to a woman whose husband died in police custody - a landmark court ruling in Malaysia after years of accusations that suspects are mistreated in lockups, a lawyer said Thursday.
Two days after placing “thank-you” newspaper ads for then outgoing President Gloria Arroyo, a government agency placed similar ads on Metro Manila newspapers again Thursday, this time to welcome new President Benigno Simeon Aquino III.
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BEIJING - Google Inc. said one of its Web search features was blocked in China on Thursday as the company awaited Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license in their latest skirmish over censorship.
NEW YORK (AP) - Al-Qaida launched its first online propaganda magazine in English on Tuesday, a move that could help the terror group recruit inside the US and Europe.
TOKYO - Major Japanese manufacturers - riding high from a booming Asia - haven't felt this good in two years.
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. says around 270,000 vehicles sold worldwide, including luxury Lexus sedans, have faulty engines. It did not say whether it would recall the vehicles.
In the second coming of an Aquino, P.Noy will be inheriting stronger institutions and will not be as threatened by the military. That should enable him to get more done.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index was almost two percent down when it opened on Thursday, tracking overseas markets' downtrend despite the euphoria following the inauguration of the country's 15th president on Wednesday.