A Thai Offshoot With Ancestral Heat (New York Times)
Sripraphai is an offshoot of a restaurant in Woodside, Queens. Since it opened in October, it has been packed.

Myanmar, Laos sign travel and tax treaties (EARTHtimes.org)
Yangon – Myanmar and Laos strengthened relations with the signing of visa-exemption treaty for their respective citizens and a double-taxation avoidance agreement, state media reported Saturday. The two agreements were signed Friday in the military’s…

UK, Vietnam work on returning Vietnamese prisoners (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and the UK are working to implement an agreement signed in August 2008 to bring back nearly 600 Vietnamese prisoners who are currently in British jails, a senior UK official said Thursday.

Overloaded Indonesian ferry sinks; 4 dead, most survive (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia’s Riau islands on Sunday, killing four while nearly 300 passengers survived the accident, officials said.

Malaysia-Singapore business council to get a push (Business Times (Malaysia))
SINGAPORE: Malaysia wants to reactivate a joint business group with Singapore to boost trade and investment relations between the two countries.

Scores dead as Indonesian ferry sinks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Twenty-one people were killed and another 232 were plucked to safety after a ferry sank in heavy seas off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Sunday, an official said.

Thai-Cambodian friendly sports event indefinitely postponed (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)
Si Sa Ket – The planned Thai-Cambodian friendly sports competition was indefinitely postponed from Friday, Si Sa Ket Deputy Governor Prawat Ratthirom said.

Singapore ruling leaves NAB in hot water (Brisbane Times)
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK faces a shareholder backlash after its majority-owned and Singaporean vehicle Cambridge Industrial Trust was stopped over the weekend by regulators from making a bid for MacarthurCook Industrial Trust.

Consolation For Malaysia But China Continue To Grab Headlines (Bernama)
JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 22 (Bernama) — Malaysia gained some consolation after their win against Saudi Arabia but it was the Chinese who were grabbing all the headlines in the Fiba Asia U-16 (men’s) basketball championship at the Indoor Stadium here Sunday.

Indonesian Ferry Sinks With Hundreds On Board (International Herald Tribune)
Indonesian television says a passenger ferry with more than 200 people onboard sank in rough waters near Sumatra island.

Thai, Cambodian military leaders to meet (UPI)
BANGKOK, Nov. 20 (UPI) — Thai and Cambodian military leaders will meet next week amid growing tensions over Phnom Penh’s appointment of a fugitive former Thai premier as an adviser.

Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, most survive (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia’s Riau islands on Sunday, killing 29 people, while 245 passengers survived the accident, officials said.

Records fall at shortcourse World Cup in Singapore (AFP via Yahoo! News)
South Africa’s Kathryn Meaklim, American Peter Marshall and Swedish swim queen Therese Alshammar stormed to new world records on Sunday as the shortcourse World Cup season concluded in style.

Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, some 240 rescued (AP via Yahoo! News)
Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard a crowded Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but 29 people have died and at least 17 others were missing, officials said.

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