Southeast Asia – Exiled Thaksin in Cambodia kicks up trouble for Thailand (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

Exiled Thaksin in Cambodia kicks up trouble for Thailand (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
At a luxury guesthouse, Cambodia’s newest government adviser picks up a copy of his latest book, “Tackling Poverty.” It explores how lessons from Thailand can be applied to other developing countries.

Alleged Thai spy files bail request in Cambodia: lawyer (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The lawyer for a Thai national held on charges of spying on fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra said he filed a bail request to a Cambodian court Monday.

Singapore private sector pumps RM2.68b into Iskandar Malaysia (The Malaysian Insider)
SINGAPORE, Nov 25 Iskandar Malaysia has attracted RM2.68 billion, or some S$1.1 billion, in manufacturing investments from Singapore s private sector since 2006. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said that this sum comes from the 178 manufacturing projects with Singapore participation which have been approved by Malaysia from 2006, when the Johor economic zone was first launched, till …

Malaysia must stand and deliver in Laos (The New Straits Times)
IT has been two decades since Malaysia won the football gold medal at the biennial Sea Games with the calamitous campaigns since those heady days well documented.

Philippines observes day of mourning (CNN)
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared Wednesday a national day of mourning, as authorities tried to round up suspects in this week’s killing of 46 people.

Mixed Results For Laos In Vietnam Build-Up For SEA Games (Goal.com)
The Laos Under-23 team did not have the best of finishes in their final tune-up matches for the SEA Games which they will be hosting next month.

Death toll rises to 52 in Philippine massacre (USA Today)
Authorities have recovered six more bodies, bringing the death toll to 52 in one of the Philippines’ worst election massacres.

Death toll rises in Philippine massacre to 46 (USA Today)
The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as the death toll in election violence reached 46.

Singapore Airlines flies high again in Zagat survey (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Passengers and travel agents have voted Singapore Airlines this year’s best international carrier in a Zagat survey that also showed how the economic downturn had grounded the travel industry.

World Digest: Killings in southern Philippines spark warnings (Washington Post)
PHILIPPINES The slaying of at least 46 people in the southern Philippines on Monday could herald a surge in political violence, with powerful clans exacting revenge on one another while stepping up the fight for next year’s elections, local residents and analysts warned Tuesday.

Malaysia-Thailand Happy With Drop In Crimes Along Border (Bernama)
JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 25 (Bernama) — The Malaysian and Thai armed forces are satisfied with the drop in crimes and illegal activities along the border following close cooperation between them, said Malaysian Armed Forces chief Gen Tan Sri Azizan Ariffin.

Philippines’ deadliest massacre tests government (AP via Yahoo! News)
A few miles (kilometers) off the main highway, on a remote hilltop covered with waist-high grass, bodies lay with twisted hands reaching in the air. They had been shot point-blank.

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