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Asia News Network- 18-08-2012 The governments of the Philippines and Singapore failed to reach a new deal this week to increase flights between the two countries amid rising demand due to surging regional tourism. Following two days of negotiations this week, air panels from both countries instead agreed to resume negotiations... 

The Daily Star- August 17, 2012 Singapore yesterday angrily accused Washington of "double standards" on human rights after a US State Department annual report criticised the city-state's tough internal-security laws. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said the US report "again includes the same gross inaccuracies and misrepresentations... 

BBC- 15 August 2012 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says he will review changes to a law critics say restricts free speech online, after protests. His comments came after activists and bloggers staged an online black-out for one day to protest against changes. They replaced their home pages with black screens critical of...