http://www.channelnewsasia.com Latest Channel NewsAsia Front Page News http://www.channelnewsasia.com/images_v1/top_mcnilogo.gif http://www.channelnewsasia.com 129 137 2012 MediaCorp Pte Ltd. All rights reserved. en-us Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT www.channelnewsasia.com http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1180892/1/.html SYDNEY: Australia's flood crisis deepened Saturday with the weather bureau warning of a possible catastrophe in one region, as authorities continued to search for a woman swept away by the deluge. AFP Asia Pacific Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:03:55 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/1180886/1/.html LOS ANGELES: US prosecutors said Friday they had dropped their investigation into seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and other cyclists without bringing criminal charges. AFP Sports Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:51:21 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1180887/1/.html UNITED NATIONS: Members of the UN Security Council will meet Saturday morning for a vote on a resolution condemning the violent repression in Syria, a diplomat said. AFP World Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:26:40 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1180885/1/.html DAMASCUS: Syrian forces killed at least 217 civilians, including women and children, in a "massacre" in the central city of Homs, a rights group said Saturday, ahead of a UN vote on the repression. AFP World Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:19:02 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1180883/1/.html WELLINGTON: The death toll from the devastating earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch last February has been increased to 184, it was reported Saturday. AFP Asia Pacific Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:26 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/1180881/1/.html BERLIN: Defending champions Borussia Dortmund went top of the German league on Friday night with an impressive 2-0 win at Nuremberg in sub-zero temperatures. AFP Sports Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:10:50 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/1180879/1/.html NEW YORK: A strong January jobs report on Friday sent US stocks soaring, pushing the Dow to pre-crisis levels, as investors celebrated a surge in job growth that pointed to new vitality in the fragile recovery. AFP World Business Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:18:15 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1180878/1/.html BEIRUT: The Syrian army is slowly disintegrating as troop morale plummets and more soldiers defect to join rebels fighting a regime crackdown against dissent, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army said Friday. AFP World Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:01:37 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1180875/1/.html CAIRO: A second day of clashes with Egyptian police left two protesters dead in Cairo on Friday as anger against the ruling military boiled over amid fury at the deaths of 74 people in football-related violence. AFP World Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:56:32 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/1180873/1/.html WASHINGTON: The state of New York sued major US banks on Friday for fraudulently foreclosing on thousands of homeowners in the state, in the wake of the nationwide housing crash. AFP World Business Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:25:33 GMT