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• Google Maps Out North Korea With Crowd-Sourced Data

  

  Efforts to map out North Korea have been made over the last few years, but on Monday, Google was finally ready to officially update the region on Google Maps.

• Suu Kyi meets South Korea's first female leader

  Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader whose 2010 release from house arrest signaled the beginning of Myanmar's transition from decades of military rule, met Tuesday in Seoul with Park Geun-hye, who takes office next month as South Korea's first female president.

• Reuters World News Highlights at 1545 GMT, Jan 25

  CAIRO/ ALEXANDRIA- Protesters clashed with police across Egypt on Friday on the second anniversary of the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak, taking to the streets against an elected Islamist president whose opponents say is trampling over the new democracy.

• NYMEX-Crude steady, eyes longest weekly winning run since 2009

  *U.S. oil bounced back overnight on strong economic data from China and the United States as well as expectations that the vital Seaway pipeline could resume full capacity operation within a week.

• China Needs To Cut North Korea Loose: Pro 

  

  Sean King, Senior Vice President, Park Strategies expects North Korea to carry through with its threat of rocket launches. He says that China needs to cut ties with North Korea.

• China shares fall in sharp intra-day reversal, Hong Kong slips

  *Apple suppliers hit after tech giant's revenue miss. Weakness in mainland markets dragged on Hong Kong, with the Hang Seng Index down 0.2 percent to 23,598.9, pulling further away from chart resistance at about 23,708, the high on May 31, 2011.

• METALS-Copper drifts; China factory growth supports

  SINGAPORE, Jan 24- London copper drifted Thursday, supported by expansion in China's factories that fuelled confidence in the country's recovery although patchy reports from the U.S. corporate earnings season kept a lid on prices.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares fall, choppy after China PMI, N.Korea threat

  *Apple's below-view results, N. Korea threat drag markets. TOKYO, Jan 24- Asian shares fell on Thursday in choppy trade, as positive Chinese manufacturing data was eclipsed by North Korea threatening a nuclear test and on below-view results from Apple Inc..

• Hong Kong shares slip, China reverses gains on North Korea threat

  *Apple suppliers tumble after Apple's revenue miss. HONG KONG, Jan 24- China shares surrendered strong early gains on Thursday, weighing on Hong Kong, after North Korea said it was proceeding with plans for more rocket launches and a nuclear test.

• Ex-compliance exec sues Siemens over alleged Asia bribery scheme

  Jan 15- A former compliance officer for Siemens AG in China sued the company on Tuesday, accusing it of firing him after he tried to expose a kickback scheme involving medical equipment sales to hospitals there. The allegations come after Siemens resolved charges in 2008 that it paid bribes in exchange for business around the world.

• Reuters World News Highlights at 1700 GMT, Jan 14

  BAMAKO/ PARIS- Al Qaeda- linked Islamist rebels launched a counter-offensive in Mali on Monday after four days of French air strikes on their northern strongholds, seizing the central town of Diabaly and promising to drag France into a brutal Afghanistan-style war.

• Reuters World News Highlights at 1400 GMT, Jan 10

  WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama will nominate White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew to be his next Treasury secretary, choosing a budget expert and close confidant to spearhead tough fiscal fights with Congress over the U.S. deficit.

• Google's CEO Says North Korea Must Open Up Internet 

  

  CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports the highlights of the controversial visit of Google's Eric Schmidt and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to North Korea.

• Russian banks should beware blacklisted Syria banks -US official

  Treasury believes Russian banks continue to deal with Syria's central bank and with the Commercial Bank of Syria, a state-owned Syrian financial institution, both of which have been blacklisted by the United States, the official said.

• Reuters World News Highlights at 1745 GMT, Jan 07

  WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Republican Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to head the CIA, two choices likely to stoke controversy as he fills out his second-term national security team.

• Richardson, Schmidt Fly to North Korea Monday

  

  Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will start their controversial private mission to North Korea on Monday that may include an effort to secure the release of an imprisoned American, South Korean media reported.

• Reuters World News Highlights at 1000 GMT, Jan 4

  SEOUL- South Korea's president-elect said on Friday that Japan needed to come to terms with its colonial history as tension between two Asian allies of the United States simmered over Japan's rule of Korea and an island dispute.

• Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT Jan 3

  WASHINGTON- Offshore rig contractor Transocean Ltd has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. government charges arising from BP Plc's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010..

• UPDATE 4-Google's Schmidt plans North Korea trip-AP

  *Google executive chairman to visit North Korea-AP. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 2- Google Inc's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, will travel this year to reclusive North Korea, where Internet use is subject to some of the world's tightest controls, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

• UPDATE 1-Google's executive chairman plans North Korea trip -AP

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 2- Google Inc's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, one of the highest-profile leaders of the U.S. technology industry, will travel to North Korea this year, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.