Protesters force way into Thai Election Commission

Protesters force way into Thai Election Commission

Protesters force way into Thai Election Commission

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:39 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-government protesters forced their way into Thailand's Election Commission building on Monday, a Reuters witness said, raising the stakes in a four-week rally aimed at toppling the government.


Strong quake shakes cities around U.S.-Mexico border

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:39 AM PDT

MEXICALI, Mexico (Reuters) - Roads were torn up, buildings cracked and electricity posts toppled on Monday after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook cities in northern Mexico and Southern California, but few casualties were reported.


At least 114 rescued from flooded China mine

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:39 AM PDT

XIANGNING, China (Reuters) - Chinese rescuers have pulled 114 miners from a flooded coal mine in northern Shanxi province more than a week since the accident occurred, dozens of them rescued on Monday.


Zebras evacuated after Kenya drought

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:07 AM PDT

Wildlife rangers in Kenya have begun what they say is the biggest operation ever mounted to move wild animals to safety.


Georgia criminals 'become monks'

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:16 PM PDT

Some convicted criminals in Georgia are being offered the chance to avoid prison and spend their sentence living the life of a monk in a monastery.


Over 100 believed alive after week in flooded China mine

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:09 AM PDT

XIANGNING, China (Reuters) - More than 100 miners are expected to emerge alive from a flooded coal mine in north China after more than seven days trapped in pitch dark, rescue and government officials said on Monday.


China quiet on U.S. currency report delay

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:09 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese central bank adviser said Beijing could ease pressure over the yuan by buying more from recession-hit U.S. states, but China had no official reaction on Monday to the Obama administration's delay of a contentious currency report.


US and Mexico hit by 7.2 earthquake

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:42 PM PDT

The west coast of America and parts of Mexico were hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Sunday evening


Thai authorities struggle to end mass protest

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:39 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai authorities filed a court order on Monday to disperse tens of thousands of protesters occupying Bangkok's main shopping district, hoping to derail an increasingly bold four-week rally aimed at forcing an election.


NASA fuels space shuttle Discovery for launch

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:39 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA fuelled space shuttle Discovery for launch early on Monday, hoping to kick off a 13-day resupply flight to the International Space Station.


Suicide bomber kills two policemen in Russia

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:39 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed two policemen and wounded a third near the police headquarters of a town in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia on Monday, officials said.


TIMELINE - The obstacle course for U.S.-China ties in 2010

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:39 PM PDT

The decision follows an announcement in Beijing that Chinese President Hu Jintao will attend a nuclear security summit in Washington from April 12-13 and seems to be a move to keep tensions over currency in check.


Second blast hits town in Russia's Ingushetia

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:09 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A town in Russia's turbulent region of Ingushetia was rocked by a second blast on Monday at the scene of a suicide bombing that killed at least two policeman, a spokesman for the interior ministry said.


Four dead in Hollywood shooting

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 07:42 PM PDT

Police in California are searching for a man who walked into a restaurant and opened fire, killing four people.


Suicide bomb kills policeman in Russia's Ingushetia

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:39 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suicide bomb went off near the police headquarters in a town in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia killing at least one policemen, a spokesman for the local interior ministry said on Monday.


Pakistan's Army accused of extra-judicial killings

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:39 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pakistani army is facing fresh accusations of carrying out extra-judicial killings and torture, claims which could threaten U.S. funding for any units singled out for abuse.


War still raging for South Korean POWs in North

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:39 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - Somewhere in North Korea, more than 500 South Korean prisoners of war have been held for more than half a century, all but certain to spend their final days in the secretive state without a chance of ever returning home.


Major 7.2 quake near Mexico-U.S. border kills one

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:38 PM PDT

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near the Mexico-California border on Sunday, killing at least one person as it rocked buildings, ruptured a highway and panicked residents from Tijuana to Los Angeles.


N.Korea threatens to abandon U.S. MIA remains

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:38 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened on Monday to abandon a search for the remains of U.S. soldiers who went missing during the 1950-53 Korean War, saying Washington would be to blame for the loss.


S.Korea sends destroyer after pirates seize tanker

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:38 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has sent a destroyer to intercept a supertanker carrying as much as $170 million worth of crude oil that was seized by Somali pirates, officials said on Monday.


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