Bangkok reopens for business

Bangkok reopens for business


Bangkok reopens for business

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Thai markets and schools reopen after massive cleanup but tensions remain.


Australia expels Israeli diplomat

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT

Allies fall out over use of fake passports in Dubai killing of Hamas leader.


Haiti police 'slaughtered' inmates in prison

Posted: 23 May 2010 04:54 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -Haitian police killed several unarmed inmates in a prison in Les Cayes, one week after the January 12 earthquake, and blamed the massacre on a prison ringleader, The New York Times reported after investigating the deaths.

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Jamaica declares emergency after attacks

Posted: 23 May 2010 02:26 PM PDT

KINGSTON – Jamaican authorities said Sunday they were putting Kingston and surrounding areas under a state of emergency as police fought armed gangs trying to block the arrest of a reputed gang leader sought for possible extradition to the United States.

A police officer

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BA crew begin five-day strike

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:27 PM PDT

British Airways cabin crew have begun a five-day strike in their long-running dispute over jobs and pay.


Iran executes brother of rebel leader Rigi: IRNA

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:39 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran executed on Monday a brother of the jailed leader of Sunni Muslim rebel group Jundollah (God's Soldiers), the official IRNA news agency reported.


BA crew begin five-day strike

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:27 PM PDT

British Airways cabin crew have begun a five-day strike in their long-running dispute over jobs and pay.


Bangkok reopens for business

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:30 PM PDT

Some schools, shops and government offices are reopening in the Thai capital after the dispersion of anti-government protesters.


Kurdish children jailed in Turkey

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:16 PM PDT

More than 340 children in the Kurdish south-east of Turkey have been given long prison sentences under anti-terror laws in the past three years.


Obama supports SKorea response to ship incident (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:46 PM PDT

AP - The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama "fully supports" the South Korean president and his response to the torpedo attack by North Korea that killed 46 South Korean sailors.


Bangkok reopens for business

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:21 PM PDT

Some schools, shops and government offices are reopening in the Thai capital after the dispersion of anti-government protesters.


Kurdish children jailed in Turkey

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:16 PM PDT

More than 340 children in the Kurdish south-east of Turkey have been given long prison sentences under anti-terror laws in the past three years.


Baby Gap: Germany's Birth Rate Hits Historic Low (Time.com)

Posted: 23 May 2010 09:25 PM PDT

Time.com - New figures reveal Germany's birth rate has fallen to its lowest point in over 60 years. With an aging population and a debt that could take generations to settle, can the country convince its citizens to build bigger families?


An Eerie Silence Precedes Ethiopia's Election (Time.com)

Posted: 23 May 2010 09:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Five years of repression have shut-out members of the opposition from most public venues but they haven't stopped trying to be heard, even at huge personal risks


Australia demands Israel withdraw embassy official

Posted: 23 May 2010 07:44 PM PDT

SYDNEY -Australia Monday demanded that Israel withdraw an embassy official from the country, saying the Jewish state was behind fake Australian passports linked to the killing of a Hamas operative.

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S.Korea vows to defend itself against N.Korea

Posted: 23 May 2010 06:25 PM PDT

SEOUL -South Korea said Monday that North Korea would "pay a price" for torpedoing a Seoul warship in March, cutting trade links and vowing an immediate military response to any future attacks.

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China, US open talks with trade, N.Korea in focus

Posted: 23 May 2010 06:21 PM PDT

BEIJING -The United States and China on Monday opened annual high-level strategic talks, with the US trying to persuade Beijing to back tough action against North Korea over the sinking of a Seoul warship.

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Kingston under state of emergency amid gang warfare

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT

KINGSTON - Jamaican authorities clamped Kingston under a state of emergency and urged people to leave the city's roughest neighborhoods, as police clashed with armed gangs over the possible extradition of a drug suspect to the United States.

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U.A.E. Seeks Briton in Hamas Official's Death

Posted: 23 May 2010 09:02 PM PDT

Officials in the United Arab Emirates have issued an arrest warrant for a British man they are seeking in a probe of the January killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a top Hamas official.


Ancient sect hopes for boost from pope's visit (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT

In this photo made May 9, 2010  an elderly Maronite woman attends Mass at Saint George's Cathedral in the Maronite Catholic village of Kormakitis in the remote northwestern tip of divided Cyprus. The Maronites who migrated from what is now Syria and Lebanon to Cyprus, hope Pope Benedict's trip to the island in early June will buttress their 6,000 strong community amid fears it is disappearing by assimilating with the larger Orthodox Christian Greek Cypriot population. (AP Photo/Philippos Christou)AP - In the coffee shop at this farming village on the northern Cyprus coast, the conversation jumps from one hardship to the next: a bad rainy season, a religion weakened by assimilation, and a division of the island that has lasted 36 years with no end in sight.



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