Thai army to move on protest camp

Thai army to move on protest camp

Thai army to move on protest camp

Posted: 12 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai army said on Thursday it will send armored vehicles to checkpoints around a protest encampment in central Bangkok, close major roads to the site, and urged businesses in the area to shut.

Thai PM withdraws early poll offer

Posted: 12 May 2010 10:42 PM PDT

Government rules out elections since protests by red shirts continue despite peace deal.


China school attacks expose mental health dilemma

Posted: 12 May 2010 08:41 PM PDT

BEIJING -The latest deadly school rampage shows China is paying the price for focusing on economic growth for decades while ignoring mental health problems linked to the nation's rapid social change, experts say.

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Space shuttle Atlantis gears up for final launch

Posted: 12 May 2010 06:36 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -The space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Friday on the last mission of its 25-year career, taking astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) one last time before becoming a museum piece.

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Cameron and Clegg: Two Heads Better Than One (Time.com)

Posted: 12 May 2010 10:15 PM PDT

Time.com - David Cameron and Nick Clegg have forged a coalition. Now they have to reconnect with the British voters who put them into government


British press says trouble looms for power couple (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2010 10:16 PM PDT

Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron (left) and new Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, pose for pictures on the steps of 10 Downing Street in London. Britain's new leaders appear to have hit it off, with commentators saying their first appearance together was more like a civil partnership ceremony than the launch of a coalition.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Britain's new leaders appear to have hit it off, with commentators saying their first appearance together was more like a civil partnership ceremony than the launch of a coalition.

China police chief vows to strike at school attackers (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2010 10:33 PM PDT

A Chinese policeman walks past a kindergarten where seven children and two adults were killed in Hanzhong, Shaanxi province. China's top policeman vowed to AFP - China's top policeman vowed to "severely strike" at anyone caught attacking schools, in an angry diatribe following a kindergarten bloodbath -- the fifth such assault in just a few weeks.

David Cameron, Nick Clegg: Britain's Hot New Bromance (Time.com)

Posted: 12 May 2010 10:15 PM PDT

Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and new Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, pose for pictures on the steps of 10 Downing Street in London. Cameron vowed a Time.com - The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats look happily spliced, as was evidenced by Wednesday's press conference with David Cameron and Nick Clegg. The real world will intrude, but not quite yet

Russian mine search halted, death toll reaches 66

Posted: 12 May 2010 09:56 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The search for 24 men still missing after a Siberian mine disaster that killed at least 66 was halted on Thursday because of fears of new underground blasts, Russian media quoted emergency officials as saying.

Russian mine search halted, death toll reaches 66 (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2010 09:56 PM PDT

A worker bends down during the restoration of Raspadskaya mine in Kemerovo region, May 12, 2010. An explosion, authorities said was a methane gas blast, ripped through the mine late on Saturday followed hours later by a stronger blast that wrecked the mine's main ventilation shaft and badly damaged buildings on the surface. The death toll has now reached 43 and another 47 miners and rescue workers are still missing. REUTERS/Stringer (RUSSIA - Tags: DISASTER POLITICS ENVIRONMENT ENERGY IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - The search for 24 men still missing after a Siberian mine disaster that killed at least 66 was halted on Thursday because of fears of new underground blasts, Russian media quoted emergency officials as saying.

China attack blamed on rent dispute

Posted: 12 May 2010 10:41 PM PDT

Neighbours say man argued with kindergarten boss before deadly rampage.


Fantasy Baseball Makers and Breakers: The Overachieving Outfielder Edition

Posted: 12 May 2010 09:29 PM PDT

Sleepers and busts from the best minds in the fantasy baseball world. This week's installment attemp


China school killer erupted after lease row

Posted: 12 May 2010 09:20 PM PDT

NANZHENG, China (Reuters) - A Chinese man who hacked to death seven young children and two adults in the latest in a series of deadly assaults on schools lashed out after an argument over a kindergarten lease, neighbors and state media said.

China school killer erupted after lease row (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2010 09:20 PM PDT

A policeman walks outside Shengshui Temple kindergarten in Nanzheng county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi province May 12, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A Chinese man who hacked to death seven young children and two adults in the latest in a series of deadly assaults on schools lashed out after an argument over a kindergarten lease, neighbors and state media said.

US senators introduce climate bill

Posted: 12 May 2010 08:52 PM PDT

Proposal to expand offshore oil drilling set to be tough sell due to Gulf of Mexico crisis.


Dutch boy sole known survivor in Libyan jet crash (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2010 08:40 PM PDT

An unidentified Dutch child the sole survivor of plane crash in Libya receives medical treatment in a hospital in Tripoli in this image taken from TV Wednesday May 12, 2010. A Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane crashed Wednesday on approach to Tripoli's airport, killing at least 96 people and leaving a field scattered with smoldering debris. (AP Photo/Libya TV, via APTN ) ** LIBYA OUT TV OUT **AP - A 10-year-old Dutch boy lay in a hospital bed, head bandaged, skin pale and legs shattered — the lone "miracle" survivor of a plane crash Wednesday that killed 103 people in the Libyan capital. Most victims were Dutch tourists returning from vacation in South Africa.

8 SKoreans found dead in apparent group suicide (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2010 08:29 PM PDT

AP - Eight South Koreans were found dead in two separate cases of suspected group suicide, including five people who apparently inhaled toxic fumes together in a parked car, police said Thursday.


Children in China school attack were as young as 3 (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2010 07:33 PM PDT

An injured child holds a paper made bird while being transferred from intensive care unit to a room for further treatment at a hospital in Hanzhong, north China's Shaanxi Province Thursday, May 13, 2010. A man charged into a kindergarten in northwestern China with a cleaver Wednesday and hacked to death seven children and two adults, the fifth such rampage in less than two months. The attacker then went home and killed himself. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Children as young as 3 years old were among the victims targeted in an attack at a kindergarten in northwestern China that killed seven toddlers and two adults, a doctor said Thursday.

Two Heads Better (Time.com)

Posted: 12 May 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - David Cameron and Nick Clegg have forged a coalition. Now they have to reconnect with the British voters who put them into government


Cameron vows 'new politics' for Britain (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2010 08:46 PM PDT

David Cameron (4L) chairs a meeting of the National Security Council including coalition partner Nick Clegg (5R). Cameron vowed a AFP - David Cameron vowed a "seismic shift" in how the country is governed, unveiling a historic coalition he said would transform the political landscape.
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