This weekends protests, which included forcing the postponement of a summit of Asian leaders in the southern coastal city of Pattaya and demonstrations on the streets of Bangkok, were orchestrated by redshirted supporters of the controversial and corruptiontainted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The Dalai Lama fled China in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. Filling Souters seat would be President Obamas first Supreme Court appointment and the first since President Bush picke... [read more]
Eight gunmen opened fire on six peacekeepers in the city of Niyala, in the southern part of Darfur, said Josephine Guerrero, a spokeswoman for a joint peacekeeping operation of the United Nations and African Union in Darfur.
That resulted from damage being found in a valve on the shuttle Endeavour during its November 2008 flight. A passenger on the plane who spoke to Turkish network DHA said he saw injured people trapped ... [read more]
In a written statement, Heges family said, Our son John never met a stranger.
Jaber Wishah, a deputy director for PCHR told his organization stands firmly on our published figures and that Israels choice to classify police officers as combatants is illegal. The expected civili... [read more]
Alinghi had Wednesday announced Americas Cup preregatta race dates on its Web site for this July and October however it is not known if these will remain in light of the court ruling.
The Senate committees investigation was largely focused on the influence of a Joint Personnel program called Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape. This man, Pakistanbased Baitullah Mehsud, now contr... [read more]
While we have grown accustomed to downward revisions, todays slightly positive adjustment does not foreshadow any positivity for the Japanese economy.
Watch why the U. The combined force returned fire killing one militant, the military said in a statement. Army generals claim to have killed scores of militants. This is a report about the past, while... [read more]