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Thai protesters give blood to pour on streets
A “Red Shirt” demonstrator carries a flag of Cuban Revolutionary Che Guevara as he and others wait to donate blood on Tuesday, March 16, at
Former Lankan general Fonseka goes on trial
COLOMBO, March 16 (Reuters): Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka appeared before a military court on Tuesday on charges of engaging in politics while ...
UN for more discreet talks with Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, meets with newly appointed special Representative of the United Nations for Afghanistan Staffan De Mistura of Sweden in Kabul, Afghanistan ...
‘Crimes against humanity’ probe slammed
Tomas Ojea Quintana, UN expert on human rights in Myanmar, gestures, during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Monday, March ...
Vietnam frees ailing dissident priest
In this March 30, 2007 file photo taken of a close-circuit TV, set up in a separate room of the court, Catholic priest Nguyen Van ...
Thai PM rejects ‘Red Shirt’ demand
Supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in protest outside the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters where Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has been hunkered down ...Pope stresses Christian unity
ROME, March 15 (Reuters): Pope Benedict told Rome's Lutheran congregation on Sunday that Protestants and Roman Catholics should be thankful for all the unity achieved ...Cameron calls Sarko 'dwarf'; France livid
LONDON, March 15 (PTI): French officials are said to have lodged a complaint against Britain's Conservative leader David Cameron for taunting their President Nicolas Sarkozy ...Israeli envoy sees “historic crisis” with US
JERUSALEM, March 15 (Reuters): Israeli-U.S. relations have hit a 35-year low over a West Bank settlement plan that threatens to derail peacemaking efforts with the ...
UN urges donors to keep Haiti funds flowing
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, listens to US actor Sean Penn during his visit to a makeshift camp for earthquake survivors set up at the ...
‘Red Shirt’ demands election in 24 hours
Bangkok, March 14 (REUTERS): Tens of thousands of protesters converged in Bangkok on Sunday and gave Thailand's military-backed government an ultimatum: call elections in 24 ...Chavez calls for internet controls
Caracas, March 14 (REUTERS): Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled ...‘Insulted’ by Israel, US scrambles to save talks
Jerusalem/Washington, March 14 (REUTERS): Israel's relationship with the United States, a defining feature of the troubled Middle East, was under severe strain as diplomats scrambled ...‘Russia-US nuclear treaty ready soon’
MOSCOW, March 14 (AFP): US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have agreed that Washington and Moscow are close to reaching agreement ...Strong earthquake rocks central Japan
TOKYO, March 14 (AP): A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of ...
Global warming nursery rhyme ads banned
London, March 14 (Agencies): Two government advertisements which use nursery rhymes to warn of the dangers of climate change have been banned for exaggerating the ...Afghanistan wants more troops after explosions
KANDAHAR, March 14 (AP): The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan's largest southern city Sunday after a series of explosions killed dozens ...
Suu Kyi denounces new election laws
Burmese pro-democracy activists look on as they hold up portraits of Aung San Suu Kyi during a demo held in front of Burmese embassy in ...
Red shirts start bid to topple government
Supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra march during a rally on the northern outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, March 12. (AP Photo) BANGKOK, March ...UN humanitarian chief criticizes Gaza blockade
UNITED NATIONS, March 12 (AP): The U.N. humanitarian chief warned of an impending humanitarian disaster if Egypt succeeds in blocking the tunnels that pass under ...
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