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Thai protesters stage weekend march around capital (AP)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:37:24 +0000

AP - Tens of thousands of protesters riding motorcycles and crammed into trucks and cars rolled through the streets of the Thai capital Saturday in a giant caravan to rally residents to their "class war" against the government.

Nepal peace broker Koirala dies: report (AFP)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:21:21 +0000

AFP - Girija Prasad Koirala, the former Nepalese prime minister who brokered the peace deal that ended a bloody 10-year civil war, died on Saturday aged 85, state television reported.

Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike (AP)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:17:20 +0000

AP - British Airways was scrambling Saturday to deal with the start of a three-day strike by its cabin crew that has thrown the plans of thousands of travelers into chaos.

1,500 rally against Putin in Russian Far East (Reuters)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:47:29 +0000

Reuters - At least 1,500 people rallied against the government of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Far East city of Vladivostok in the first of a string of opposition rallies planned across Russia on Saturday.

Year’s biggest sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange (AP)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:40:10 +0000

AP - China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's airport and prompting a dust warning for Seoul.

In Thailand, A Little Black Magic Is Politics as Usual (Time.com)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:40:00 +0000

Time.com - Last's weeks blood protests in Bangkok were a rare public revelation of a more covert aspect of the ongoing conflict between the country's political movements -- a war of the supernatural

Sochi: Russian Olympic Scandals, Short Funds, Strike (Time.com)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:40:00 +0000

Time.com - The Sochi Winter Olympics are still four years away, but Russia is alreadyencountering a host of obstacles, including worker strikes and environmentalcomplaints

Rio staff trial seen as test for China (AFP)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:19:35 +0000

AFP - The trial of four Rio Tinto employees next week will be widely watched as a test of whether China is willing to honour commitments to foreign investors and be a responsible member of the world community.

Obama appeals to Iranian people in Internet video (AP)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:56:30 +0000

AP - In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Barack Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.

England hit back after Tamim blitz (AFP)

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:34:07 +0000

AFP - Tamim Iqbal hammered a rapid fire 85 before England struck back with two quick wickets in the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Saturday.