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| Bangkok Appears Calm aft | Hits:1 |
| The Thai capital appeared calm under gloomy sky Wednesday morning following Tuesday's clashes between anti-government protesters and police in the city center, while the injury toll from the riots have risen to 437.The Narenthorn Emergency... | 12/31/1969 |
| UNSC urges int'l action | Hits:1 |
The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to urge states to deploy naval vessels and military aircraft to actively fight piracy on the high seas off the coast of Somalia.Unanimously adopting resolution 1838, the council called... | 12/31/1969 |
| 18 die in Nepali plane c | Hits:1 |
| KATHMANDU, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Nepali aviation authority confirmed 18 died in an air crash in Lukla airport on Wednesday morning.A Nepal Yeti Airlines domestic plane on Wednesday morning caught fire while landing at Lukla airport, east of... | 12/31/1969 |
| Kenya finally deports U. | Hits:1 |
| NAIROBI, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The American author who wrote a controversial book slamming U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barrack Obama was finally deported from Kenya late on Tuesday.Jerome Corsi had planned to make public statements... | 12/31/1969 |
| Presidential election be | Hits:1 |
| MALE, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The first-ever multi-party presidential election began Wednesday in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives as a lot of people lined up in the rain to chose their new president from six... | 12/31/1969 |
| FAO calls for review of | Hits:1 |
| ROME, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Biofuel policies and subsidies should be urgently reviewed to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability,... | 12/31/1969 |
| Political impasse breaks | Hits:1 |
An anti-government protester tries to avoid tear gas outside the Parliament compound in Bangkok, Oct. 7, 2008. Chaos resulted from clashes between anti-government protesters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and police continued... | 12/31/1969 |
| New York Governor Paters | Hits:1 |
| NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- New York Governor David Paterson said Tuesday that he will run in 2010 for a full term in the office he has held since former governor Eliot Spitzer resigned.Paterson, the first Black American governor of New... | 12/31/1969 |
| Obama, McCain debate ove | Hits:1 |
U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain (L) and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama meet as they walked onstage during the first U.S. presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi,... | 12/31/1969 |
| Bush to sign U.S.-India | Hits:1 |
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush will sign into law on Wednesday a bill approved by Congress allowing civilian U.S. nuclear trade with India, Bush's spokesman Carlton Carroll said Tuesday... | 12/31/1969 |
| Pentagon denies reports | Hits:1 |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon denied news reports Tuesday that a U.S. military aircraft was forced to land in Iran after violating Iran's airspace.Pentagon Bryan Whitman said he hasn't "heard anything like that."An aerial... | 12/31/1969 |
| EU finance ministers agr | Hits:1 |
| LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to coordinate their responses to the escalating global financial crisis."Europe is united in the face of the financial crisis and determined to act in a... | 12/31/1969 |
| Thai PM insists no resig | Hits:1 |
BANGKOK, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat insisted Tuesday afternoon that he would not resign as are sort to solve the current political chaos as anti-government protesters have demanded after their clashes with... | 12/31/1969 |
| Soldiers out in central | Hits:1 |
| BANGKOK, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Over 1,000 soldiers from Thai Army and Navy have been dispatched early Tuesday evening to stand by at two kilometers away from the Parliament compound in central Bangkok, where violent clashes between anti... | 12/31/1969 |
| Pakistani president to a | Hits:1 |
| ISLAMABAD, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will administer the oath to the new ministers at a ceremony on Wednesday, state media reported Tuesday. Reports said the oath-taking ceremony is to be held in the... | 12/31/1969 |
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