Thai Red Shirts' mass rally turn into carnival procession; Talks between government and protesters at stalemate

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:22:00 -0400

Ten of thousands of red-shirted anti-government protesters paraded across the Thai capital on Saturday, in an attempt to encourage the city's residents to support their calls for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajjiva's government to step down.

Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva interviewed by Al Jazeera [VIDEO]

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:11:00 -0400

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was interviewed on by Hamish Macdonald on Al Jazeera's Frost Over the World programme on Saturday.

Grenade attacks target Thai Defence Ministry, National Anti-Corruption Commission

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:41:00 -0400

Thailand's Defence Ministry and National Anti-Corruption Commission was targeted in two separate grenade attacks on Saturday.

Sexy photos of French First Lady Carla Bruni up for auction [PHOTO]

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:14:00 -0400

Two erotic photographs of France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are going under the hammer at the auction house Philips de Pury's. The sale of snaps are part of an auction titled "Sex".

Russia helping Iran complete nuclear power plant by summer

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:14:00 -0400

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that an Iranian civil nuclear power plant, being built with the help of Russian experts, would be completed by this summer.

BOOK: "The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State" by Shane Harris

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:04:00 -0400

In his new book "The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State", author Shane Harris lays out the U.S. government's real-life efforts to see and hear more in the face of growing terrorist threats. He pays particular attention to Total Information Awareness (TIA), a post-9/11 research project spearheaded by John Poindexter, once President Ronald Reagan's National Security Adviser adviser.

World's first Islamic online sex shop to open on Sunday

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:37:00 -0400

A Dutch webshop that calls itself "the first Islamic online webshop for sex articles and care products" will open for business starting on Sunday.

Jon Stewart impersonates Glenn Beck in The Daily Show [Video]

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:16:00 -0400

Jon Stewart, at his best, imitates Glenn Back with a blackboard

Shopper suspected of racist Wal-Mart announcement

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:16:00 -0400

Wal-Mart says it may have been a customer who misused a New Jersey store's public address system last Sunday announcing "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."

US general: Gay Dutch soldiers responsible for Srebrenica massacre

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:50:00 -0400

A former American NATO commander and senior marine officer, Gen John Sheehan blamed "open homosexuality" in the Dutch army for the failure to prevent the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Gen Sheehan made the comments at a U.S. Senate hearing where he argued against plans by President Barack Obama to end a ban on allowing gays to serve openly in the US military.

Google puts British Army's secret special forces base on Street View

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:50:00 -0400

British military chiefs and MPs slammed Google's Street View service for including detailed pictures of the headquarters of the SAS. The Special Air Service or SAS is a special forces regiment of the British Army.

TRAVEL TIPS: Phuket in 36 hours

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:04:00 -0400

An article in The New York Times offers tips on what to do and where to go while going on a short weekend trip to Phuket island.

Expat bosses should not ignore cultural differences at work

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:04:00 -0400

A Bangkok Post article writes about the difficulties, cultural differences expat bosses experience when they deal with Thai staff.

Buddhist monks slam Thai movie for “inappropriate images”

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:31:00 -0400

Monks and other Buddhist groups have expressed displeasure that Thailand's movie theaters are showing the 2007 film "Nak Prok" (The Shadow of the Naga).

Thai PM Abhisit on divisions in Thailand [VIDEO]

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:03:00 -0400

BBC's Alistair Leithead interviewed Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at a military base in Bangkok about divisions in the country.

Molotov cocktail, automatic gunfire stir up peace in Bangkok

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:03:00 -0400

A security outpost of an army barracks in Bangkok was targeted by a "Molotov cocktail" early Friday morning. No injuries were reported.

Bangkok governor advises residents to stay indoors during mobile mass rally

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:57:00 -0400

Red-shirted supporters of United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will embark on a 46-km mobile rally today through the Thai capital. Authorities and commuters are bracing themselves for possible traffic chaos.

Bernard Madoff beaten by fellow inmate; Prison officials deny incident

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:22:00 -0400

Bernard Madoff, who is currently serving a 150-year jail sentence in North Carolina for running a fraudulent investment operation, known as Ponzi scheme, which cost investors billions of dollars, was beaten up by another inmate in December, three felons familiar with the case said.