The Irrawaddy News Magazine Grenade fails to scare hardcore Thai protesters Reuters - 2 hours ago By Chaiwat Ketsom BANGKOK (Reuters) - Diehard protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's offices brushed off a grenade attack that killed one person and wounded 23 on Thursday, saying they would continue their three-month sit-in to oust the ...
guardian.co.uk Somali pirates 'demand $25m ransom' Aljazeera.net - 37 minutes ago Somali pirates who hijacked the Sirius Star, a Saudi-owned supertanker, are demanding $25m for the ship's return, according to Mohamed Said, one of the pirates.
Pakistan protests over US missile strikes Reuters - 1 hour ago By Simon Cameron-Moore ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan summoned US ambassador Anne Patterson on Thursday to lodge a protest over missile strikes launched by drone aircraft against militant targets in Pakistan, a Pakistani foreign ministry ...
The Citizen Daily Zimbabwe: The Despot, His Friends and the Twisted 'Road to Zero' AllAfrica.com - 32 minutes ago ON NOVEMBER 9, the world witnessed another failed Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit on Zimbabwe. Rather unrealistically, President Kgalema Motlanthe (the current SADC chairman) was mooted as the person who could break the deadlock.
AFP Chinese minister calls for APEC rejection of protectionism Xinhua - 2 hours ago PERU, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming called Wednesday for APEC member economies to reject unilateralism and trade protectionism in order to tackle the international financial crisis.
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