Boston Globe 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 tanker pirates 'want $25m' BBC News - 1 hour ago Pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil tanker off the Somali coast are reported to have demanded a $25m (£17m) ransom. The AFP news agency, quoting one of the pirates, says the owners have been set a 10-day deadline to hand over the sum.
The Citizen Daily Zimbabwe: The Despot, His Friends and the Twisted 'Road to Zero' AllAfrica.com - 41 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.
BBC News Gazans despair over blockade BBC News - 33 minutes ago "People in Gaza are waiting in lines for almost everything, and that's if they're lucky enough to find something to wait for," says Bassam Nasser, 39.
Canada.com Russia to spend extra $1.8 bln on defence-PM Putin guardian.co.uk - 42 minutes ago MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russia will spend an extra 50 billion roubles ($1.82 billion) over the next two years to support the defence sector, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
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