Filed at 7:29 a.m. ET David Longstreath/Associated Press Protestors from the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship near Bangkok on Sunday. BANGKOK (AP) -- Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Thailand's capital Sunday to press their demand that the government dissolve...
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Nigeria's police chief has said that police officials in Nigeria's central Plateau State will be held responsible for future violent incidents. Ogbonna Onovo made his comments while on a visit to the region, which has seen two massacres in just three months. "Henceforth, DPOs...
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French people are voting in regional elections that are expected to reflect widespread disenchantment with President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. It is the last nationwide vote before presidential and parliamentary elections due in 2012. The opposition Socialist Party already controls 20 of the 22...
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Cairo - Egypt's president, who had surgery a week ago, is returning steadily to health, the head of the medical team treating him in Germany said in a media statement on Saturday. Hosni Mubarak, 81, who has ruled Egypt for almost three decades, had his gall bladder removed in the surgery last...
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KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed to let two non-Afghans join the country's elections watchdog ahead of September polls, a spokesman said Saturday after pressure from Western backers. Last month the US-backed leader amended a law to give himself full control of the Electoral Complaints...
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ATHENS, Greece - The Greek parliament approved new spending cuts and taxes Friday aimed at defusing the country's debt crisis, while protesters opposed to the measures fought with police outside. Prime Minister George Papandreou headed abroad to seek European leaders' support for his efforts. Riot...
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Thousands Of Anti-government Protesters Converge On Thai Capital Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) BANGKOK (AP) - Thousands of red-shirted, anti-government demonstrators converged on the Thai capital from the north and northeast Saturday, vowing to oust the government in a mass, do-or-die display of...
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