Thai govt forced to beg access to offices
AP, Bangkok :The protest leader, a monk in flowing orange robes, sat sternly at the head of a long hardwood table, his newfound authority in...
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Kiev protesters defy terms of new amnesty law
BBC Online :Protesters in Ukraine have rejected the terms of a new amnesty law aimed at ending the country’s recent unrest.Parliament backed an amnesty for...
Snow brings Atlanta to its knees: 12 dead
BBC Online :Students stranded overnight after a snow storm left roads in the US South impassable have returned home, and soldiers have rescued stuck motorists.The...
AP assembly rejects Telangana Bill
TNN, Hyderabad :The Seemandhra-dominated Andhra Pradesh assembly on Thursday rejected the AP Reorganization Bill, 2013. Amid pandemonium and with almost all the members having converged...
TMC to go to it alone in LS polls: Mamata
PTI, Kolkata :Kickstarting her party’s Lok Sabha campaign from a mammoth rally here, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her party would go...
Ice, snow bring chaos to US South
AP, Atlanta :The mad rush began at the first sight of snow: Across the Atlanta area, schools let out early and commuters left for home...
India outrage over woman politician’s rape comment
BBC Online :There has been outrage in India after a politician, who is also a member of a government panel for women, blamed women for...
Palestinians hold mass weddings
BBC Online :Nearly 300 Palestinian couples have taken part in mass wedding ceremonies in the West Bank and Gaza.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attended the marriage...
Obama promises action on inequality
BBC Online :US President Barack Obama has promised to bypass a fractured Congress to tackle economic inequality in his annual State of the Union address.He...
Ukraine scraps anti-protest laws as PM steps down
AP, Ukraine :The prime minister of protest-torn Ukraine submitted his resignation on Tuesday, saying he hoped the move would help bring peaceful resolution to the...
Cold returns to US Midwest
Reuters, Chicago :Bitter cold and high winds from the arctic pushed wind chills to dangerous levels across the US upper midwest on Monday, forcing officials...