Anti-government protesters Thursday defied a court order to end their occupation of the Thai prime minister's office compound in Bangkok, saying they had a right to remain and would stay until the country's leaders resign. Thailand |
![]() | Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim took his place Thursday as a member of Malaysia's Parliament, a major step in his goal to topple a government weakened by electoral defeats and internal dissent. Malaysia |
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday condemned anti-Christian violence in India, where at least 11 people were killed in three days of violence as Christians clashed with Hindu mobs attacking churches, shops and homes. India | ![]() |
![]() | Food riots erupted on Wednesday in eastern India, where more than 2 million people have been forced from their homes and about 250,000 houses destroyed in what officials say are the worst floods in 50 years. India |
![]() | The skinny would-be kingpin and his fearless bike gang were seemingly everywhere. India |
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was suffering from exhaustion and has canceled two planned international trips to undergo medical tests, his office said Wednesday. India |
Japan confirmed Wednesday a body found in Afghanistan was that of a Japanese aid worker kidnapped at gunpoint a ay earlier. Japan |
Security forces clashed with militants across Pakistan's wild tribal belt Wednesday, killing as many as 49 insurgents, officials said, one week after U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf resigned as president. Pakistan |
Indian authorities ordered police to shoot on sight and rushed in reinforcements to quell clashes that have left at least seven dead since the murder of a Hindu religious leader, an official said Wednesday. India |
Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9 percent of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu within 10 minutes. Japan |







