Archive for November, 2008

51 protesters wounded in Bangkok explosions (AP)

Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:51 No Comments

AP - Attackers set off explosions at anti-government protest sites Sunday, wounding 51 people and raising fears of widening confrontations in Thailand’s worst political crisis that has strangled its economy and shut down its main airports.

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Thai police order airport protesters to disperse (Reuters)

Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:47 No Comments

Reuters - Thai police on Sunday again ordered anti-government protesters who have laid siege to the city’s airports to disperse, banning gatherings of more than five people and warning offenders would be jailed or fined.

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Aide: India’s home minister offers resignation (AP)

Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:41 No Comments

AP - India’s top security official offered his resignation Sunday, a senior aide said, as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following the Mumbai attacks that left at least 174 people dead.

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Troops patrol after clashes kill hundreds in Nigeria (Reuters)

Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:26 No Comments

Reuters - Sporadic bursts of gunfire rattled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday as the security forces tried to prevent more clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs in which hundreds of people have been killed.

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Thai tensions rise after blasts wound dozens (AFP)

Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:12 No Comments

AFP - Grenade attacks targeting Thai anti-government protesters injured at least 51 people Sunday, stoking tensions as police struggled to end a paralysing blockade of Bangkok’s airports.

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