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Thai protesters target "hearts and minds" of Bangkok

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:49:23 -0400

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of opposition activists pressed ahead with anti-government protests on Friday, preparing for a new drive to win over Bangkok's politically powerful middle classes.

Quartet hopes package will unlock Middle East talks

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:41:17 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The international "quartet" of Middle East mediators suggested on Friday that stalled indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians may be unblocked in coming days.

Taliban arrests thwart Afghan talks: ex-U.N. envoy

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:10:59 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - The arrests of senior Afghan Taliban members in Pakistan have stopped most talks between the insurgents and U.N. representatives, the former head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said in a BBC interview.

Bomb damages right wing-group's Athens office

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:18:19 -0400

ATHENS (Reuters) - A makeshift bomb damaged the office of a far-right group in central Athens early on Friday but no one was hurt, police said.

New Zealand's "Madoff" jailed for $13 million fraud

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:01:49 -0400

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand banker defrauded clients of $13 million to fund a lavish lifestyle of prostitutes, property and wine, local media reported on Friday.

China upholds ban on Australia's access to Rio trial

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:30:30 -0400

CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) - China has told Australian diplomats they will not be given access to part of the trial of an Australian employee of Rio Tinto charged with commercial spying, Canberra said on Friday.

Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:25:21 -0400

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.

Rebels kill 20 Myanmar troops in Shan State ambush

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:48:19 -0400

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Ethnic rebels killed 20 Myanmar troops in an ambush aimed at deterring the military government from launching an offensive against them ahead of elections this year, a rebel spokesman said on Friday.

Greeks gloomy, see crisis lasting more than 2 years: poll

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:05:37 -0400

ATHENS (Reuters) - Most Greeks are pessimistic on the country's economic prospects and expect the crisis to last more than two years, an opinion poll showed on Friday.

Dutch respond angrily to gay link in Srebrenica massacre

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:57:36 -0400

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch government officials reacted angrily on Friday to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers.