Floodwaters seep into outer Bangkok as canals open
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister urged Bangkok residents to get ready to move their belongings to higher ground Friday as the country’s worst floods in half a century began seeping into the capital’s outer districts. The government has opened…
Irish dissident convicted in MI5 weapons sting
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A Lithuanian judge found an Irish man guilty Friday of trying to buy weapons and explosives in a six-year sting orchestrated by Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 — a case that drew attention to a hardcore…
Violent protesters attack peaceful ones in Athens
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Violent rioters attacked peaceful demonstrators with firebombs and stones Thursday as tens of thousands turned out in Athens to decry unpopular new austerity measures demanded by creditors to keep Greece afloat. As the second day of…
Gadhafi dead: With warped vision, Gadhafi maddened Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — During nearly 42 years in power in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi was one of the world’s most eccentric dictators, so mercurial that he was both condemned and courted by the West, while he brutally warped his country…
Australians cheer Queen Elizabeth during boat trip
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Thousands of people cheered and waved from the banks of the Australian capital’s central lake as Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, took a motor boat to a flower show Thursday in their first…
Proud papa Sarkozy says wife, baby ‘very well’
PARIS (AP) — Proud papa Nicolas Sarkozy, the first French president to have a baby while in office, said Thursday he and wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy feel “a very profound happiness” over the birth of their first child and added that…
Small bear makes mess in Alaska grocery store
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — A small black bear cub walked in the front door of Tatsuda’s IGA. The scared animal found its way to a produce cooler, where it made a mess. Meat department manager Joe Stollar responded to the…
Prime Minister Bruce Golding To Resign Sunday
KINGSTON, (AP): Prime Minister Bruce Golding is expected to formally tender his resignation to the Governor General on Sunday while a new prime minister is sworn in. This will take place at a special ceremony at King’s House, commencing at…
Israeli soldier emerges from 5 years of captivity
MITZPE HILA, Israel (AP) — Gaunt and pale, Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit returned home Tuesday after more than five years in captivity, freed in a lopsided exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners that could greatly complicate Mideast peace prospects and…
Dalai Lama prays for Tibetans who self-immolated
DHARMSALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama fasted and led prayers Wednesday to honor nine Tibetans who set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule, while Beijing criticized the Tibetan spiritual leader’s support as inciting “terrorism in disguise.” The…
