With the new Thai PM doing his job in a defunct airport lounge, police step up action against protesters camped out in Bangkok's government headquarters

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan legislators wearing surgical masks and displaying banners with a skull and crossbones took over parliament's floor Tuesday after the island's security chief accused China of starting the global SARS epidemic six years ago as part of a biological warfare campaign.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai riot police clashed with protesters in the capital on Tuesday, injuring 69 people, as campaigners intensified their four-month bid to unseat the government.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister played down on Tuesday the notion that North Korea delivered an ultimatum when it held talks last week with a visiting U.S. envoy trying to save a floundering nuclear disarmament deal.

THAI riot police fired teargas at protesters outside parliament today, injuring 69 people, as campaigners opened a new front in their four-month bid to unseat the Government.

The united states will continue its troop presence in Kosovo until at least late next year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said just before he arrived in the world's newest nation, in the face of stern opposition from Russia.

Ford plans to put a computer chip in the keys of its 2010 models that will allow a parent to limit a teen's speed.

Police fired tear gas canisters Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators trying to bar lawmakers from Parliament, injuring dozens ...

Asian stocks showed signs of life Tuesday after a global market sell-off, with several markets climbing into positive territory or paring losses after opening sharply lower.

A FORMER Mr Gay UK fried a piece of flesh carved from a former lover's thigh after stabbing him to death, a court has been told.