World news - Top Stories latest news
Nationwide special voting ends
GhanaWeb, Online news portal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Worldpress Wednesday, December 03, 2008EBU says IOC rejects its 2014-16 Games TV rights bid
People's Daily Online, English-language, Beijing, China
Worldpress Wednesday, December 03, 2008Thai protesters leave airports
Anti-government protesters are celebrating in Thailand after the country's top court removed Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from office and ordered his ruling party disbanded for alleged vote-rigging. The intervention follows months of unrest, culminating in an ongoing siege at Bangkok's main airport.
CNN Wednesday, December 03, 2008U.N. Addresses Congo Conflict by Helping Hutus Return to Rwanda
NYABIONDO, Congo -- The couple had spent three hard years in a militia camp deep in the forests around this eastern Congolese village when they finally decided to escape.
The Washington Post Wednesday, December 03, 2008Thai Government Collapses After Court Ousts Premier, Giving Demonstrators a Partial Victory
BANGKOK, Dec. 2 -- Thailand's government collapsed Tuesday after the nation's Constitutional Court banned the prime minister from politics and dissolved three parties in his ruling coalition, delivering a partial victory to opponents, whose protests have paralyzed the country's airports and raised...
The Washington Post Wednesday, December 03, 2008South Korean Activists Opposed to Inciting the North Brawl With Group Launching Anti-Kim Leaflets
PAJU, South Korea, Dec. 2 -- Park Sang Hak, a North Korean defector, launches balloons bound for his homeland. They carry leaflets accusing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il of being a drinker of pricey wine, a seducer of other men's wives, a murderer, a slaveholder, a dictator and "the devil."
The Washington Post Wednesday, December 03, 2008Thai protesters lift airport siege
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's main international airport should be back to normal in two days, its general manager said on Wednesday as anti-government protesters packed up and left at the end of an eight-day blockade.
Reuters Wednesday, December 03, 2008Iraq's president steps up row over PM's councils
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's president is going to the country's federal court to try to stop Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from establishing tribal councils - a move that major political parties fear is aimed at bolstering the Shiite leader's stature ahead of elections next year....
The Arizona Republic Wednesday, December 03, 2008Rice arrives in India to ease tension with Pakistan
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday as part of urgent U.S. efforts to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks.
Reuters Wednesday, December 03, 2008Thai protesters end airport siege
Anti-government protesters are celebrating in Thailand after the country's top court removed Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from office and ordered his ruling party disbanded for alleged vote-rigging. The intervention follows months of unrest, culminating in an ongoing siege at Bangkok's main airport.
CNN Wednesday, December 03, 20081 2 3 4 5

PREVIEW
OF YOUR NEWS WIDGET
INSTALL YOUR WIDGET