A witness to the US raid in Syria has described how dozens of commandos arrived in the middle of the night on heavily armed helicopters.
Traffic clogged rounds out of the Thai capital as thousands of people fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods.
The sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra led her party in a landslide election win on Sunday.
Thai authorities restored order in Bangkok on Thursday after a night of rioting and fires that veered towards anarchy.
Thai troops battled anti-government protesters in central Bangkok on Friday, attempting to seal off their encampment.
Bangkok braced on Sunday for more unrest a day after the Thai government rejected a peace overture from demonstrators.
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/ 26 December 2009
Saffron-robed Thai monks chanted and prayed for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of the disaster.
When Marissa decided to switch jobs from nursing to prostitution a year ago, the online classified site Craigslist was pivotal, she said.
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/ 20 February 2009
Billionaire Allen Stanford, accused of an -billion fraud that spooked investors around the world, was served with the formal complaint on Thursday.
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/ 18 February 2009
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with massive fraud on Tuesday as federal agents swooped on his headquarters.