Traffic clogged rounds out of the Thai capital as thousands of people fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods.
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/ 21 September 2011
Afghans gathered to mourn assassinated former president and chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani on Wednesday.
The sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra led her party in a landslide election win on Sunday.
Saffron-robed Buddhist monks chanted as onlookers gazed silently across a bridge piled with the shoes and clothing left by the victims of a stampede.
Confined to her crumbling lakeside home, long-detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi poses little threat to Burma’s first election in 20 years.
By holding an election to legitimise decades of military rule, Burma’s generals may have inadvertently created a framework for a democratic system.
Germany rounded off an impressive World Cup with a thrilling 3-2 win over a stubborn Uruguay on Saturday in a play-off for third place.
Carles Puyol cracked open Germany’s stubborn defence with a superb header on Wednesday to give Spain a 1-0 win and a place in the World Cup final.
David Suarez scored a goal in each half to give Uruguay a 2-1 win over South Korea on Saturday and take them to the World Cup quarterfinals.
Chile kept their place at the top of Group H with a bitterly fought 1-0 win over a stubborn 10-man Switzerland on Monday.