Police fire tear gas against crowd (AP)
6 Oct 2008 at 5:22pm

A couple ride in a motorcycle as they cross a blocked road to participate in a demonstration in front of the United Nations office near the Government House in Bangkok in September 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try and disperse thousands of anti-government protesters massing outside parliament on Tuesday, local television channels reported.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AP - Police fired tear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to the Parliament building in the Thai capital.



Hamas lawmakers: Abbas term ends in January (AP)
6 Oct 2008 at 2:55pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks during a media conference with France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, not seen, at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Hamas will cease to recognize Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian president after Jan. 8 and replace him with one of its own leaders, according to a resolution approved by the Islamic movement's legi...


Europe governments go their own way on crisis (AP)
6 Oct 2008 at 5:06pm

A trader reacts as he watches financial markets on a computer in Paris, at Meesschaert Asset Management. Desperate new measures by governments in Europe and North America to stabilise the financial system failed to stop panic selling that swept global markets Monday amid deepening gloom at the scope of the banking crisis.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)AP - Individual European governments issued a cascade of deposit guarantees to shore up their banks but fell short of any coordinated action Monday to deal with the crisis sweeping financial market...


Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia (AP)
6 Oct 2008 at 5:20pm

An Afghan election official registers Afghan men for their voter identity card at the voter registration office in  Parwan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Afghanistan began registering voters Monday for next year's presidential polls, an election likely to be the most dangerous and challenging since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - A former Taliban ambassador said Monday that the hard-line militants sat with Afghan officials and Saudi King Abdullah over an important religious meal in Saudi Arabia late last month as the i...



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