Return to Gadoink to search the internet   

 

 
Protesters surge into Bangkok wanting new election (AP)

Protestors from the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship dance to an early morning rock and roll song near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, March 14, 2010.  Thousand of red-shirted protestors gathered in Bangkok to demand the government return power to the people or face mass marches in key locations.  The march is regarded by some as the last chance for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return to Thailand.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Leaders of tens of thousands of protesters who swarmed into Bangkok from Thailand's rural areas Sunday threatened mass street demonstrations if the government didn't respond to their demand for a dissolution of Parliament within 24 hours.


Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe (AP)

In this photo released by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, left,  meets Archbishop Robert Zollitsch during an audience in his private library at the Vatican, Friday, March 12, 2010. Germany's top bishop has informed Pope Benedict XVI on cases of clerical sex abuse in the pontiff's native Germany and said the pope encouraged him to pursue the truth and assist the victims. Zollitsch said the pope was greatly dismayed and deeply moved as he was being briefed on the scandal during Friday's meeting at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and confronting the clergy to face its demons.


Economy the focus as China political session ends (AP)

Paramilitary police officers march on the final day of the National People's Congress as it snows outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China vowed Sunday to remain alert to any renewed signs of economic crisis, but said it will hold the line against critics urging an appreciation of its currency and will not seek an aggressive leading role in world affairs.


Afghan gov. wants more troops after 12 explosions (AP)

Map locates Kandahar, Afghanistan, site of multiple suicide bombingsAP - The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security Sunday after 12 coordinated explosions in Afghanistan's largest southern city killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland.


At least 3 snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche (AP)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct traffic at the staging area for avalanche search & rescue operations near Revelstoke, B.C. on Saturday March 13, 2010. Rescuers were scouring  Boulder Mountain in the Rocky Mountains near Revelstoke, B.C. into the darkness Saturday night after an avalanche struck a large gathering of snowmobilers, killing at least one person and leaving an unknown number missing. Up to 200 people were on the mountain at the time for the annual Big Iron Shoot Out. (AP Photo//David Rooney - The Canadian Press)AP - An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada's Rocky Mountains on Saturday, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said.


Giving Afghans (and More) a Vote in Britain's Election (Time.com)
Time.com - As part of a new project, U.K. residents are allowing people in developingcountries to tell them how to vote in parliamentary elections. The aim: togive poorer countries a say in elections that could end up impacting them
U.S. Muslim convert among 7 arrested in Ireland (Reuters)

Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard poses in Aarhus in this September 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Preben Hupfeld/ScanpixReuters - A Colorado woman who converted to Islam last year and was lured to Europe by online extremists was among seven people arrested in Ireland in connection with a suspected plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist, her parents said on Saturday.


Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard (AP)

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP OF NJME107 OF MARCH 11, 2010 ** This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010, that the agency is looking into the case of Mobley, who grew up in Buena and is an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. (AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESAP - An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday. He then killed a guard who laid down his weapon as he went ahead at prayer time.


Venezuela's Chavez: Internet should be regulated (AP)

In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, checks a Chinese-made military plane during a ceremony at a military base in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Saturday, March. 13, 2010. Venezuela received its first shipment of six Chinese-made military planes, and Chavez said his government aims to buy 40 in all. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.


Central African government says coup plot foiled (AFP)

President of the Central African Republic, Francois Bozize, pictured in 2008. The Central African Republic's government has said it had foiled a plan to launch a coup d'etat on March 15, according to a recorded radio statement obtained by AFP.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - The Central African Republic's government has said it had foiled a plan to launch a coup d'etat next week, with intelligence implicating former president Ange Felix Patasse who strongly denied any involvement.


First Prev Next Last

Home | Login | Contact us | Privacy Policy | Terms | Sitemap

Copyright 2007 www.Gadoink.com All Rights Reserved