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Anti-government demonstrators gather Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Protest leaders have given the government until Monday at noon to accede their demands or face mass marches on key locations in Bangkok.

Thai Demonstrators Demand New Elections, Give 24 Hour 'Ultimatum'

Tens of thousands of protesters wearing red gather in Bangkok, demanding parliament dissolve and government step down

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Premier Wen Jiabao delivers government work report

Chinese PM Dismisses Claims Beijing Keeping Currency Artificially Low

Chinese leader warned the world economy could face a double-dip recession because of high unemployment and unstable currencies

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, 22 Mar 2010

Clinton Says Middle East Status Quo 'Unsustainable'

Clinton says US efforts at engagement, spurned by Iran, have stripped Tehran's leaders of 'their usual excuses'

Chief of Police Medical Department Brig. Gen. Musaddeq Ishaq shows a picture of the most wanted Indonesian terror suspects Dulmatin

Bali Bombing Suspect Killed in Java Raid

Dulmatin, a high-ranking member of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group, was one of three people killed in separate raids Tuesday

Scene inside Free North Korea Radio

Seoul Broadcaster Smuggles Uncensored Voices Out Of North Korea

New program relays first-person reporting from North Korean residents

North Korea Vows Continued Artillery Fire in Disputed Maritime Area

North and South Korea traded warning shots in area, just days after Pyongyang unilaterally declared it off limits to ships

Hamas Chief: 'No Prospect' of Israeli-Arab Peace Deals

Khaled Mashaal calls current Israeli government one of 'war and occupation'

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Google Says It Will Stop Censoring Chinese Searches After Hacking Incident

Google's corporate servers targeted, and email accounts of human rights activists were compromised

Lebanese PM Calls for Renewed Relations with Syria

This is Mr. Hariri's first visit to Syria since the 2005 assassination of his father, former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri

Third Senior Khmer Rouge Leader Charged with Genocide

Khieu Samphan is most senior leader to face genocide charges in addition to other charges related to war crimes, crimes against humanity

Iran Says Diplomacy Still Option in Nuclear Dispute

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says parliament expects the nuclear issue to be resolved by diplomatic means

Afghan police stand guard at a site of a blast in Kabul

Afghan Officials: 26 Militants Killed Near Pakistan Border

Afghan officials say coalition air support backed the guards during the battle, which lasted several hours; no security guards were kill

Amnesty International Chief Blasts Australia's 'Panic' Over Asylum Seekers

Irene Khan says Australian government should close immigration detention center on Christmas Island

US Has Narrow Agenda for North Korea Talks

US says agenda will be limited to pressing for return to nuclear negotiations, reaffirm its commitment to give up nuclear weapons

Chinese Author Describes Horrors of Cultural Revolution

Nien Cheng, author of "Life and Death in Shanghai" dies at 94