• Thai PM talks to assure people: gov’t in charge

    Thai PM talks to assure people: gov’t in charge

    12/04/2009 05:00

    Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva made two television speeches in early hours of Monday in a bid to restore people’s confidence on his government’s capability to control situation, after anti-government protests turned violent and forced him to declare state...

  • At least 77 wounded in army-protester clash in Bangkok

    At least 77 wounded in army-protester clash in Bangkok

    12/04/2009 05:00

    At least 77 were wounded when hundreds of army soldiers and anti-government protesters clashed in Bangkok early Monday morning 14 hours after Thai PM declared a state of emergency in the capital city, Thai media said. Thai army soldiers guard at...

  • South Korea to contribute $24 billion to reserve pool

    11/04/2009 05:00

    South Korea will contribute US$24 billion to a regional currency reserve pool aimed at helping nations defend their exchange rates amid financial turmoil if needed, ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said. Countries in the 10-member...

  • Fed economists say mortgage changes may not stem foreclosures

    11/04/2009 05:00

    Policies aimed at easing home-loan terms for troubled borrowers may not be as effective in preventing foreclosures as more-direct aid to homeowners, Federal Reserve economists found. Job losses and falling home prices have a bigger impact on...

  • China’s currency reserves rise least in eight years

    China’s currency reserves rise least in eight years

    11/04/2009 05:00

    China has allowed the yuan to fall 0.16 percent this year, after it gained every year since a peg against the dollar was scrapped in July 2005 China’s foreign-exchange reserves, the world’s biggest, had...

  • U.S. warships track hostage-holding pirates

    U.S. warships track hostage-holding pirates

    11/04/2009 05:00

    Kenyan port authority security personnel block the media from taking pictures of the U.S.-flagged container ship, Maersk Alabama at the coastal sea port of Mombasa, 500km (311 miles) from the capital Nairobi, April 12, 2009....

  • Protesters storm Thai interior ministry

    Protesters storm Thai interior ministry

    11/04/2009 05:00

    Thai protesters loyal to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra face soldiers at the ASEAN venue in Pattaya on April 11, 2009. Troops fired into the air as Thai anti-government protesters stormed the country’s...

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