Thai protesters donate blood to curse government - BBC News16 Mar 2010

ReutersThai protesters donate blood to curse governmentBBC NewsThailand's red-shirted protesters have begun donating blood to throw at government offices in a ritual curse of a leadership they say is illegitimate. The protests enter a third day in a still jovial but determined mood. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit ...Thai protesters give blood to pour on streetsThe Associated PressThai PM: Scattering blood not to show blood derived from violenceXinhuaDemonstrations Force Parliament to Postpone SessionNew York TimesIndependent -Sky News -Financial Timesall 3,112 news articles »

Israel doesn't need to grovel for US forgiveness - Ha'aretz16 Mar 2010

CBC.caIsrael doesn't need to grovel for US forgivenessHa'aretzSo sorry! Very sorry! Very, very sorry! We apologize! This will never happen again! The prime minister, cabinet members and senior bureaucrats repeated this over and over again last week in an attempt to set right what seemed to them to ...Envoy delays Mideast visit over Israeli settlement move, sources sayCNN InternationalIsrael Feeling Rising Anger From the USNew York TimesObama runs out of patience with IsraelIndependentJerusalem Post -Washington Post -Los Angeles Timesall 1,216 news articles »

The world's shortest man, He Pingping, dies aged 22 - BBC News16 Mar 2010

Sydney Morning HeraldThe world's shortest man, He Pingping, dies aged 22BBC NewsThe world's shortest man, He Pingping, who was just 74.6cm (2ft 5in) tall, has died in Rome. He was born in 1988 in Wulanchabu, China, with a form of primordial dwarfism, and was officially recognised as the world's shortest man in 2008. ...World's smallest man, He Pingping, dies at 21Times OnlineWorld's smallest man diesThe SunWorld's shortest man dies aged 21The GuardianAFP -The Press Association -Stuff.co.nzall 171 news articles »

Miliband tries gentle persuasion in China on climate trade and Iran - Scotsman16 Mar 2010

BBC NewsMiliband tries gentle persuasion in China on climate trade and IranScotsmanATTEMPTING to mend fences with China over the failure of December's Copenhagen climate-change talks and the execution of a British drug-smuggler thought to be mentally ill, Foreign Secretary David Miliband trod a fine line on the ...David Miliband aims to patch up China relationsTelegraph.co.ukUK Foreign Secretary David Miliband in China for talksBBC NewsChina takes over from West as Iran's main economic partnerAFPThe Press Association -BusinessWeek -Times Onlineall 385 news articles »

Naval commander found responsible for sub crash - Independent16 Mar 2010

The GuardianNaval commander found responsible for sub crashIndependentA Royal Navy commander crashed his nuclear-powered submarine into an underwater hill that he had failed to spot on navigation charts, a court martial heard. Commanding officer Commander Steven Drysdale misread the mound, or "pinnacle", ...Commander Steven Drysdale reprimanded for crashing submarine SuperbTimes OnlineSub crash trio disciplinedScotsmanCommander of submarine in crash misread chart, court martial toldThe GuardianBBC News -Telegraph.co.uk -UK Expressall 23 news articles »