ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Savage street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures....
SYDNEY (AP) -- An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labor is feeding itself and has earned the nickname "Mr. Shuffles" since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo officials said Thursday....
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from running in upcoming elections and won't even be allowed to vote, according to laws published Thursday....
PUTRAJAYA: The Copyright Tribunal will be reactivated soon to provide room for artistes and music composers to lodge complaints over copyright and royalty issues.
FRANKFURT: BMW, the world’s leading luxury car maker by sales, on Thursday reported a sharp drop in 2009 profit but said deliveries would pick-up this year.
TOKYO: Japan’s Coast Guard obtained an arrest warrant Thursday for an anti-whaling activist who has been held aboard a Japanese harpoon ship since boarding it in the Antarctic last month, press reports said.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday released a British journalist they had held for a month amid allegations that he endangered the Palestinian territory's security....
AP - Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday released a British journalist they had held for a month amid allegations that he endangered the Palestinian territory's security.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday implored Israelis and Palestinians to move beyond a diplomatic spat that has marred his trip to the region, urging the sides to waste no time in resolving their decades-old conflict despite daunting obstacles....
