BANGKOK, Thailand - Thousands of people protested in front of Thailand's national police headquarters to demand action on long- pending legal cases against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The demonstrators, led by the People's Alliance for Democracy, accused police of protecting Thaksin and his loyalists against prosecution by stalling their investigations.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif landed in Pakistan this morning, returning from exile to lead a campaign to topple the military ruler who ousted him in a coup eight years ago. Black-uniformed commandos entered the Pakistan International Airlines jetliner after it landed at Islamabad airport and surrounded Sharif, an Associated Press reporter on board said.
By Todd Pitman The Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitian lawmakers on Saturday dismissed Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, hoping to defuse widespread anger of rising food prices that had led to days of deadly protests and looting. President Rene Preval, who earlier in the day announced plans to cut the price of rice, immediately said he would seek a replacement for Alexis, who took office in 2006 with Preval's backing to head a Cabinet meant to unite the poor and fractious nation.
BANGKOK -- Thai soldiers unleashed hundreds of rounds of automatic weapons fire to clear anti-government protesters from a major intersection in the capital in the pre-dawn darkness Monday. Demonstrators responded by throwing at least one gasoline bomb at a line of troops. At least 49 people were reported hurt in the first serious clash between the two sides in ongoing protests that have roiled this southeast Asian nation and came a day after the country's ousted prime minister called for a revolution.
Thailand: Warrant BANGKOK -- Thai authorities accused ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of terrorism Tuesday, issuing an arrest warrant on charges that carry a possible death sentence for his alleged role in deadly street protests and setting the stage for further political strife.
CAIRO - Egypt's military rulers appointed the first post-Hosni Mubarak prime minister Thursday, replacing an air force pilot close to the ousted leader in a bid to appease thousands of protesters who had threatened to renew the occupation of a central Cairo square. The opposition hailed the decision as another victory for "people power" but many warned pressure must be maintained on the military to implement other democratic reforms, including an accountable police agency and a new constitution.
After a week of riots in the streets and towns of Haiti over the shortage of food and basic human needs, 16 members of the parliament ousted Prime Minister Jacques-Edourad Alexis with a vote of "no confidence." The so-called "food riots" have reportedly left five dead and scores wounded, as the 9,000-member United Nations peacekeeping force attempts to bring calm to the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. Haitians have recently called for Alexis and Près. Renee Garcia Preval to both step down. The elite go shopping in neighboring Dominican Republic, while the poor are groveling over the basics of rice, toothpaste, soap and spaghetti," stated Calherbe Muhammad, founder of the Virginia Beach-based Christians United for Haiti. Muhammad, a native of Haiti, returned a week before the "riot...
Leaders of Thailand's Sept. 19 military coup, facing complaints that their move destroyed the nation's democracy, have promised to vigorously investigate corruption charges involving ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. They say their probe will explore his family's $1.9 billion sale of a telecommunications company as well as Thailand's purchase of U.S. bomb-detection scanners and other big-ticket items.
Gadhafi reported preparing insurgency TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libya's acting prime minister said Wednesday that ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi is believed to be recruiting fighters from other African countries and preparing for a possible insurgency, hoping to destabilize Libya's new regime.
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