By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 08 January 2008 The wife of Thailand's ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has returned to the country to face corruption charges after more than a year in exile. Her return to Thailand comes as Mr. Thaksin's supporters...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 December 2007 Six French aid workers convicted of attempted kidnapping in Chad are on their way back to France where they are to serve out their sentences. On Wednesday, the six were sentenced to eight years of hard labor, aft...
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When we were born, we were programmed perfectly. We had a natural tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and flourishing, and we knew how to use them. We were connected to a world much richer than the one we connect to now, a worl...
By George Dwyer Washington 26 October 2007 A new high-tech stage show is attempting to portray in 95 minutes what it took evolution millions of years to accomplish. Walking with Dinosaurs - The Live Experience uses life-size models of Tyrannosaurus,...
By Katherine Cole Washington 23 October 2007 Linda Thompson's name and voice are probably quite familiar to you if you're old enough to remember Fairport Convention, or perhaps the duo albums Linda recorded with then-husband Richard Thompson in the l...
An astronaut stands on the surface of the Moon Scientists in the UK have expressed their enthusiasm for Chinas plans to explore the Moon with robotic spacecraft , and are keen to take part in the adventure. British scientists are seeking to collabor...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 17 October 2007 Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says her arrival in Pakistan on Thursday will mark the country's transition from dictatorship to democracy. In a televised address from Dubai carried live on major Pakis...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 October 2007 Tens of thousands of highly qualified Indian professionals migrated to Western countries in recent decades for better job opportunities. But as India's economy booms, a lot of them are now opting to return...
By Mike O'Sullivan Central Washington State 02 October 2007 Each year, salmon head upriver to their spawning grounds in the Columbia River basin in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the event has inspired a festival...