Thursday, May 13, 2010
International Headlines
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 14 May, 2010
> RED SHIRT LEADER SHOT IN HEAD WHILE GIVING INTERVIEW
One of the more radical leaders in Thailand's wide-ranging
protest movement, Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdipol, is in critical
condition after being shot.
> BP HOPES PIPE WILL CAPTURE SPEWING OIL
Oil company BP will attempt to insert a new section of pipe into
the riser of its damaged undersea well to capture the gusher of
crude now spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, a company spokesman
said Thursday.
> 70 DUTCH VICTIMS IN LIBYAN PLANE CRASH
Seventy Dutch passengers were among the 103 people killed in the
Libya plane crash in which an 8-year-old boy was the sole
survivor, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
> PROSECUTOR WANTS FOR U.S. MISSIONARY
A Haitian prosecutor Thursday asked for a six-month prison
sentence for an American missionary accused of trying to take
nearly three dozen children out of the country after a
devastating and deadly earthquake in January.
> THREE HELD IN NEW YORK BOMB PLOT
Authorities were searching several locations in the Northeast on
Thursday and have detained two people in the investigation of
the failed Times Square car bombing, an FBI spokeswoman said.
> RUSSIA: 3 IN SUBWAY BOMBS GROUP KILLED
Russian security officials have killed three members of a
criminal group behind the March 29 bombings on the Moscow
subway, Federal Security Service chief Alexander Bortnikov told
the RIA-Novosti news agency Thursday.
> WORKERS KILLED IN DAGESTAN BOMBING
Eight police officers are feared dead in an attack on a police
convoy in the Russian republic of Dagestan on Thursday, the
Interfax news agency reported.
> RUSSIA-HAMAS TALKS 'DISAPPOINTS' ISRAEL
Israel expressed "deep disappointment" Thursday over a meeting
the Russian president held this week in Syria with exiled Hamas
leader Khaled Meshaal.
BUSINESS
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> MICROSOFT JOINS CLOUD SOFTWARE BATTLE
Microsoft made a major leap skywards this week with the release
of a cloud-based version of its Office software to businesses
called Office Web Apps.
> UK HALTS USE OF 'DIRTY' 500-EURO NOTES
The 500-euro note is no longer available in Britain after
evidence showed it was used mostly by criminals, British
authorities said Thursday.
