Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Thai holiday sparks yellow-shirt craze (AP)


Thai holiday sparks yellow-shirt craze (AP)

Subway passengers are seen wearing yellow shirts in different designs in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, June 5, 2006. Yellow shirts, honoring the country's beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the 60th anniversary of his accession to the throne, are so popular that there aren't enough to go around. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Fashion-wise, yellow is the new black this season in Thailand. Yellow shirts, honoring the country's beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the 60th anniversary of his ascension to the throne, are so popular that there aren't enough to go around.



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Sunday, June 04, 2006

East Timor's prime minister defiant in face of country's descent into crisis (Canadian Press)


East Timor's prime minister defiant in face of country's descent into crisis (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - DILI, East Timor (AP) - Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, the man at the centre of East Timor's current crisis, concedes only one mistake in the events that led to his young country's descent into chaos.

Fatah militia raises tensions with Hamas (AP)

Members of a newly deployed Fatah militia parade in the West Bank town of Jenin Saturday June 3, 2006. The Fatah movement of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deployed the new militia, in a show of force against the militantly anti-Israel Hamas government. The new unit, which Fatah officials said numbers 2,500 members, is the movement's answer to a militia of 3,000 Hamas activists that the government deployed last month over Abbas' objection.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)AP - The appearance Saturday of a new Fatah militia raised the stakes in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' power struggle with the anti-Israel Hamas government, nudging the rivals closer to a large-scale conflict.



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