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Breaking News Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Clint Eastwood
(photo: AP / Matt Sayles)
Now, trainee teachers are told: 'Act like Clint Eastwood and you will intimidate pupils into ...
The Daily Mail
| Trainee teachers are now being told the secret to earning the respect of pupils is to behave like Hollywood actor Clint Eastwood. | An icon of masculinity, the Dirty Harry star is known for his ability to intimidate without needing to raise his voice. | And 'teaching guru' Jim Wood is advising sec...
 The Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger performs with the band at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006 as they kick off the second half of the "A Bigger Bang Tour" in the United States. (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein)
(photo: AP/Robert E. Klein)
Angelina Jolie 'had affair with Rolling Stone Mick Jagger while he was still married to ...
The Daily Mail
| Mick Jagger had an affair with Angelina Jolie whilst he was still married to Jerry Hall, a new book has sensationally claimed. | It is alleged the pair first had a brief fling after she starred in the video for the Rolling Stones' 1997 song Anybody Seen My Baby? | And it is claimed they enjoyed a ...
1st Day of Thai Anti-Govt Protests Pass Peacefully
The New York Times
| Filed at 10:19 a.m. ET | BANGKOK (AP) -- A day of anti-government protests around Thailand passed peacefully Friday, though concerns remained about possible violence when demonstrators converge in the country's capital for a 'million man march' on ...
Nissan Motor Thailand Announces Start of Production for All-New March
Asahi News
| - New vehicle will lead Thailand's eco-car segment - | BANGKOK, THAILAND (March 12, 2010) - Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (NMT) today celebrated the start of production for the all-new Nissan March, a global compact vehicle. More than 200 guest...
Shares Are Mixed
Wall Street Journal
By SHRI NAVARATNAM | SINGAPORE—Asian shares were mixed Friday on sluggish trade across many markets, while gains in exporters supported the Tokyo market. | Investors were tentatively stepping back into the market after Thursday's higher-than-ex...
The £100m taxpayer-funded Welsh TV channel where one in four shows get ZERO viewers
The Daily Mail
| A Welsh TV channel funded by public money showed nearly 200 programmes which no-one watched last month, it has been revealed. | The dismal audiences for the programmes on S4C, Channel 4 for Wales, were so tiny they failed to register on official vi...
Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, front right, talks with Sou Phirin, a Cambodian provincial governor, left, at Angkor Wat, the country's most popular tourist destination, during his private tour to the north province of Siem Reap, about 320 kilometers (199 miles) from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.
AP / Heng Sinith
Thai court rules that ousted PM Thaksin abused power, orders $1.4 billion seized
Star Tribune
| BANGKOK - Thailand's highest court ruled Friday to seize 46 billion baht ($1.4 billion) from ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's $2.29 billion in frozen assets, saying he ...
A child walks past near image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a unification observation post near the border village of Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 17, 2009.
AP / Lee Jin-man
Pretoria Seizes Pyongyang Arms
Wall Street Journal
By JOE LAURIA, GORDON FAIRCLOUGH and PETER WONACOTT | South Africa told the United Nations in a confidential report that it seized arms traveling from North Korea by way of China, ...
Stockpiled ivory is seen in an auction room in Windhoek, Namibia, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Namibia sold 7,226 kilograms of ivory tusks for the first time in nearly 10 years as the four one-off auctions of ivory stockpiles to Chinese and Japanese buyers kicked off in southern Africa.
AP / Francois Poolman)
Thai Customs Seizes 2 Tons of Ivory
The New York Times
| Filed at 8:37 a.m. ET | BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand has seized two tons of elephant tusks from Africa hidden in pallets labeled as mobile phone parts in the country's largest ivory ...
Thailand's 'Red Shirts' gear up for decisive week
Inquirer
| BANGKOK – Supporters of Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra started trying to build momentum Sunday for a mass rally next week that could decide the fate of their anti-government movement. | The so-called "Red Shirts" said they ex...
Mantenna - Friday, March 5
Spike
| Angelina Jolie had a secret affair with Mick Jagger, Mark Millar becomes a director, and Ke$Ha slams Britney Spears...ever since I can remember, I always wanted to be the Mantenna! | Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images | ...
Angelina Jolie 'had affair with Rolling Stone Mick Jagger while he was still married to ...
The Daily Mail
| Mick Jagger had an affair with Angelina Jolie whilst he was still married to Jerry Hall, a new book has sensationally claimed. | It is alleged the pair first had a brief fling after she starred in the video for the Rolling Stones' 1997 song Anybody...
Telecom / Broadband
Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, center, speaks to the media on the plane bound for Thailand Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.
(photo: AP / Kin Cheung)
Financial karma for Thailand's Thaksin
Asia Times
| By Shawn W Crispin | BANGKOK - What one hand of the Thai state gave in privileged telecommunications concessions, the other has taken away on charges of policy corruption and the accumulation of unusual wealth. In a highly anticipated Supreme Court verdict on Friday, a nine-judge panel ruled on Friday to seize US$1.4 billion (46.4 billion baht) w...



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