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 ...
Fossils of snake eating dino eggs found in India The News & Observer | BANGKOK -- The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile's dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday. | The findings, which appeared in Tuesday's issue of the PLoS Biology journal, provide the first e...
EU: Somali Pirates Free Thai Fishing Boat The New York Times | Filed at 12:30 p.m. ET | NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates freed a Thai fishing vessel they held for more than four months after receiving a ransom, the European Union Naval Force said Sunday, and French officials said their navy seized 11 susp...
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 | ...
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, ...
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 ...
Australian Elephant Blessed by Buddhist Monks The New York Times | Filed at 4:23 a.m. ET | MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Mali the baby elephant played with a red rubber ball as three Buddhist monks splashed her face with water Thursday in blessin...
Bombs in Southern Thailand Target Banks, Wound 2 The New York Times | Filed at 1:42 a.m. ET | BANGKOK (AP) -- Five small bombs planted by suspected insurgents exploded Tuesday outside banks and ATMs in Thailand's restive south, wounding two people, police said. Another three bombs were defused. | The attacks targeted...
Questions about military medals Inquirer | 'How poor the country that must suffer gloriously triumphant generals.' | Writer Jose San Martin reached that wry conclusion after he surveyed the ruins left by Latin American caudillo misrule. Does that apply to us? | Remember the 'euro generals'?...
Hospital pioneer expands through crisis Asia Times | By Muhammad Cohen | BANGKOK - Many think Bangkok's Bumrungrad Hospital invented medical tourism, but medical tourism didn't invent Bumrungrad. The 1997-98 Asian economic crisis put Bumrungrad's finances on the critical list and prompted its turn fr...
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...
