Thai police cordon Bangkok’s main airport – Washington Post

Thai police cordon Bangkok’s main airport – Washington Post
A row of volunteer ambulances wait outside Suvarnabhumi airport Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand in anticipation of possible violence. Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has declared a state of emergency for Thailand’s airports under siege by the People’s Alliance for Democracy. (AP

Bargain-hunters crush Wal-Mart clerk to death – The London Free Press
NEW YORK — A Wal-Mart worker died yesterday after a throng of “out-of-control” shoppers broke down the doors at a suburban Long Island store in a scramble for post-Thanksgiving bargains, police said. At least four other people, including a woman eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals for

Indian forces kill last gunmen in Mumbai – Herald & Review
Smoke blows out from the landmark Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India’s financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that rocked the

Endeavour’s astronauts await permission to land – Yahoo News
Slideshow: Space Shuttle Play Video Video: Astronauts share freeze-dried Thanksgiving feast AP Play Video Video: Endeavour Crew Celebrates Thanksgiving In Space CBS 3 Philadelphia AP In this image rendered from video and provided by NASA-TV, Space shuttle Endeavour is seen, Friday, Nov

Guns fired at toy store; 2 dead – Daily Chronicle
Dennis Gutierrez, public information officer for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, briefs reporters following a shooting that left two dead in a Toys R Us store in Palm Desert, Calif. PALM DESERT, California Two men pulled guns and shot each other to death in a crowded toy store Friday

Saudi oil minister says OPEC will shore up prices – PR Inside
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – Saudi Arabia’s oil ministers says OPEC will do what needs to be done in terms of shoring up falling oil prices when the cartel meets next month in Algeria. Ali al-Naimi did not entirely rule out the chance that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would slash