Thai police probe motives behind blast at protest site (Asia News Network)

he police are looking at three possible angles behind yesterday's (November 20) pre-dawn bomb attack on anti-government protesters, according to Special Branch Police chief Lt General Thiradej Rodphot .....

Judge orders release of 5 terror suspects at Gitmo (AP via Yahoo! News)

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration's strategy to keep terror suspects locked up without charges.

Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (The Globalist)

Edward Alden is the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, specializing in U.S. competitiveness. His expertise includes U.S. immigration and visa policies, U.S. trade policy and the impact of homeland security policies on U.S. economic competitiveness.

LIVE SCORING: Wolverines battle No. 4 UCLA at Madison Square Garden (Detroit Free Press)

The Michigan men's basketball team (2-0) faces by far its toughest test of the young season when it squares off against No. 4 UCLA (2-0) tonight at Madison Square Garden in the Coaches vs. Cancer semifinals.

Barn fire at Kentucky race track kills 27 horses (Sports Illustrated)

A pre-dawn blaze raced through a barn at a former race track in western Kentucky on Thursday, killing 27 horses and wiping out the dreams of at least one owner.

Blast kills 1, wounds 29 at Thai PM (Thailandnews.net)

A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office killed one person and wounded 29 on Thursday, the first fatal assault at the compound since it was seized by anti-government a...

Bomb blast at Thai Govt building kills 1, injures 19 (Thailandnews.net)

At least one protester was killed and 19 injured when a bomb exploded on Thursday morning inside the Government House complex in Thailand that has been seized by the anti-government People's Alliance ...

BNP Paribas May Cut Bonuses by More Than 70% at Investment Bank (Bloomberg)

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- BNP Paribas SA , Europe's third- biggest bank, may cut bonuses by more than 70 percent at its corporate and investment bank after profit plunged in the first three quarters of the year.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,201 (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)

As of Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at least 4,201 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Priest gets probation for jogging nude at track (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

A Catholic priest convicted of indecent exposure for jogging naked around a track at a high school has been sentenced to five years probation.