BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s military put troops on the streets of Bangkok on Tuesday to keep order after a day of battles between police and anti-government protesters in which more than 380 people were injured.
One man was killed by a car bomb near parliament, police said, where protesters involved in a four-month campaign to unseat [...]

A brother-in-law of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was elected prime minister Wednesday in a parliamentary vote that defied the demands of anti-government protesters.
The new prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, 61, has held the post on an interim basis since a court forced the previous prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, from power eight days ago because he had [...]

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Israeli Peace Process May Slow as Livni Vies to Succeed Olmert
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) — The top two candidates in today’s primary election to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of Israel’s ruling Kadima Party likely will slow the peace process he has been pursuing.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, [...]

BEIJING — China’s health minister on Wednesday reported a third death from contaminated baby formula and said more than 1,300 babies remained hospitalized, including 158 for acute kidney failure, in what has become a rapidly widening food safety scandal.
The minister, Chen Zhu, presented the figures just a day after the government said a dangerous chemical [...]