· Swarm of protesters rally for new Thai elections (AP)

Supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in a street during a protest on Sunday, March 14, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Thailand's capital Sunday to press their demand that the government dissolve Parliament or face massive demonstrations at key locations in the city. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)AP - As many as 100,000 people demonstrated peacefully against Thailand's government at a party-like rally Sunday, but the capital was being kept on edge by their threat to continue protesting until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva calls new elections.


· Taliban: Kandahar bombings a 'warning' to NATO (AP)

A former member of Taliban look at weapons during a ceremony to hand them over  to the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Thirty Taliban militants joined the peace process Sunday and delivered their weapons and ammunition to the Regional Peace and Reconciliation Commission-Western Afghanistan in Herat province.(AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - The Taliban on Sunday called their deadly bomb attacks on the southern city of Kandahar a warning to NATO's top general that the insurgents were ready for the war's next major offensive in their heartland.


· Partial count in all Iraq provinces has PM in lead (AP)

An electoral worker carries a ballot box at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqi people want a moderate government instead of Shiite religious hard-liners leading the postwar nation. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Partial counts from all of Iraq's 18 provinces show the prime minister's bloc leading in the country's key parliamentary elections.


· Israeli leader urges calm over row with Washington (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem Sunday, March 14, 2010. Netanyahu is urging calm following another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 apartments in contested east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)AP - Israel's prime minister tried to play down a serious diplomatic dispute with the United States on Sunday, urging calm after another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 new apartments for Jews in contested east Jerusalem.


· At least 2 snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche (AP)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct traffic at the staging area for avalanche search & rescue operations near Revelstoke, B.C. on Saturday March 13, 2010. Rescuers were scouring  Boulder Mountain in the Rocky Mountains near Revelstoke, B.C. into the darkness Saturday night after an avalanche struck a large gathering of snowmobilers, killing at least one person and leaving an unknown number missing. Up to 200 people were on the mountain at the time for the annual Big Iron Shoot Out. (AP Photo//David Rooney - The Revelstoke Current via The Canadian Press)AP - An avalanche struck an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains, killing at least two people and leaving an unknown number missing at an annual gathering best known for its party atmosphere and stunt riding.


· Calling for New Election, Anti-Government Protesters Swarm Bangkok (Time.com)
Time.com - Tens of thousands of demonstrators surged the Thai capital on Sunday, pushing Thailand towards a tense political standoff
· Prince Charles to visit bison-filled Polish forest (AP)

In this photo dated Feb. 2005, bison, Europe's largest land mammal, forage in the recently fallen snow in the Bialowieza Forest in Poland.  Britain's Prince Charles is visiting Poland on upcoming Monday, a journey that will include a visit to the bison-filled woodland of  Bialowieza Forest,  Europe's last remaining primeval forest which remains only thanks to preservation efforts of various kings and czars from centuries past and present. (AP Photo/Michal Kosc)    ** POLAND OUT **AP - Britain's Prince Charles visits Poland on Monday, a journey that includes a visit to a bison-filled woodland — Europe's last remaining primeval forest thanks to preservation efforts of kings and czars of centuries past.


· Israel approves plan to stop brain drain (AP)
AP - Israel's government has approved a plan to lure the country's top scientific minds back home after years of brain drain.
· Venezuela's Chavez: Internet should be regulated (AP)

In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, checks a Chinese-made military plane during a ceremony at a military base in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Saturday, March. 13, 2010. Venezuela received its first shipment of six Chinese-made military planes, and Chavez said his government aims to buy 40 in all. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.


· Egypt scraps synagogue ceremony after 'provocative' acts (AFP)

Egypt cancelled the formal opening Sunday of a renovated 19th-century synagogue in Cairo to protest what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, seen here in 2009, said were AFP - Egypt cancelled the formal opening Sunday of a renovated 19th-century synagogue in Cairo to protest what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said were "provocative" Jewish and Israeli action.


· China oil firm takes $3.1B stake in SAmerican firm (AP)
AP - Leading offshore producer China National Offshore Oil Corp. said Sunday it has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to form a joint-venture with a major Argentine energy firm, helping to expand China's access to natural resources in South America.
· Flaherty: always worried by dollar's volatility (Reuters)
Reuters - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, asked about the recent rise in the value of the Canadian dollar, said on Friday he is always worried about volatility in the currency.
· Miracle baby elephant makes public debut (AFP)

A baby elephant nick-named Mr Shuffles (pictured) which was thought to have died in the womb made its first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Sunday, amid predictions it will make a full recovery from its arduous birth.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - A baby elephant thought to have died in the womb made its first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Sunday, amid predictions it will make a full recovery from its arduous birth.


· Local Taliban officials may ignore leader's ethics code (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL — The two Afghan security personnel were killed gangland-style. They were shot in the head, their stomachs were riddled with bullets and their bodies were dumped by the side of the road.
· Korea OLEV concept vehicle sees the future, and it's magnets (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - There once was a time when horseless carriages were jeered on city streets. Suh Nam-pyo, president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), invokes that image as he introduces another technological breakthrough: a motor vehicle that consumes no fuel, gets electrical charges while in motion without plugging in -- and then goes “anywhere.”
· Giving Afghans (and More) a Vote in Britain's Election (Time.com)
Time.com - As part of a new project, U.K. residents are allowing people in developingcountries to tell them how to vote in parliamentary elections. The aim: togive poorer countries a say in elections that could end up impacting them
· Arab Americans Organize to Get Counted in Census (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 11 (New America Media) - A coalition of Arab-American cultural organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area have launched a grassroots organizing campaign designed to send a clear message to Washington: that they, along with every other Arab in America, are in fact Arab, and not white.