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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 âanywhere.â

· 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.