Thai opposition head to be new PM

The speaker of the lower house, Chai Chidchob, said the Democrat Party leader had beaten former police chief Pracha Promnok by 235 votes to 198. Mr Abhisit will become Thailand's fifth leader in a little over two years. The previous prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, was forced to resign after a court ruling earlier this month.

Petitioners in China 'abducted'

The authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Xintai have been abducting citizens who make complaints, according to a state newspaper. These people are held in mental hospitals until they withdraw their complaints, the Beijing News reports.

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The Democrat Party will propose that its leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva, becomes the next prime minister.Thailand's ruling party was dissolved last week by the courts, after being found guilty of electoral fraud.But some of its supporters have formed a new party, Phuea Thai, and insist they can also form a new government. The BBC correspondent in Bangkok says any administration that emerges is likely to be a messy coalition.

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Five relatives of people who died in the attacks on America are being flown in by the US military to watch the proceedings from the viewing gallery.They will be separated from Mr Mohammed and his four co-defendants by glass.He and the others face death if convicted of a role in killing 2,973 people in the suicide plane attacks.

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At least 100,000 foreign visitors have been unable to leave the country since the anti-government activists occupied the international airport last week.

Meanwhile, protesters are vacating a central government complex after an occupation of more than three months.

The protest has struck a large blow to Thailand's economy, say correspondents.

Tourism is a major source of revenue for the country, and the crisis will also have knock-on effects for Thailand's neighbours, because Bangkok is a major international hub, they say.

Thailand's deputy premier for economic affairs is reported to be meeting senior figures in commerce, industry and tourism on Monday to discuss the damage being done by the protest siege.

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He said the perpetrators were based "outside the country" and India would not tolerate "neighbours" who provide a haven to militants targeting it. Gunmen targeted at least seven sites in Mumbai late on Wednesday, killing at least 101 people and injuring 300. At one hotel, dozens of people are said to remain trapped or held hostage. A home ministry official said between 20 and 30 people at the Oberoi-Trident might still be hostages, while the owners said some 200 people were trapped inside.

What are the components (parts) of culture?

The culture is the life style of a group of people. The things that make up culture are language, clothes, foods, and drama. The geography will effect the culture, because if they live near the sea their foods and their work will be in the sea. Or if they live in the hot place they won't wear a lot. The movie is the parts of culture, too. Different place will have the different kind of movie.

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1. What are the components (parts) of culture?
language, clothes, foods, and drama.
2. Who is in charge and how do they get to be in charge?
The people that who got the big power and they want to get all the thing.
3.Are the laws fair and do they treat people equally?
Because all the people make the rule.
4. How do people dress?
see there culture, history, and geography.
5.What sports/games do people enjoy?
see there history and there people. if there live in the grasslands maybe they will play race or soccer.

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In his first television interview since the election, Mr Obama told CBS he would pull troops out of Iraq, shore up Afghanistan, and close Guantanamo Bay.

"I'm going to make sure that we don't torture," he said of the prison camp.

Mr Obama also promised to do "whatever it takes" to stabilise the US economy, including rescuing the struggling auto industry and assisting homeowners.

On Saturday, he said the US was facing "the greatest economic challenge of our time" and urged Congress to help with "at least a down-payment on a rescue plan that will create jobs".

His advisers later said he would support the co-ordinated response to the global financial crisis agreed by the G20 on Saturday.

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The UN relief agency has warned that its food distribution centres in Gaza would close within hours unless Israel allowed more supplies over the border.

Earlier, Israel said it would allow 30 trucks to deliver food and medicine.

Also on Thursday a delegation of senior European diplomats was barred access to by the Israeli authorities.

Israel stopped the transfer of all goods into Gaza for nearly a week, citing recent militant attacks. It has also prevented journalists, including from the BBC, from entering the territory.

Limited supplies of fuel were sent over on Tuesday after Gaza's only power plant ran out of diesel.

Militants say the mortar and rocket fire is their response to what they say is Israeli aggression against Gaza.

The UN relief agency, Unrwa, distributes emergency aid to about half of Gaza's 1.5m population. Its spokeswoman Karen Konig Abu Zayd says the latest Israeli restrictions raise concerns about the future of humanitarian supplies to Gaza.

5 fat question

1. When did Economy of ancient Greece Trade go on the sea?
2. Why it has 80% people wants to work on Agriculture?
3. Why there are so many metals in Economy of ancient Greece?
4. Beside agriculture what kind of work were they work?
5. What are the different between Miletus and Teos?

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Mr Chen, an independence activist and staunch critic of China, was taken to jail after his detention was approved by a court overnight.

It came at the end of a dramatic 24 hours, during which police led a defiant Mr Chen away in handcuffs.

Mr Chen, who stepped down in May, denies all the graft charges and claims they are politically motivated.

He has been taken to Tucheng prison in the suburbs of the capital, Taipei. He can now be held for up to four months, despite not yet having formally been charged.

Police have reportedly tightened security around the jail amid threats from his supporters.

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The culture is the life style of a group of people. The things that make up culture are language, clothes, foods, and drama. The geography will effect the culture, because if they live near the sea their foods and their work will be in the sea. Or if they live in cold places they will wear a lot and their clothes will be very warm. I come from the place that was very hot , so our clothes were very slight and we didn't need to wear a lot of clothes.

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What science skills did you use during the SMASH Day activity? How do these science skills help us be better scientists?

i learned team work. you can make it like Taipei 101. it need to have something in the paper.

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So-called usage caps, where internet service providers limit the amount of bandwidth users can have in any given month, are standard practice.

But the majority of users are still confused by the bandwidth curbs imposed on them, the research found.

For some who go over their limit the penalty is disconnection.

"With so much reliance on broadband, having the service disconnected could feel to someone as serious as having their electricity cut off," said Tim Wolfenden, spokesman for uSwitch.

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Mr Hu, a democracy, environment and Aids activist, is serving a jail term for inciting subversion of state power.

The parliament's president said Mr Hu was "one of the real defenders of human rights" in China, and that the award would support Chinese activists.

An angry Beijing had put pressure on the parliament not to honour Mr Hu.

"By awarding the Sakharov Prize to Hu Jia, the European Parliament firmly and resolutely acknowledges the daily struggle for freedom of all Chinese human rights defenders," said President Hans-Gert Poettering.

"The European Parliament is sending out a signal of clear support to all those who support human rights in China," he said.

Mr Hu is credited with chronicling instances of abuse and alerting both fellow Chinese human rights activists and foreign news organisations.

He was convicted last April of inciting subversion, and is now serving a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence. His wife, Zeng Jinyan, is under effective house arrest.

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In order to bail out ailing financial firms, Western governments need money - and China seems a good place to get that much-needed cash.

But Chinese economists say that while Beijing is ready to play its part in the rescue efforts, it will not be writing any blank cheques.

Senior Chinese officials say they are more focused on their own, internal problems, such as avoiding a domestic economic slowdown.

And any help offered by the Chinese government to solve the current financial crisis is likely to come with strings attached.

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The four-year-old male and female have been taken to a zoo in Chonburi province, east of Bangkok.

The zoo said the animals were sensitive to noise, and the loud explosions and bangs of last week's protests could make them ill or even kill them.

There has been a political stand-off in Bangkok for the past six weeks.

The confrontation pits supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) against the government, led by Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat.

It erupted into violence last Tuesday as protesters blockaded parliament in a bid to prevent the inauguration of a new government.

Two people died and hundreds were injured in clashes between police and protesters in streets close to Dusit Zoo.

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning saying phishing gangs were using the turmoil to extract valuable information from consumers.

A UK parliamentary group said it expected a move away from ID theft towards attacks on account holders.

The news comes as a UK banking group reveals that phishing attacks were up more than 180% in a year.

Which is more dense—a stack of 5 NT coins or a stack of 20 NT coins?

I think it's 20 NT.

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A restaurant in Japan has some unusual waiting staff on its books - two macaque monkeys.

Yatchan and Fukuchan serve customers hot towels and drinks, and are given soya beans as tips.

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London's FTSE 100 moved ahead by late morning, despite banking shares taking a hammering. Royal Bank of Scotland - which lost 40% at one point - fell 17%.

Having shed 7.8% in the previous session, the key London index was up 0.6%. France's Cac-40 index added 1.6%.

Japan's Asian markets were mixed as traders reacted to the turmoil.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index sank more than 5% - below the 10,000-point barrier - before recovering slightly to close down 3%.

However Australia's financial markets rallied after the country's central bank cut its official interest rate from 7% to 6%.

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London's FTSE 100 index and France and Germany's main stock markets all sank more than 5.5% in morning trading.

Japan's Nikkei index fell 4.3% to its lowest close since February 2004. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slid 5%, while key Russian markets slumped by 15%.

The falls came in the first sessions since the US approved bank bail-out.

The $700bn (£398bn) rescue plan's lack of immediate impact on the availability of credit for banks had contributed to markets being driven downwards, analysts said.

"The Fed's bail-out plan may have been passed on Friday but so far there's been no real reaction in credit markets and because of this the natural assumption is going to be that the measures won't work, even if such a call is rather premature," said Matt Buckland of CMC Markets.

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The 6.6-magnitude quake struck at 2152 local time (1552 GMT) on Sunday, destroying more than 100 buildings in the southern province of Osh.

Rescue workers are still searching for survivors under the rubble, the emergencies ministry said.

Destruction was concentrated in Nura, a village in the mountains close to the border with China.

Health officials said the remote location of the village was hampering rescue efforts.

"The picture we saw was frightening," Emergency Situations Minister Kamchybek Tashiyev was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.

"The village of Nura is fully destroyed, 100%, there are many injured."

matter

because it's very important to knows what is matter. and it's a little be hard, so we need some times to learn it.

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North Korea has recently reneged on the deal, angry that it is still on the US terrorism blacklist despite submitting an account of its nuclear facilities.

In protest, it has started restoring its main nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.

Mr Hill's trip coincided with a meeting between officials from North and South Korea to discuss military issues.

It was the first official meeting since the South's President Lee Myang-Bak took office in February.

A South Korean official was quoted as saying that the meeting had ended early, and little progress had been made.

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The official People's Daily said the Sanlu Group asked Shijiazhuang city government to help "manage" the media response to the case.

It made the request in August, weeks before the contamination of milk with melamine became public knowledge.

It comes as a new list of tainted milk products is published.

Fifteen more Chinese dairy companies have been identified as having produced milk products contaminated with the industrial chemical.

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The Asia-Pacific regional management of the British-based firm told the Hong Kong government that the recall was a precautionary step.

The government announcement did not specify whether the products had indeed been contaminated by the chemical.

Tens of thousands of babies have been sickened and at least four killed by Chinese milk tainted by melamine.

Cadbury Asia-Pacific said the 11 products were manufactured at their Beijing plant and distributed in Hong Kong.

The products include Cadbury Eclairs, dark and milk chocolate, hazelnut and praline chocolate, dark Chocettes, and products made specially for the Chinese New Year (in February).

Cadbury's Asia Pacific region includes Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea. The recall order was so far only registered in Hong Kong.

"We appeal to the public to stop consuming the chocolate products concerned," said a spokesman for the government's Centre for Food Safety.

"We would alert the trade to stop selling the affected products," he added.

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The move comes after talks between the European Central Bank and the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Ministers from the three countries agreed to pour almost £9bn into the bank to save it from possible collapse.

Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said the bail-out showed Fortis would not be allowed to fail, after its share price plunged in recent days.

Under the deal, Fortis will have to sell its stake in Dutch bank ABN Amro which it partially took over last year. The Dutch government has not named any potential buyers.

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In a damning report, the agencies say the Quartet - Russia, the US, the EU and the UN - is failing in its mission.

Conditions for Palestinians, which it was meant to improve, have worsened since peace talks recommenced under US sponsorship in 2007, the agencies say.

In the West Bank there was an increase in Israeli settlement and travel curbs.

The report was issued ahead of a Quartet meeting in New York on Friday.

"The Annapolis process [launched by the US in November 2007] was meant to herald a new dawn for the Middle East peace process," said Christian Aid director Daleep Mukarji.

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The entire economy was in danger, he said in a live TV speech, and failure to act now would cost more later.

He has invited presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama to the White House on Thursday to discuss the $700bn (£378bn) rescue package.

The rivals have disagreed on delaying a TV debate over the economic turmoil.

Is air matter? Why or why not?

Yes it is. because it can't get through the other matter. and the air can't blend with the other matter. the matter can't blend with the other matter, so air is the matter.

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Miners in Lesotho have discovered a huge gem stone which may become the largest ever polished round diamond.

The stone weighs 478 carats and is the 20th largest rough diamond ever found, said Gem Diamonds.

The company said the uncut rock was recovered recently from the Letseng mine, owned by the company in Lesotho.

The diamond, which is as yet unnamed, has the potential to yield a 150 carat cut stone, and could sell for tens of millions of dollars, the company said.

Clarity

"Preliminary examination of this remarkable diamond indicates it will yield a record-breaking polished stone of the very best colour and clarity," said the company's chief executive Clifford Elphick.

It would be bigger than the 105 carat round-cut Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is part of the British Crown Jewels.

It would still be dwarfed by the Cullinan diamond discovered in 1905, which was 3,106 carats uncut and yielded a teardrop shaped diamond of 530 carats called the Great Star of Africa.

The Letseng mine is owned by a mining company of which Gem Diamonds controls 70% and the Lesotho government 30%.

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Archaeologists have pinpointed the construction of Stonehenge to 2300 BC - a key step to discovering how and why the mysterious edifice was built.

The radiocarbon date is said to be the most accurate yet and means the ring's original bluestones were put up 300 years later than previously thought.

The dating is the major finding from an excavation inside the henge by Profs Tim Darvill and Geoff Wainwright.

The duo found evidence suggesting Stonehenge was a centre of healing.

Others have argued that the monument was a shrine to worship ancestors, or a calendar to mark the solstices.

A documentary following the progress of the recent dig has been recorded by the BBC Timewatch series. It will be broadcast on Saturday 27 September.

Date demand

For centuries, archaeologists have marvelled at the construction of Stonehenge, which lies on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.

Mineral analysis indicates that the original circle of bluestones was transported to the plain from a site 240km (150 miles) away, in the Preseli hills, South Wales.

This extraordinary feat suggests the stones were thought to harbour great powers.

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A large study is to examine near-death experiences in heart attack patients.

Doctors at 25 UK and US hospitals will study 1,500 survivors to see if people with no heartbeat or brain activity can have "out of body" experiences.

Some people report seeing a tunnel or bright light, others recall looking down from the ceiling at medical staff.

The study, due to take three years and co-ordinated by Southampton University, will include placing on shelves images that could only be seen from above.

To test this, the researchers have set up special shelving in resuscitation areas. The shelves hold pictures - but they're visible only from the ceiling.

Dr Sam Parnia, who is heading the study, said: "If you can demonstrate that consciousness continues after the brain switches off, it allows for the possibility that the consciousness is a separate entity.

"It is unlikely that we will find many cases where this happens, but we have to be open-minded.

"And if no one sees the pictures, it shows these experiences are illusions or false memories.

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A car bomb and rocket attack on the US embassy in Yemen has killed at least 16 people, including civilians and Yemeni security guards, Yemen officials said.

The bomb targeted the main security gate as staff were arriving for work.

An exchange of gun and rocket fire followed between embassy security guards and militants, whom eyewitnesses said were dressed as policemen.

Hundreds of heavily armed troops have now surrounded the embassy building, which is strafed with bullet holes.

Security sources said six members of the Yemeni security forces, six attackers, and four bystanders were killed in the attack, which occurred at about 0830 (0530 GMT).

US spokesman Ryan Gliha described the atmosphere inside the embassy as calm, adding that arrangements were being made so staff could "go about their business in a safe manner".

It is the second attack on the embassy in six months.

Mr Gliha said the US was "very aware that there is a continuing threat" and all measures were taken to try to ensure the safety of the embassy and its staff.

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At least 21 people have been killed and several others have been injured in a stampede in Indonesia, according to local officials and media reports.

The crush happened as people waited for charity handouts from a wealthy family in the East Javan town of Pasuruan.

The cash handouts, of up to $4 per person, are a tradition during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.

Television footage showed women screaming as they were pushed into a fence by the crowd.

Annual event

Under a system known as Zakat, wealthy muslims are required to give away a portion of their money to the poor every year.

There were several thousand people in the crowd waiting to be given money from a rich family.

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The streets of Sadr City are slowly coming back to life.

Within minutes of getting out of a heavily armoured vehicle, we are surrounded by laughing children.

Some are playing table football on the pavement. Others are trying to jump into every shot we film for our television report.

A public swimming pool has just re-opened - the first in this neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital. It is for boys only, but at least they get the chance to cool off.

Screaming with delight, they dive, jump and splash into the water. This is a side of Baghdad you rarely get to see.

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Violence has left its scars all over Sadr City. On the main streets, there are bullet holes and burnt-out buildings everywhere.

Security has, though, improved dramatically in recent months.

Hurricane Ike battered northern Cuba overnight with giant waves and torrential rain, but has weakened slightly as it moves over the island.

The Category Two storm's maximum sustained winds are still more than 165km/h (105mph).

Some homes along the coast, where some 800,000 people have been evacuated, have been damaged beyond repair.

Earlier, Ike killed 61 people in Haiti and reportedly damaged 80% of homes on the main Turks and Caicos islands.

The Cuban Meteorology Institute said the eye of the hurricane came ashore near Punta Lucrecia in the state of Holguin about 510 miles (823km) south-east of the capital Havana.

I don't like typhoon, because if it has the typhoon I can't go out to my house. And the typhoon will heart people. it's very bad.

blog

I think the blog is good. If the students write the blog it can help the students to learn English. And it can tell teacher and the other students know how is your English.

Wolves prefer fishing to hunting

Scientists studied the eating habits of wolf packs in British Columbia.

Deer is the staple food of the wolves in the spring and summer but they often injure themselves hunting them.

When Pacific salmon return to the region's rivers to spawn in the autumn, the wolves prefer the taste of the more nutritious and easier to catch fish.

The researchers studied the droppings and hair of eight wolf groups over four years to discover what they ate.

I think this is very cool I don't know the wolves can catch the fishes. It's very funny.

PE class

i think this game need team work. we need to cooperation. But in some team they didn't have cooperation.