http://www.cbc.ca/world/ News feeds provided by Newslookup.com en Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:30 EDT http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/14/thailand-protest.html Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Bangkok on Sunday, demanding the Thai government dissolve parliament and call new elections. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/13/mexico-drugs013.html A series of shootings left 24 people dead Saturday in a Pacific coast state plagued by drug gang violence. Nearly half died in one shootout between soldiers and armed men. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/14/japan-earthquake.html A magnitude-6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded capital. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/13/kandahar-suicide-attacks.html At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured after four suicide bombers struck Saturday in the southern city of Kandahar, the Afghan president's half-brother said. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/13/pakistan-swat-valley.html At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday near a security checkpoint in Pakistan's Swat Valley. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/13/pope-abuse-clergy-germany.html The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called "aggressive attempts" to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading sex scandals of priests in his German homeland and contended he has long confronted abuse cases with courage. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/12/compensation-workers.html A $650-million US tentative deal has been reached between lawyers for the City of New York and thousands of emergency workers claiming cleanup from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks made them sick. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/12/britain-discrimination-far-right-party-polic.html The far-right British National Party had to change its constitution after a judge ordered it to cease accepting new members until it stopped discriminating against non-whites. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/12/burma-myanmar-dialogue.html Washington's efforts to engage the military junta of Burma in dialogue aren't working, a senior U.S. official says, citing the regime's decision to bar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from upcoming elections. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/12/pope-cleric-sex-abuse.html Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected pedophile priest was transferred to a job where he later abused children. more