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Global News Blog Thailand has a new popular sensation - Hitler

In Bangkok, grinning kids pose for photos next to cartoon effigies of the man responsible for the deaths of 12 million people during the Holocaust.
Why oil prices are at their highest level in 14 months

The price of oil neared $102 a barrel for the first time since May last year, as Egypt's political crisis intensified, raising the risk of disruptions to Mideast supplies.
Japanese stocks plunge, rattling world markets

Japan's Nikkei falls 6.4 percent Thursday in the wake of the Bank of Japan's decision to stand pat on monetary easing. Concerns also mount about Fed's commitment to easing in the US.
Dog meat trade: Activists step up campaign to stem 'rampant' illegal smuggling

Dog smuggling from Thailand to Vietnam is part of an inhumane meat trade that slaughters some 5 million dogs for human consumption a year, say animal rights groups.
Difference Maker Pianist spreads goodwill for America through the power of music

John Ferguson founded American Voices, a nonprofit whose mission is to help aspiring young artists around the world pursue their interest in American jazz, Broadway, break dancing, and classical music.
Gosling's film booed at Cannes screening (+video)

Gosling's film booed: Ryan Gosling's latest film, 'Only God Forgives' was booed during a screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Was that why Gosling was not at Cannes?
Survivors found trapped in collapsed Bangladesh factory

Forty survivors were found trapped in room in the garment factory that collapsed yesterday in Bangladesh.
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Backchannels In Indonesia, and Southeast Asia, the return of optimism – and the bankers.

Building booms, easy credit, and predictions that it can only get better from here. Shades of 1996.
More species of sharks, rays to get protection

Representatives of 178 member countries of the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora voted to put five more species of sharks and two species of manta rays under protection from overfishing.
Three endangered shark species get protection

Global conference agrees to regulate trade in three sharks prized for their fins. Nations decide oceanic whitetip, hammerhead, and porbeagle sharks are more valuable alive than dead.
NTSB: Dreamliner battery fire more serious than first thought

NTSB released new documents indicating that a battery fire on a 787 Dreamliner took an hour and 40 minutes to extinguish. The smoke reduced visibility to zero and the heat was so intense it melted a stainless steel casing for Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries, according to the NTSB.
Conservationists reject polar bear trade ban

A proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear parts was rejected at a Bangkok gathering of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species after being opposed by Canada, Greenland, and Norway.
Countries could face sanctions for failing to curb ivory trade

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species threatened to keep eight ivory-trading countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, from trading in legal wildlife products by forbidding other CITES member nations from buying from them.
Is Google fueling elephant poaching?

A conservation advocacy group, said that there are some 10,000 ads on Google Japan's shopping site that promote the sale of ivory.
Thailand to end ivory trade?

Thailand's prime minister pledges to put an end to her nation's ivory trade. But she sets no timeline for ending the ivory trade, which is helping boost illegal poaching in Africa.
Humans kill nearly 100 million sharks each year, say conservationists

Shark populations have declined rapidly, driven largely by demand for shark fins, a delicacy in many Asian countries.
Why Bangkok struggles to bring peace to Thailand's 'Deep South'

The insurgents have not outlined their political aims and their leaders' identities are unknown. Also, the current government has little political pull in the region.
Talking about love: Valentine's Day tales from around the world

From love-letter scribes for hire in Mexico to the perfect place to escape romantic expectations in Japan, Valentine's Day takes many different forms.
230 die in nightclub: Fire in Brazil is part of a tragic pattern

230 die in nightclub: The fire in Brazil is the fourth such nightclub fire in the past decade. Survivors of the 2003 Rhode Island fire, who saw 100 die, lament the failure to learn the lessons of that tragedy.
Difference Maker Rachel Goble helps stop sex trafficking of impoverished children

The SOLD Project helps young girls in Thailand avoid becoming prostitutes through mentoring and education.
Jakarta, Indonesia's megacity of 10 million, is under water (+video)

A state of emergency has been declared after heavy rains have paralyzed much of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Analysts worry the flooding could affect economic investment.
Tanzania withdraws bid to sell 'legal ivory;' Kenyan poachers kill 12 elephants (+video)

Conservation groups rebuff Tanzania's bid to sell $55 million in ivory and downgrade elephants' endangered status. But Kenya's largest massacre of elephants Jan. 5 points to the difficulties of ending poaching.
'Happy hacker' arrest: Did police just nab a cyber crime 'botmaster'?

An Algerian arrested at an airport in Thailand this week has defrauded 217 banks worldwide of tens of millions of dollars, Thai officials charge. They also say the FBI has been hunting him for three years.
Latin America Monitor Uruguay postpones vote on 'state as dealer' approach to drug regulation - but not for long?

President Mujica always said he wouldn't push the proposal if a majority of Uruguayans didn't accept it. But few think this postponement means the project is forever shelved.