Class Conflicts
NEW DELHI - Bollywood's biggest star has an answer ready if census workers ask about his caste: "Indian."
"My father never believed in caste, and neither do any of us," Amitabh Bachchan wrote in his obsessively followed blog.
BANGKOK - Thailand's embattled prime minister is addressing the nation after rejecting a compromise offer from protesters demanding new elections.
BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister said Thursday the government was ready to hold talks with protesters, who want him to call new elections, but only if they stop throwing blood, blocking government offices and remain peaceful.
BANGKOK - Thousands of demonstrators remained encamped in the historic heart of the Thai capital Thursday, vowing to stir up a "class war" until the government is ousted.
SANTIAGO, Chile - Right-wing billionaire Sebastian Pinera beat three leftists in Sunday's presidential election but failed to obtain a majority, setting up a runoff against a veteran of the coalition that has ruled Chile for two decades of democracy.
