CHIBA, Japan, Nov.

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 Kyodo - Gunfire and explosions were Friday heard at the luxury Taj Mahal Hotel where one gunmen was reportedly still holed up two days after terrorists launched a

BANGKOK, Nov. 28 Kyodo - (EDS: UPDATING WITH POLICE ORDER) Thai police on Friday issued an order telling protesters occupying angkok's

TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo - The plenary session of the House of Representatives approved Friday an
extension of the current session for 25 days through Dec. 25 as the ruling

BANGKOK, Nov. 28 Kyodo - Thai police on Friday vowed to negotiate with anti-government protesters
occupying Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi and Dong Muang airports, saying force will

TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo - Iranian Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashai assured Japan on Friday that
Tehran will make more efforts to gain international confidence in its nuclear

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 Kyodo - Indian commandos on Friday ended a siege at Mumbai's Trident-Oberoi hotel while
explosions and gunfire continued intermittently at the Taj Mahal Hotel,

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, Nov. 28 Kyodo - The Thai government said Friday it will decide next week whether to go ahead
with hosting the ASEAN summit scheduled for mid-December.

TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo - All nine Japanese nationals known by the Japanese Foreign Ministry to have been
trapped in two hotels in Mumbai following a series of attacks have managed to

TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso, in his first parliamentary face-off with opposition
leader Ichiro Ozawa on Friday, rejected a call to dissolve the lower house in