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Former Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson has been asked to cover up during her stint with hit TV show ‘Dancing With The Stars’ as producers fear a major wardrobe malfunction.

TV bosses have presented Anderson with a list of requirements to make sure she doesn't slip up and slip out on the show, reports contactmusic.com.

"They continue to tell Pam that she must make her costume designs more modest, or she has to wear a bra and panties," said a source.

"They live in fear of a Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction," the source added.

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    • In two separate incidents at Punjagutta here late on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, offenders snatched away mangalasutras of two women.

    • The city police are gathering clues to trace the individuals involved in the conspiracy behind the recent communal clashes in old city.

    • The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday arrested three of the six accused allegedly involved in four communal offences, including two murders and a brutal attack on an APSP constable, during the communal clashes between March 28 and March 29.

Passportgate makes Nepal cancel deal with India

Times of India - ‎1 hour ago‎
KATHMANDU: After the 1950 Peace and Friendship Treaty that Nepal wants to scrap and the Integrated Mahakali Treaty for river-water sharing that Nepal's parties say are against national interests, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal met his “Passport ...

Snub for Modi? President to miss Gujarat foundation day

Times of India - Subodh Ghildiyal - ‎21 hours ago‎
NEW DELHI: The President will not attend the Gujarat day celebrations on May 1, an event which has generated heat between political rivals Congress and BJP.

Bhujbal, Munde pitch for OBC census

The Hindu - ‎21 hours ago‎
In a rare meeting of minds, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, also a prominent leader of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Maharashtra and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde made a strong pitch for the OBC census at ...
Press Trust of India - Thaindian.com - Press Trust of India

After Dantewada massacre, commandos take over

NDTV.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
Five days after the worst ever Maoist strike killed 76 jawans in Dantewada, the CRPF has restarted area domination operations. This is exactly the same thing the 76 massacred jawans were doing and in the same area.
Press Trust of India - The Hindu - Times of India - Wall Street Journal - Wikipedia: 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada
Thai troops fire on protesters

Thai troops fire tear gas as shots are exchanged between them and the protesters [Reuters]

Several protesters and soldiers have been injured in escalating clashes in Bangkok, the Thai capital.

Thai troops fired live rounds and tear gas directly at protesters, known as "red shirts", at a bridge next to the regional UN headquarters, wounding at least one in the arm, a Reuters’ photographer reported on Saturday.

"Riot police have clashed with protesters and have fired tear gas at them. Shots have also been fired," Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay, reporting from Bangkok, said.

"Red shirts have won this battle and have been able to push the military back - the military have now turned around and gone down the road."

Emergency forces reported that more than 93 people, including 22 soldiers and police, were injured in the clashes as the tensions escalated in the biggest confrontation after weeks of mass rallies.

"The army will not kill Thais but we have to restore law and order," Sansern Kaewkamnerd, the army spokesman, said.

He said that two soldiers have been shot during clashes with demonstrators, many of whom support Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted former prime minister.

Reclaim camps

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Troops had been ordered to reclaim the Phan Fah bridge and Rajdumnoen Road area, near several government and army buildings in the Thai capital.

There were about 4,000 protesters, including women and children, left in the area and the troops had about 200 metres to clear before they get to the main stage, Sansern said.

Hundreds of troops also massed at a downtown protest site, apparently ready to move in, and the crowd was growing by the hour.

"This is an explosive situation but both sides know that violence, like what happened in Kyrgyzstan, is not an option," Supong Limtanakool, professor at Bangkok University, told Al Jazeera.

“The side that starts the violence will be condemned. Thaksin has a chance to show that he has the country’s best interests at heart, by reaching a negotiation with the government."

Base attack

Thai troops earlier used water cannons to repel anti-government protesters from an army base in central Bangkok, local television reported.

The protesters stormed the base near the Phan Fah bridge in the Thai capital on Saturday but did not enter it, local PBS channel has reported.

Government forces maintained a heavy presence at the television station they retook control of after claiming that the opposition channel was using it to incite violence.

The move came just hours after protesters had stormed the station and forced the reversal of an earlier decision to ban the channel.

The protesters have warned they will launch serious retaliation against the government but Abhisit Vejjajiva, the prime minister, has vowed not to bend to their demands that he relinquishes power and calls for fresh polls.

"The prime minister does not rule out negotiation with them but in order to do that they need to respect law and order first."

'Retaliation'

Violent clashes have caused injuries among protesters and security forces [Reuters]

Nattawut Saikua, a red shirt leader, told a cheering crowd on Friday night at the commercial district rally site that the routing of the troops at the station was "a major victory".

Nattawut is one of some two dozen red shirt leaders for whom arrest warrants have been issued. So far, none have been taken into custody.

The Thaicom Pcl satellite station, which relays the People's Channel signal via satellite, was founded by Thaksin.

Panitan Wattanagakorn, a spokesman for Abhisit, told Al Jazeera from Bangkok that the station was closed because it was airing misleading information that the government would use force to crush the people.

Taken off-air

The authorities had taken over the channel on Thursday, triggering some 12,000 protesters to move to the station in the suburb of Pathum Thani, about 50km north of Bangkok, on Friday.

"The station is inciting violence and spreading false information and rumours to the detriment of the country"

Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Thai army spokesman

Sansern Kaewkamnerd, an army spokesman, said security forces stood down "because we did not want any loss of life or to hurt anyone".

More than 4,000 soldiers retook the satellite transmission complex late on Friday after Abhisit ordered that the People Channel be blocked again.

"The station is inciting violence and spreading false information and rumours to the detriment of the country," Sansern said.

On Wednesday, Abhisit's government declared a state of emergency, allowing it to impose curfews, ban public gatherings, censor media and detain suspects without charge for 30 days.

Source: Al Jazeera and agencies

  • Polish president's body flown home

    Kaczynski's coffin arrived in Warsaw on Sunday afternoon on a military flight [Reuters]

    The body of the Polish president has arrived back in Warsaw a day after after he and 95 others were killed in an air crash in western Russia.

    Lech Kaczynski's coffin arrived on a military flight from Smolensk, where he had been travelling to a memorial service when his jet crashed in thick fog on Saturday.

    The president's twin brother, Jaroslav Kaczynski, Bronislaw Komorowski, the acting president; and Donald Tusk, the prime minister, joined other officials to meet the coffin at the military airport after its short flight from Russia, where Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, saw the flight off after a short ceremony.

    Kaczynski's coffin was carried off the plane by soldiers and blessed by priests. It will be taken on a procession the streets to the presidential palace, where the body will lie in state for several days.

    The bodies of the other victims have been taken to Moscow, where relatives have gathered to begin the task of indentifying the remains.

    National mourning

    Earlier thousands of Poles gathered at the presidential palace in Warsaw to pay their respects as sirens and church bells rang out at noon in tribute.

    Others flocked to churches across the nation to lay flowers, light candles, sing hymns and pray.

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    A week of national mourning has been declared in Poland following the disaster.

    The officials had been on their way to the city of Smolensk to take part in reconciliatory ceremonies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre where Russian forces killed more than 20,000 Polish prisoners of war.

    Lech Kaczynski's wife, Polish church leaders and families of Katyn massacre victims were also killed.

    A significant part of Poland's political establishment was wiped out as all passengers on board the aircraft, including senior government officials and parliamentarians, perished.

    The heads of Poland's armed forces, the central bank governor, deputy ministers and 15 MPs were among those killed when the jet tried to land in heavy fog and crashed in a forest.

    Tusk described the accident as "the most tragic event of the country's post-war history", before flying to the crash site later on Saturday where he and Putin, met and laid flowers together.

    Shock and grief

    Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull, reporting from central Warsaw, said there was a sombre atmosphere on the streets.

    "It is really striking that so many people are gathering here, tens of thousands of them, and there is hardly a sound.

    "They are hardly talking to each other. Many people have held a vigil through the night and many of them are visibly overcome by shock and grief."


    Poland declared a week of national mourning following the president's death

    Following the constitution, Komorowski, the speaker, took over as interim head of state until a presidential election is held.

    Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher, reporting from Warsaw, explained the process.

    "There has to be an election within 60 days, and the date has to be announced within two weeks.

    "People are looking to the presidential election before Poland will really get back on the rails."

    Komorowski said he would announce the date of the poll after talks with all political parties. Poland had been due to hold a presidential election in October, when Lech Kaczynski, a conservative, was expected to run against Komorowski, a liberal.

    Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has appointed Putin to chair a special commission to investigate the crash.

    Alexander Alyoshin, the first deputy chief of the Russian air force's general staff, said the plane's pilot repeatedly ignored instructions from air traffic controllers.

    "The head of the air traffic control group gave a command to the crew to put the aircraft into the horizontal position and when the crew did not implement this order, several times gave orders to divert to an alternative airport," he was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.

    "Despite this, the crew continued the descent. Unfortunately this ended in tragedy."

    Authorities have found both flight recorders, commonly known as "black boxes", from the jet.

    Source: readytorulestreets.com