BANGKOK, Thailand — Protesters on Friday declined a request by Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat to end their blockades of Bangkok’s two airports, saying they would oppose any efforts by police to displace them.
The government declared a state of emergency at the Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports in Bangkok late yesterday, empowering police to clear demonstrations and public gatherings of more than five people, with army backup.
Under a state of emergency, the government can suspend civil liberties, ban public gatherings and take other measures to restore order without imposing broader restrictions …

Kristen Stewart should be thankful for a lot of things. Her new movie Twilight topped the box-office and her career is on the way to the top, but it looks like even if the cult hit is pretty wholesome her extra-curriculars might not be. These pictures show Kristen doing her own way of “Thanksgiving.”

The 18-year-old actress and a friend were spotted on her front porch in Los Angeles, chillin’ while smoking out of a glass pipe.

Kristen should be a bit more mindful of the paparazzi because mothers of all those …

David Gest and Liza never could figure out how to f*#k, that’s what ruined their marriage!

Dwight Howard scored 26 points and added 14 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic in a 105-90 victory over the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center.
Hedo Turkoglu had 20 points and a season-high 10 rebounds for the Magic, who has won eight of its last nine games and six in a row on the road.
Howard collected six points in the first two minutes of play as the Magic stormed ahead before they put it into cruise control at the end of the quarter as Rashard Lewis, JJ Redick and Courtney …

Edna Parker, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person alive, passed away Wedenesday at a nursing home in Shelbyville, Indiana. She was 115.
Parker was formally designated the oldest living person in 2007 when Yone Minagawa of Japan died. Minagawa was four months older than Parker.
“Ms Edna Parker of Indiana, the world’s oldest person for a number of years, passed away today (Wednesday) at the age of 115 years, 220 days,” Stephen Coles, a gerontologist at the University of California in Los Angeles, said on the …

The very much anticipated Apple Black Friday Sale started in some parts of the world. It is really cool that Apple is offering sales this Friday in countries aside from US.
We all know that Black Friday is merely an American thing. It is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the US, where it is the start of the usual Christmas shopping period. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many employees take the day off, which increases the number of potential shoppers.
Price cuts on iMac and MacBook range from $50 …

PARIS — Seven passengers were feared dead after an Air New Zealand airliner crashed off France’s southern coast on Thursday. Rescuers have found the body of two crew members but five others are still missing.
The Airbus A320 jet was on a test flight after undertaking maintenance at Perpignan airport in the south of France. Local officials say the plane was operating normally when it crashed into the sea.
The crew comprised five New Zealanders and two Germans, the Daily Mail reported. French officials say there is no hope of finding survivors …

Sexy Scarlett bares all in new flick He’s Just Not That Into You, diving into a swimming pool totally naked!

LONDON: Cricket’s Middlesex captain Shaun Udal has said the English county would not be going to Mumbai as planned after the terror attacks hit the Indian city.
The team were due to fly to Mumbai on Thursday for the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League but former England off-spinner Udal told Sky Sports: “All we know is our flight has been cancelled in the morning.”
Udal added he understood the tournament, involving the domestic Twenty20 finalists from England, Australia, South Africa and the Indian Premier League (IPL), would continue but with the Mumbai matches …

Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has pulled out another iPhone 3G ad. The commercial shows how “really really” fast the new iPhone 3G is, but in the real world, according to iPhone users, it is not that speedy.

Each year the US president pardons a turkey. The origins of this tradition are…