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Assembly from China is more than just a war film (China Film)

John Burdett's Bangkok is far more than the bizarre murders, corrupt cops and big-hearted bar girls of his novels. It's also the city as a living breathing, thing.

Deadly attacks are mounted Saturday in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, killing at least a dozen people, including four Bulgarian and two Thai soldiers. More than 170 people were wounded in the largest insurgent assault since the capture of Saddam Hussein. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Omar Abdel Razek, producer with the BBC's Arabic Service.

The beleaguered prime minister of Thailand has declared a state of emergency after days of civil protests that have shut down Bangkok's two airports. The declaration paves the way for the government to order police and military to force an end to protesters' occupation of the airports.

The prime minister of Thailand has declared a state of emergency in Bangkok after a violent clash Tuesday night between anti-government and pro-government crowds that left at least one dead. Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has been accused of corruption.

At the request of U.S. authorities, Thai police continue to hold a teacher in connection with the 1996 murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. A district attorney in Colorado, where the much-publicized case unfolded, is taking a cautious approach to details in the case.

Mingei Director Says Conversation with Undercover Agent Recorded

The tsunami cost tens of thousands of people in Thailand their jobs and their homes. Some 8,000 people died. A special multimedia presentation explores life in Phuket, one year later.

Myanmar is a place of misery for many of its citizens. The repressive, often brutal military rulers of the country see to that. Political dissent isn't tolerated. And neither, it seems, is the country's ethnic Muslim minority, known as the Rohingya. NPR's Michael Sullivan offers this personal look at their plight.

The World Health Organization has announced a new program to increase smoking prevention efforts in the developing world, where tobacco companies have focused their marketing efforts as developed countries place strict restrictions on the sale and promotion of tobacco.