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Bangkok - Anti-government protestors marched through central Bangkok Monday on the eve of a verdict in a key corruption trial against their prime target, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Paris - The head of the French bank Caisse d’Epargne has resigned after taking responsibility for a trading loss of 600 million euros (811 million dollars), French media reported Monday.

Paris - The head of the French bank Caisse d’Epargne has resigned after taking responsibility for a trading loss of 600 million euros (811 million dollars), French media reported Monday.

Stockholm - Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson’s pre-tax income for the third quarter 2008 grew 10 per cent while sales increased 13 per cent, the group said Monday.

Mogadishu - Unknown Somali gunmen have killed a senior worker with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the south-west of the conflict-ridden Horn of Africa nation, witnesses said Monday.

Athens - Greek police have launched an investigation into an incident in which three officers allegedly forced a migrant to strip during a search in Athens, reports said Monday.

Tokyo - Japan markets soared by nearly 4 per cent to close Monday trading on positive prospects of corporate earnings reports.

Sydney - Australian stocks started the week in demand Monday, holding on to early gains and sparking confidence among traders.

Jakarta - An undersea earthquake registering 6.5 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia’s central Sulawesi province on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, the Indonesian seismologist agency said.

Hamburg, Germany - A new enzyme-blocking method is being termed a breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a team of German researchers.