Thailand 's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday morning rejected the anti-government protestors' demand of House dissolution by noon while the latter decided to take further steps to push the government to give in, including a blood-scattering strategy.

All Britons could be vaccinated against the A/H1N1 flu as the number of confirmed cases in Britain is moving closer toward 10,000, health authorities said Sunday.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been in decline for eight months, but the size of the fall in May was smaller than the one in April, probably signaling an easing off.

Wall Street ended mixed on Tuesday, as investors digested the news that 10 major U.S. banks were allowed to repay government loans.

The weekly average prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose faster with the international crude oil prices to 66.94 U.S. dollars per barrel last week, which almost doubled the prices of 34.92 dollars in the last week of 2008, said the Vienna-based cartel Monday.

Google plans to launch a program of selling e-books later this year, a move to compete with e-commerce leader Amazon.com Inc., the company confirmed Monday.

The Panamanian Health Ministry on Sunday confirmed 12 new cases of the A/H1N1 flu, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 148.

Beijing 's municipal health bureau reported a confirmed A/H1N1 influenza case late Sunday, the ninth in the Chinese mainland.