World Update from BBC News
Huge opposition rally in ThailandTens of thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Bangkok to press the Thai government to step down.US and Russia 'near' nuclear dealRussia and the US are close to concluding a new nuclear disarmament treaty, officials in Washington and Moscow say.Fears over Asian 'slave brides'Hundreds of women who come to Britain from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to marry, say they have been abused by their in-laws, the BBC has learned.Clegg bids to cool coalition talkNick Clegg is to say he is "not the kingmaker" amid speculation about the Lib Dems' possible role in a coalition government.Gaza's male hairdressers: Time to cut and run?As Hamas bans men from cutting women's hair, the BBC's Jon Donnison discovers their services were already a niche market in Gaza's conservative society.Marginal voters challenge BrownSixteen undecided voters in Stourbridge meet Gordon Brown as part of a BBC Politics Show series.Coffee Party brews up rival for Tea PartyThe Coffee Party - a grassroots political movement in opposition to the conservative Tea Party - holds its first national day of meetings in the US, as Madeleine Morris reports.
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