The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying price at 25,180.76 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 25,550 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.

At least nine demonstrators were shot dead and dozens wounded Wednesday in violent protests across Afghanistan over the burning of the Koran at a US-run military base, officials said.

A fruitless visit to Iran by UN nuclear inspectors sparked anger and raised tensions on Wednesday, with Russia warning of ``catastrophic'' consequences if it leads to a military attack on its ally.

Around 340 people were injured, some of them seriously, Wednesday when a train derailed and struck a railway station platform in Buenos Aires, transport and health officials said.

Australia's foreign minister Kevin Rudd resigned Wednesday, saying he was unable to continue without Prime Minister Julia Gillard's support, paving the way for him to make a leadership challenge.

Two Western journalists were among 26 people killed on Wednesday as Syrian forces pounded the rebel city of Homs, activists said, while calls mounted for a truce to allow in humanitarian aid.

Two Western journalists were killed on Wednesday during shelling by Syrian regime forces of the flashpoint city of Homs, an activist said.

Two Western journalists were among 26 people killed on Wednesday as Syrian forces pounded the rebel city of Homs, activists said, while calls mounted for a truce to allow in humanitarian aid.

France identified two Western reporters killed in Syria on Wednesday as veteran American war correspondent Marie Colvin of Britain's Sunday Times and freelance French photojournalist Remi Ochlik.

Two Western journalists were among dozens killed on Wednesday as Syrian forces pounded the rebel city of Homs, activists said, amid mounting calls for a truce to allow in humanitarian aid.