“A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck Japan’s main island of Honshu, reportedly injuring several children and a teacher at a day care centre.” More info: here and here.

I was wondering about it for some time, Google just posted the story on their official blog: “The reason is that we wanted to develop a set of icons that would scale better to some new platforms like the iPhone and other mobile devices.”

“Thousands of people have demonstrated in Bangkok, defying warnings of a crackdown issued by Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. [...] Opposition activists accuse Mr Samak of changing the constitution to protect his predecessor, Thaksin Shinawatra. Reports say the instability coincides with rumours of an imminent coup.”