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Asia follows Wall Street tumble Asian stocks tumbled sharply in Thursday trading after Wall Street finished at its lowest point since Spring 2003. Tokyo's Nikkei index fell 5.7 percent and Seoul's KOSPI index dropped 5.5 percent, while Australia's All Ordinaries index slipped 3.7 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 5.5 percent. Deadly blast hits Bangkok protest Read full story for latest details. UK, France push for more U.N. troops in Congo Britain and France are calling for an additional 3,000 United Nations troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the U.N. already has its biggest peacekeeping mission, a senior British diplomat said Wednesday. India claims pirate ship sunk off Africa The Indian warship Tabar has exchanged fire with a pirate "mother vessel" off the Horn of Africa, an official said Wednesday. Indian naval spokesman Nirad Sinha said: "Given the condition we left it in, it would have sunk by now." Myanmar court sentences student activists Read full story for latest details. Al Qaeda No. 2 mocks Obama on Internet A purported message from al Qaeda's deputy leader, posted on Islamist Web sites, has told U.S. President-elect Barack Obama that "a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits you." In the video, Ayman al-Zawahiri, above, castigates Obama's foreign policy stances on Afghanistan and Israel as well as ridiculing the president-elect's worldview. Sources: Obama makes two more Cabinet picks President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for secretary of homeland security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, multiple Democratic sources close to the transition told CNN on condition of anonymity. Car chiefs take private jets to bailout hearing Some lawmakers lashed out at the CEOs of the Big Three auto companies Wednesday for flying private jets to Washington to request taxpayer bailout money. Senior Mexican law official under house arrest The head of Mexico's Interpol has been placed under house arrest, the attorney general's office said. Report: Flight attendant helped land jetliner Read full story for latest details.