2007-01-01: BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand grappled on Monday with the mystery of who ruined New Year parties with a series of bombs that killed three people in Bangkok and wounded 38, including nine foreigners, as police ruled out the obvious suspects.

2007-01-01: AP - A small plane crashed into a yard Sunday morning, killing four people aboard and embedding its engine into a house, authorities said.

2007-01-01: AP - Pay for federal judges is so inadequate that it threatens to undermine the judiciary's independence, Chief Justice John Roberts says in a year-end report critical of Congress.

2007-01-01: AFP - YouTube and Warner Music Group rang in the new year online despite a seemingly broken promise by the superstar video-sharing website to have an anti-piracy system in place by 2007.

2007-01-01: A second, more graphic video of Saddam Hussein?s execution left TV news executives to make ?delicate editorial decisions? about what to air.

2007-01-02: AP - U.S. stock markets are closed today to observe the national day of mourning for former President Gerald Ford.

2007-01-03: AP - The nation's manufacturing sector expanded in December to the market's surprise, reversing a contraction a month earlier.

2007-01-01: AP - Slovenia adopted the euro on Monday, becoming the 13th EU nation to use the single European currency.

2007-01-02: AP - Wall Street presumably isn't a place where those hoping to mend their ways in the new year might turn for inspiration. But some investors looking to better align their social or religious convictions with their investments have found sizable returns.

2007-01-02: Long neglected as one of Spain?s secondary cities, Valencia is attracting an increasing number of expatriates with its warm weather and sophisticated architecture.

2007-01-01: Sunday, 31 December, 2006 Nomination ballots for the 79th Academy Awards were mailed on Tuesday, December 26 to the 5,830 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Comment