World News, 5/24/04 - 2004-05-24

Thailand's parliament has rejected a no-confidence motion against eight government ministers. The opposition had charged the ministers with using their positions to aid Prime Minister Thaksin Shinnawatra's family businesses.

U-S military officials in Iraq say four people were killed when a car exploded today near the Baghdad compound that houses the U-S-led coalition headquarters.

The United Nations top official on H-I-V/AIDS says China must take steps to keep the disease from spreading to the country's key economic areas.

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