Jocelyn Gecker

Vegan Venus Williams talks about food and tennis

MELBOURNE, Australia — Venus Williams has made the dietary leap from steak lover to vegan but admits that in times of weakness she is a “cheagan.”

That’s Venus-talk for a cheating vegan.

An Airport Security officer talks to a tourist during a patrol at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Thai police said Friday they are searching for two more suspects, including a possible explosives specialist, in a botched terror plot against Israeli diplomats that has been blamed on Iran. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand: Iranians planned to attack Israelis

BANGKOK  — Three Iranians detained after accidentally setting off explosives in Bangkok were planning to attack Israeli diplomats, Thailand’s top policeman said Thursday in the first confirmation by local officials that the group was plotting attacks in Thailand.

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