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06 Nov 09 visit Landslide in Yala kills four in one familly In the face of heavy downpours, landslides in the southern province of Yala have already claimed at least four lives.
06 Nov 09 visit Krisana to be nominated for royal decoration The government will nominate Krisana Kraisintu, who has fought for patients' better access to HIV/Aids drugs in Asia and Africa, for a royal decoration.
06 Nov 09 visit Taxi driver indicted in grisly double murder The self-confessed murderer of a woman and her child was yesterday indicted on seven offences, based mainly on his own statements.
06 Nov 09 visit Spas told they must be certified to benefit from tax break The Public Health Ministry yesterday told spa operators nationwide that their premises, services and safety had to be of a sufficient standard if they wanted to enjoy the 10-per-cent excise waiver introduced last month.
06 Nov 09 visit Three days in the land of Lord Buddha THERE IS no better place to understand Buddhism than in India. You may have read a lot of books on the subject, prayed and made merit at lots of temples, but none of those things could ever equate to a pilgrimage in India. This is because it is only after...
06 Nov 09 visit True reconciliation needed before sanctions are lifted Re: Sanctions to stay until Burma reforms: US, National Affairs, yesterday
06 Nov 09 visit More focus on people in a changed Japan TERUHIKO MASHIKO, Japan's senior Vice Minister of Trade, Economy, and Industry, told me the other day that his country, the world's second-largest economy, was witnessing a sea-change.
06 Nov 09 visit The Women of Europe's Dream LAUSANNE - I was born in 1945. My grandfather was a German Jew. Fortunately, none of my immediate family perished in the Holocaust. But its shadow hung over me throughout my formative years. When I began, in my teens, to meet with German contemporaries,...
06 Nov 09 visit US and Burma: Moving into a New Phase On September 23, the general debate of the 64th session of the United Nations opened with Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon reaffirming the UN Charter and faith in the principles of peace, justice, human rights and equal opportunity for all. This was...
06 Nov 09 visit The dawn of a new era President and CEO Adisak Limprungpatanakij explains how the Nation Broadcasting Corp has finally pulled through and is flourishing with its shares to be traded on the MAI next week
06 Nov 09 visit US will only help if Burma shows results Asean should also step in as a united front and push its peer to conduct free and fair elections
06 Nov 09 visit Thailand cancels oil-and-gas MoU with Cambodia Thailand steps up its protest against Cambodia on Friday by deciding to cancel a bilateral agreement on the overlapping continental shelf area with Cambodia.
06 Nov 09 visit Taiwan restaurant fire leaves 3 Thai workers dead Taipei - An explosion and fire caused by a brawl between Vietnamese and Thai migrant workers in a Taiwan restaurant Friday left three people dead and seven injured.
05 Nov 09 visit Saxena and Madoff: fleecing us all the way to the brink No one can doubt their intellect, and that makes it harder to understand how they could be such cognitive misers to have believed they could get away with murder.
05 Nov 09 visit Hun Sen's hedging game is ill-advised Thailand and Cambodia have much to do to restore harmonious relations
05 Nov 09 visit Pheu Thai tries political ploy for the South Re: “Who's afraid of an autonomous South?“ and “More freedom but not autonomy in the South“, Letters, November 5.
05 Nov 09 visit Classes shut in face of new H1N1 threat Students sent home after fresh infection case is confirmed
05 Nov 09 visit Medical alert follows report of US cat with H1N1 flu The Public Health Ministry is watching closely for the infection of type-A (H1N1) influenza virus in animals across the country following reports a 13-year-old cat in Iowa, USA, has tested positive for the first time, permanent secretary Dr Paijit...
05 Nov 09 visit Govt plan will help poor to break free of loan sharks Under an ambitious government plan to provide debt relief for low-income earners in debt to loan sharks or illegal loan schemes, each of the estimated 1,700,000 debtors across the country is to be offered soft loans up to Bt200,000.
05 Nov 09 visit Senior Wat Sothon monks riled over abbot choice Six deputy abbots from the royal monastery Wat Sothon yesterday petitioned for the dismissal of its monastic chief, Phra Theppanya Methee, over his nomination of an elderly monk as the temple's new abbot.
05 Nov 09 visit Change in payment of govt salaries Government officials will get their pay increases twice a year, at 3 per cent maximum each time, under a system that will start on April 1 next year, Civil Service Commission secretary-general Benchawan Srangnitra said yesterday.
05 Nov 09 visit Sanctions to stay unitl Burma reforms : US Despite policy reviews, the United States will not lift sanctions against Burma's military junta unless real progress is made in the country's political reform, a senior US diplomat said yesterday.
05 Nov 09 visit Cambodian govt recalls its ambassador The Cambodian government on Thursday evening announced to temporarily call back its Ambassador to Thailand, a move came shortly after Thai government's recall of its ambassador to Cambodia.
05 Nov 09 visit Thailand recalls ambassador to protest Cambodia Thailand on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Phnom Penh in protest at Cambodia's appointment of convicted ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra as economic adviser to Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and his government.
05 Nov 09 visit School “will pay medical costs of student bashing victim“ The management of Mathayom Prachaniwet School said yesterday it would pay for the medical treatment of a ninth grader assaulted and seriously injured by a group of students.
04 Nov 09 visit We're closing in on rumour-mongers : police The owner of a snooker bar in Chon Buri who allegedly posted unverified assertions that led to a stock market plunge last week is the link who will lead to the arrest of those behind rumour-mongering and their accomplices, a senior police officer said...
04 Nov 09 visit Court refuses to confirm al Ruwaili is missing The Civil Court of Southern Bangkok hearing yesterday rejected a request for a missing-person order relating to the 19-year disappearance of a Saudi Arabian businessman, on grounds of insufficient evidence.
04 Nov 09 visit H1N1 claims two more lives The Public Health Ministry reported yesterday that two more people had been killed by type-A (H1N1) virus over the past seven days, bring the number of total deaths to 184.
04 Nov 09 visit School "will pay medical costs of student bashing victim" The management of Mathayom Prachaniwet School said yesterday it would pay for the medical treatment of a ninth grader assaulted and seriously injured by a group of students.
04 Nov 09 visit Bangkok voted most favourite city in Asia Bangkok has been voted Asia's most attractive city for tourists, beating competition from nine major metropolises on the continent.
04 Nov 09 visit US offering golden opportunity to Burma, Asean: Surin Asean Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan described the US officials' visit to Burma as a golden opportunity for the region.
04 Nov 09 visit Sophon would never hold me responsible: PM Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday he did not believe Transport Minister Sophon Saram would demand the PM be held responsible if he reinstated State Railway of Thailand workers who had been sacked for instigating the strike.
04 Nov 09 visit Food for thought about what you eat Vegetarian festival should be a time for Buddhists especially to consider suffering and satisfaction
04 Nov 09 visit Abhisit-Chavalit-Thaksin-Hun Sen: all politics is local IS THERE anything wrong about a country's opposition leader embarking on a diplomatic tour of neighbouring countries?
04 Nov 09 visit Who's afraid of an autonomous South? Whilst I am no admirer of the meddlesome egocentric old warhorse Chavalit, he can, and does, on this occasion, fulfil a useful purpose. His utterances, which vary from shameless self-interest to the utterly ludicrous, tend to be reported in some fashion,...
04 Nov 09 visit Court refuses to declare Al-Ruwaili a missing person The Civil Court rejects on Wednesday to declare a Saudi businessman who went missing 19 years ago, a missing person due to lack of evidence.
04 Nov 09 visit Police arrest third suspect Police have arrested a third suspect in relation to the spread of rumours of HM the King's health which sent Thai markets plunging in October.
03 Nov 09 visit November 11 set for formal charges The indictment of former Bangkok Bank of Commerce adviser Rakesh Saxena over a series of embezzlement charges will be ordered by November 11, a senior public prosecutor said yesterday.
03 Nov 09 visit 300 police posted at Klong Toei market to keep the peace Several hundred police are now providing security at Klong Toei fresh market, which has been the scene of many bloody clashes and shootings in recent months.
03 Nov 09 visit Admin court offers expertise on environmental disputes The Administrative Court plans to play a significant role in helping people affected by environmental disputes.
03 Nov 09 visit More SRT rallies mean no resolutions: PM Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has issued an ultimatum to the state railway labour union yesterday, saying that he would not resolve the conflict if the workers called another rally.
03 Nov 09 visit Addicted generation ThaiHealth warns that growing number of female smokers will spark health crisis
03 Nov 09 visit Cool season blows in Bangkokians are shivering in the first cool breezes of the year this week, with the Meteorological Department forecasting the mercury will drop to 20-22 degrees Celsius in the capital today.
03 Nov 09 visit All fired up Anti-smoking campaigners target Bangkok expo, call on govt to stop accepting tobacco companies' money
03 Nov 09 visit Ambassador's letter impetuous and offensive Re: “Editorial coverage of Hun Sen is unfair“, Letters, November 3.
03 Nov 09 visit Is gold becoming the new standard again? Lack of confidence and oversupply contribute to the continued decline of the US dollar
03 Nov 09 visit Oh Suthep, you are all but dead meat THIS is a classic case of many political wisdoms being learnt at once. They say that your words will come back to haunt you, that you must be careful what you say to friends or foes, because when the situation changes, which it most certainly will, you...
03 Nov 09 visit Thailand remains 2nd best value destination Thailand always exploits visitors for choice regarding accommodation : Lonely Planet
03 Nov 09 visit Chavalit heading south on his proposal for Deep South Pheu Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh on Tuesday began his visit to the Deep South even though his proposal for granting a form of self-rule, dubbed Nakhon Rat Pattani, drew a flak.
02 Nov 09 visit PM reviews martial law amid calls for self-rule Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva called a meeting of security-related agencies yesterday to assess the situation in the deep South as Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, chairman of the opposition Pheu Thai Party, plans to visit the strife-torn region today.

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