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Khamsri Panida falls at first hurdle
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 28, 2012 | 11:38 pm | 0 Comment
LONDON : Thailand's first medal chance slipped through the fingers of Panida Khamsri Saturday night when she had to drop out of the weightlifting more...
Sukumpol produces ‘evidence’
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 28, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat reaffirmed his allegation that Abhisit Vejjajiva's exemption from military service could have been unlawfully more...
Govt backs down over rice prices
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 28, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
The government is set to retreat from its vow to unconditionally guarantee rice prices amid allegations of corruption and soaring more...
‘The greatest show on Earth’
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 28, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II opened the London Olympics early Saturday as Britain celebrated its rich culture and heritage in a spectacular more...
Royal support for Thai Olympic athletes
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 28, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
LONDON: A giant bell rang out Friday to start an unusual opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics as sheep, geese and cows frolicked on the Stadium floor. Thai more...
Bank of Thailand – Interest rate could ease further
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 27, 2012 | 4:48 pm | 0 Comment
Interest rates could ease further, despite the Bank of Thailand's decision to keep its benchmark interbank rate unchanged at 3.0 per cent, BoT governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said on Friday. Bank of more...
Sudarat: Time not right for ‘unity’ bills
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 27, 2012 | 4:36 pm | 0 Comment
Now is not the right time for the parliament to deliberate the reconciliation bills because it could lead to political turmoil, former MP Sudarat Keyuraphan, a member House No11, said on Friday. Sudarat more...
Chalerm’s son now a police officer
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 27, 2012 | 4:03 pm | 0 Comment
Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung's youngest son Duang, a once-discharged army lieutenant, will take up a new position in the Metropolitan Police Bureau next week. Chalerm s more...
Highlights of the Week
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 27, 2012 | 12:29 pm | 0 Comment
The far South remains a very dangerous place for officials and civilians alike, with just one car bomb claiming the lives of five policemen in a single attack on Wednesday. Politically, the Pheu Thai Party refuses to give up on charter amendments and the controversial reconciliation bills, and that means the political atmosphere may heat up more...
Thailand – Highlights of the Week
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 27, 2012 | 12:29 pm | 0 Comment
The far South remains a very dangerous place for officials and civilians alike, with just one car bomb claiming the lives of five policemen in a single attack on Wednesday. Politically, the Pheu Thai Party refuses to give up on charter amendments and the controversial reconciliation bills, and that means the political atmosphere may heat up more...
Man ‘rides rickshaw’ from China to London Olympics
By Asian Correspondent at July 27, 2012 | 10:27 am | 0 Comment
IT’S a tale of Olympian proportions: A man, a rickshaw, and a slow journey from a Chinese village to London through 16 countries. Chinese farmer Chen Guanming claimed Thursday that his two-year odyssey to the London games took him from Thailand’s floods to Tibet to snowed-in Turkey to Britain since he started in 2010. The 57-year-old, who said he had never more...
HFMD suspected in boy’s death
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 27, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
A Cambodian boy has died of suspected hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Rayong's Klaeng district, triggering panic in the eastern coastal more...
US report puts Thai rice edge in doubt
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 27, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Thailand is set to lose its status as the world's top rice exporter to India, ending nearly 50 years in the top spot, says the US Department of Agriculture. thai more...
NACC urges five-year ban for Suthep
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 27, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has found Suthep Thaugsuban guilty of overreaching his more...
Unity bills could still be brought back
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 27, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
The four unity bills will not be on the agenda when parliament reconvenes on Wednesday, but could still be debated on some other day, sources more...
NACC finds Suthep abused authority
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 26, 2012 | 5:41 pm | 0 Comment
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has found Suthep Thaugsuban intentionally exceeded his authority by interfering in the work of government officials while serving as deputy prime minister in the previous government under Abhisit Vejjajiva in violation of the constitution. Suthep more...
Thaksin: I’ll be back soon
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 26, 2012 | 4:43 pm | 0 Comment
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said during a birthday video link from Hong Kong to the Pheu Thai Party headquarters on Thursday that it will not be long before he can return to his home more...
Motorcycle kicker just wants to be a cop
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 26, 2012 | 3:54 pm | 0 Comment
The man initially thought to be a policeman in plain clothes trying to stop motorcyclists by aiming kicks at their bikes, as seen in a video clip, was not a police officer or traffic volunteer, Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy chief Worasak Noppasitthiporn said on more...
Steroids can worsen HFMD
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 26, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
The Public Health Ministry has warned people against taking steroid-based medicines for suspected hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) without consulting doctors, saying the drugs could accelerate progression of the more...
Five anti-drug officers killed in Yala car bomb
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 26, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
YALA : Five policemen were killed by a car bomb in Raman district Wednesday, in an attack which authorities believe was in retaliation for recent drug suspect more...
Critics blast top cop’s Thaksin trip
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 26, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
National police chief Priewpan Damapong has come under fire after leaving the country to meet fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Hong Kong. Thailand more...
Thais in Syria ‘safe’, students fleeing home
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 25, 2012 | 6:16 pm | 0 Comment
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday confirmed that all Thai nationals living in Syria were safe and the ministry was in the process bringing some of them more...
Teeradej gets suspended jail term, sacked
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at July 25, 2012 | 3:32 pm | 0 Comment
The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced former chief ombudsman Teeradej Meepian to two years in jail, suspended for two years, for wrongfully awarding himself and his immediate staff monthly meeting allowances while he was in office. He was immediately disqualified from his current position as senate more...
Yingluck backs move to cover HIV/Aids
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at June 22, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has backed a proposal to merge medical benefits for last-stage HIV/Aids and chronic kidney disease patients under three healthcare more...
Let’s jump off this sneering bandwagon
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at June 22, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan has always been referred to as "the toad". Democrat spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut got the nickname pla bu chon khuen (crushed goby fish-face). The yellow shirts call Noppadon Pattama, Thaksin Shinawatra's legal adviser, ting leh (the squint). yellow shirts more...
