Friday 3rd July, 2009
Thai Government Criticizes Campaign for Royal Pardon for Ousted PM
VOAThai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has criticized moves to seek a royal pardon for exiled leader Thaksin Shinawatra. The campaign comes soon after by-election victories by pro-Thaksin...
Thailand offers elephants for adoption
C NewsA Thai mahout and his infant elephant look for foreign tourist, along Sukhumvit Road in downtown Bangkok. After failing repeatedly to clear elephants from Bangkok streets, Thai authorities have come...
Bangkok introduces back-to-nature scheme for urban elephants
Earth TimesBangkok - In a bid to rid Bangkok of its elephant population, city authorities have offered to buy the wandering pachyderms from their owners and send them back to the jungle, a media report said...
Bangkok elephants up for adoption
IOLBangkok, Thailand - Elephants idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok's colorful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the...
Thai burglar falls asleep on the job
IOLBangkok - A Thai thief broke into a house but promptly fell asleep inside before stealing anything and was eventually discovered by a housemaid on Friday morning, police said. Prachak...
Brutal insurgency haunts Thai Muslim south
Swiss InfoHundreds of British troops have key seized canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of...
Thailand offers Bangkok elephants for adoption
Seattle Post-IntelligencerIn this 2002 file photo, a Thai mahout and his infant elephant look for foreign tourist, along Sukhumvit Road in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, After failing repeatedly to clear elephants...
Four Soft's 4S ETrans Goes Live Across PTTPL's Locations In Thailand
Quote.comFour Soft Ltd announced that PTT Polymer Logistics Company Ltd, a company of PIT Group, Thailand, implemented Four Soft's Global Freight Forwarding Solution - 4S eTrans, to help manage...
Thai foreign media club faces royal slur probe
BreitbartPolice in Thailand said they were investigating an alleged insult to the revered monarchy by the board of the kingdom's foreign correspondents' club, a crime punishable by 15 years in jail. A woman...
Thai health officers told to control A/H1N1 flu outbreak
SINAThailand's Public Heath Ministry has instructed on Friday its public health offices nationwide to control the expanding A/H1N1 influenza virus outbreak within the next...
Thailand, Cambodia to reduce border military presence
People's DailyThailand and Cambodia will on Friday begin reducing troop levels along the disputed border area, Deputy Prime Minister for security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban said. The move should help ease the...
Thai red-shirts collect signatures for pardoning ex-PM
People's DailyCore leader of a Thailand's anti-government group on Thursday handed out signature forms to supporters amid a campaign collecting 1 million signatures to ask for a royal pardon for convicted...
Thai Shares Called Lower On Friday
Quote.comThe Thai stock market has finished lower now in two straight sessions since the end of the four-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 30 points or 5.5 percent. Now ahead...
Thailand Takes Tougher Line on Copyright Piracy
VOAThe Thai government is cracking down on sales of illegally copied goods, such as movies and clothes, but its campaign has met resistance. Piracy across the Asia-Pacific region is a...
No 'Empty Nest Syndrome' For Parents In Rural Thailand
Medical News TodaySo-called 'empty nest syndrome' does not affect parents living in rural areas as much as previously thought, according to a new study carried out in Thailand. In fact, parents whose children have...
PHI Mining Group Signs Agreement to Mine Manganese in Thailand
Market Wire... www.phimining.com , a company focused on mining opportunities in Southeast Asia, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Indochina Mining Corporation, has signed an agreement with ...
Renaissance Dubai Hotel ties up with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and Virgin Atlantic
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Thailand to import 600,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine
Earth TimesBangkok - Thailand, which has recorded five H1N1 deaths, will import 600,000 doses of anti-influenza vaccine in September or October, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday. Abhisit said the...
Vietnam urges stronger military cooperation with Thailand
Earth TimesHanoi - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged Thailand to strengthen military cooperation for the benefit of both countries, state media reported Thursday. The armies of the two...
Elephant tramples workers in Thailand
IOLBangkok - A rampaging elephant trampled three rubber tappers to death in southern Thailand on Wednesday after it was left to wander freely by its handler, police said. The 38-year-old domesticated...
Thai Market To Flirt With 600-Point Level
Quote.comHeading into Wednesday's market holiday for the Mid Year's Closing Day, the Thai stock market saw an end to the four-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 30 points or...
Thailand reports two more swine flu deaths
Hindustan TimesThailand’s health authorities on Wednesday reported two more deaths from swine flu, raising the country’s total to five, as the number of confirmed cases surpassed 1,470. A 45-year-old man died...
Win two tickets to Bangkok, Sydney or Auckland
MaltaMediaUntil the 18th July, Emirates is giving residents in Malta a lifetime opportunity to participate in an online competition entitled “Name the movies”. With this fantastic chance, the winner can...
Thai-Cambodian relations cordial despite border dispute
People's Daily... both sides stepped up...
Archer Named Co-Producer of 2009 Bangkok Film Festival
Market Wire... www.archeremc.com , announced today it will co-produce this year's Bangkok Film Festival, through the 30th. In addition to film screenings, seminars, gala events and the Golden...
Elephant Stomps 3 Thai Victims to Death
Fox NewsThe female beast first crushed a 44-year-old male worker who was working in a farm on Wednesday morning, police Lieutenant Sonjit Ma-ou told reporters. "It then freely wandered into another...
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