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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangkok News.Net http://www.bangkoknews.net/ en-us Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:36:01 -0400 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:36:01 -0400 30 Chuan Leekpai was rushed to a hospital at noon Monday after he suffered a back pain.He was rushed from a court room at the Supreme Court at 12:30 pm.Chuan attended a trial session in the party dissolu... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407237&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:47:29 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407237&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Hat Yai, Songkhla - Deputy southern Army chief Maj Gen Udomchai Thammasarorat said Monday that insurgents launched some 30 attacks in Narathiwat Sunday to seek publicity.He said the insurgents wanted ... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407236&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:47:27 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407236&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Kharom Polthaklang, a lawyer of the red-shirt movement, Monday represented relatives of nine red-shirt protesters to ask the Criminal Court to conduct a trial on their deaths.Kharom lodged the complai... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407235&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:47:25 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407235&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Thai composite stocks index (SET) closed on Friday at 929.90, up 9.36 points, or 1.02 per cent amid Bt 52.54 billion turnover. Blue chip SET-50 index was at 637.42, up 8.95 points, or 1.42 per cent. ... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407238&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:47:21 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407238&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Bangkok - A Thai hospital needs 6,200 dollars in additional donations to repatriate a comatose German man they have been treating gratis for the past 10 months, hospital sources said Monday. http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407239&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:47:21 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407239&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 BANGKOK--Thai Airways International Pcl announced plans to issue one billion new shares to raise an estimated US$484 million for plane purchases and other improvements. http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407233&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:55:44 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407233&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 BANGKOK, Sept 6 — From its business district to leafy suburbs, new condominiums are sprouting almost daily across Bangkok, but developers and investors alike seem little concerned about a proper... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407234&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:55:41 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38407234&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Yala - Three policemen and one troop were injured when they rushed to check a bomb incident and were ambushed Monday morning.The security officials rushed to inspect an explosion in a rubber plantatio... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38404787&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:23:51 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38404787&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Air Astana, the national carrier of the Republic of Kazakhstan, recently held a "Product and Fares Seminar" for leading travel agents at the holiday Inn Silom on 25th August 2010. The main objective o... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38403958&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:10:59 -0400 Travel Blackboard http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38403958&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 (RTTNews) - The Thai stock market has finished higher now in seven straight sessions, collecting more than 50 points or 4 percent en route to a 14-year closing high. The Stock Exchange of Thailand f... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38404310&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:41:25 -0400 Quote.com http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38404310&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 CLIFFORD COONANDESPITE A storm of political protest that played havoc with normal economic life in Bangkok this year, the combined wealth of Thailand’s 40 richest people increased by 46 per cent... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38400927&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:47:10 -0400 Irish Times http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38400927&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 SUKHOTHAI : Nearly 10,000 families of Burley tobacco planters in Sukhothai have called on the Public Health Ministry to reconsider its plan to ban or phase out growing of two tobacco varieties. The b... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38399907&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:53:37 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38399907&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mr Abhisit said during his weekly radio and TV broadcast yesterday that he had ordered Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat to report on the issue of violence among students from rival Bangkok sch... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38399909&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:53:36 -0400 Bangkok Post http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38399909&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 A growing number of expats now own properties in Thailand. Are you one of them and if so, can you confidently say that you own your property legally? In recent years the market in Thailand has opened... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38399908&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:53:34 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38399908&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 The New Politics Party has lashed out at both the government and the opposition for "discrediting the country's judicial procedures" with their visits to suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout in... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38399910&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:53:34 -0400 Bangkok Post http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38399910&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai plans to meet with Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij tomorrow to discuss preventive measures to ease the impact of the strengthening baht. Mrs Porntiva said concer... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398318&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:54:18 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398318&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 The real estate agency CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) is offering financial support to encourage its clients to take up green building practices, says Richie Lee, executive director for energy and sustainabi... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398319&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:54:16 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398319&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 The government is planning more policies to promote investment in green industries and create about 40,000 green jobs in renewable energy by 2022. Witoon Simachokdee, the permanent secretary for the ... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398326&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:54:14 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398326&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mr Dhanin bought his first water buffalo, Boon Rawd, from a slaughterhouse and since then has been striving to save and improve the breed. His giant business empire covers a wide range of industries... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398325&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:54:13 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398325&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 The Industry Ministry is preparing to issue report cards for factories in a bid to promote environmental responsibility, says permanent secretary Witoon Simachokdee. The report card, expected to be r... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398324&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:54:11 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398324&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Going green is not only about saving energy, but also using environmentally friendly construction and decoration materials and minimising waste from construction and fitting processes, says Suphin Mec... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398323&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:54:09 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398323&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Travel awards still rate highly as motivational tools for enhancing employee productivity but suppliers of such tools and incentive programmes are set to face more pressure to prove that they deliver ... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398322&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:54:07 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398322&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Thailand hopes to regain its leadership in foreign investment in Cambodia over the next five years now that the two countries have resumed diplomatic ties after months of strained relations. Thai inv... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398321&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:54:06 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398321&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 UBON RATCHATHANI : Advanced Info Service (AIS) has joined with Mfone of Cambodia and Lao Telecom of Laos to cut mobile airtime rates by up to 90% for their prepaid customers making calls among the thr... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398320&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:54:04 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38398320&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Phuket - A provincial marine official confirmed yesterday that an oil slick from a boat that sank off Phuket on Saturday appears to have dispersed and no traces remain. http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396878&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:16:31 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396878&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 The event aimed to promote cre-ativity, innovation and imagination not only for our new generations, but also to motivate adults - namely teachers and parents - to understand the creative mind in orde... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396879&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:16:27 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396879&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mahidol University (MU) is improving its infrastructure in a bid to upgrade itself as the "University of Choice" and the first university Thai students want to enter, its president Clinical ... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396881&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:16:25 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396881&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Insurgents hid explosives in a motorcycle and parked it near a crowded market in Sai Khao village in the district during the busy morning.The insurgents then triggered the explosives which wounded fou... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396882&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:16:21 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396882&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 The US Justice Department on Thursday indicted six people for luring 400 Thais to the United States and conspiring to force them into working as farm labourers, LA Times online reported. http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396883&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:16:19 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38396883&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is keeping a wary eye on what one member claims are politically motivated efforts to derail this month's highly anticipated auction of 3G mobile broadb... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38395647&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:01:27 -0400 Bangkok Post Business http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38395647&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Mikhail Pletnev, the leader of the Russian National Orchestra who is accused in Thailand of sexually abusing a minor, will open the second RNO Festival in Moscow on Monday, an RNO spokeswoman said on ... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38395299&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:15:48 -0400 RIA Novosti http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38395299&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 BANGKOK — A suspected Russian arms dealer's extradition to the United States will be delayed at least until Oct. 4 to allow a Thai court to review new charges filed as a precaution by Washington... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38394459&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:44:46 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38394459&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 BANGKOK (AFP) - Noi Jaitang's voice is laced with bitter helplessness as he faces the reality that his rural Thai village could once again be engulfed with fumes he blames for a litany of family i... http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38390794&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:56:38 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangkoknews.net/?rid=38390794&cat=f90d16c28a9b5294