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Govt must abide by rules
News, Editorial, Published on 05/09/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha cited several reasons for the decision to revoke the passport of Chaturon Chaisaeng, a leading member of the Pheu Thai Party and former education minister under the Yingluck Shinawatra government.
Supreme Court acquits Noppadon
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/09/2015
» Former foreign minister Noppadon Pattama burst into tears of relief yesterday when the Supreme Court acquitted him of malfeasance in a case involving the Preah Vihear temple communique he signed in 2008.
Govt vows to pursue rice plan redress
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 05/09/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam insists the government can and will seek financial compensation from former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, ex-commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and private firms involved in the multi-billion-baht rice-pledging scandal.
Malaysian football coach quits after humiliating 10-0 loss
AFP, Published on 05/09/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - The coach of Malaysia's national football team announced his resignation on Saturday just days after his squad was thrashed 10-0 by the United Arab Emirates during a World Cup qualifying match.
Iceland, Czechs secure Euro 2016 berths, Wales wait
AFP, Published on 07/09/2015
» PARIS - Iceland made footballing history on Sunday as they qualified for a major tournament finals for the first time, joining the Czech Republic in securing their berth at Euro 2016.
Sudan women footballers strive to build national team
AFP, Published on 08/09/2015
» KHARTOUM - On a dirt pitch next to Khartoum airport, Sara Edward watches the players she hopes to mould into Sudan's first national women's football team hone their skills, kicking up clouds of dust.
Hamilton on top from Vettel's Ferrari in Monza practice
AFP, Published on 05/09/2015
» MONZA (ITALY) - Lewis Hamilton topped the times again for Mercedes ahead, for a change, of local hope Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari in Saturday morning’s final free practice ahead of Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.
The long wait for the truth
Spectrum, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 06/09/2015
» Five years on, relatives of victims of the 2010 crackdown on red shirt protests are still seeking justice for the dead. As the Department of Special Investigation and the National Anti-Corruption Commission announced they were wrapping up their probes into the 99 deaths that resulted from military operations to retake areas occupied by protesters, relatives say they have more concerns than hopes regarding the outcomes of the investigations.
Surrogacy law 'fails' gay couples
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2015
» A gender equality activist has slammed the new child protection law for failing to protect the rights of those involved in surrogacy arrangements and discriminating against gay couples.
Global refugee crisis cries out for action
News, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2015
» Now, it’s personal. Until last week the world’s migrant crisis was abstract, a procession of humanity as statistics. The 59.5 million people forcibly displaced by the end of last year, two-thirds of them uprooted from home within their own country. The 1.9 million Syrians living in Turkey, mainly in camps, having fled a country torn between the atrocities of Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State. The 140,000 men, women and children who have entered Hungary from the border with Serbia this year alone, hoping for asylum in richer western European countries. The hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have entrusted their lives to traffickers, their very exodus abetted by the regime they seek to escape. The Uighur who have turned to criminal networks to escape persecution in China. The Iraqis, Afghans and Sudanese who made perilous journeys to Australian waters only to have the navy pay their traffickers to turn away.