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high-five
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/08/2012
» the action of holding your hand up and hitting your palm flat against that of another person, when you meet them or as a way of congratulating them
Catalonia seeks rescue as Spain recession deepens
AFP, Published on 29/08/2012
» Spain's debt-struck Catalonia region reached out Tuesday for a 5.0-billion-euro ($6.3-billion) central government rescue as the entire nation lurched closer to a sovereign bailout.
Brazil bids to become world's third IT market by 2022
AFP, Published on 29/08/2012
» Brazil hopes to capitalize on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics to advance its goal of becoming the world's third largest information technology and communications (ITC) market, a top industry official says.
Sukumpol stands by transfers
News, Published on 29/08/2012
» Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat said he had to transfer defence permanent secretary Sathian Phoemthongin and two other generals to maintain his authority at the Defence Ministry.
NACC drops CTX graft case against Thaksin, 27 others
News, Published on 29/08/2012
» The national anti-graft agency has dropped a corruption case against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and other suspects in the Suvarnabhumi airport CTX bomb detector procurement scandal.
Actress 'Ploy' accused of dodging tax
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/08/2012
» Actress Cherman "Ploy" Boonyasak has been accused of tax fraud and could face jail time if found guilty.
Gunmen fire at passenger train, killing 1
News, Waedao Harai, Published on 29/08/2012
» NARATHIWAT : At least 10 heavily armed men yesterday opened fire on a passenger train in Cho Airong district, killing one defence volunteer and seriously wounding another, police said.
Suthep implicates Tarit in red-shirt crackdown
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/08/2012
» Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Tarit Pengdith may be summoned for questioning over the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration's handling of the 2010 red-shirt protests.
People's input panels for charter approved
News, Published on 29/08/2012
» The cabinet yesterday approved an Interior Ministry proposal to set up committees at three levels to gather public opinion on amending the constitution, government spokeswoman Sansanee Nakpong said.
Cabinet approvesministry reshuffles
News, Published on 29/08/2012
» The cabinet has approved the appointments of permanent secretaries for science and technology and public health and four transfers of high-level civil servants in the Finance Ministry.