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New report underscores 'Racial Profiling' concern
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 26/03/2012
» A report issued last week by a coalition of seven South Asian organisations in the United States says that New York City, the most important aviation gateway to the US, has "become one of the epicenters of systemic racial and religious profiling" and calls for major reforms to curb it.
France says no evidence linking gunman to Al-Qaeda
AFP, Published on 23/03/2012
» French authorities rejected Friday charges that intelligence failures allowed a young man to kill seven people, insisting there was no evidence he was anything but a lone wolf with no ties to Al-Qaeda.
'Eurocentric' pope hopes to win back Latin American pilgrims
AFP, Published on 19/03/2012
» Benedict XVI sets off for Mexico and Cuba this week, hoping to win over followers in a region with the largest concentration of Catholics, but where some critics say he has neglected them.
Canada PM Harper in China for trade talks
AFP, Published on 08/02/2012
» Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday during a four-day visit to China that diversifying his country's markets was a "key priority".
Without debate there is no democracy
News, Published on 04/02/2012
» Re: ''Nitirat ban splits student body'' (BP, Feb 3).
All packed up and many places to go
B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 15/01/2012
» Twenty or even 10 years ago, Western budget travellers would descend on the country, spending tens of thousands of baht on flights and then, to the bemusement of Thais, proceed to travel in third-class train carriages or buses to rudimentary guest houses on the beach or upcountry that cost 40 baht a night, where they showered out of buckets and shared dormitories with strangers.
Life in the grand palace
Life, Published on 03/01/2012
» A dazzle of gold and a blaze of colours _ that's your first impression of the Grand Palace as you come down the avenue of ugly dull buildings. It is a splendid mass of pagodas, towers, halls and chapels with triple roofs ending in flourishes of serpents' tails. The temple bells glint from the eaves below roofs covered with blue and orange, green and yellow tiles. The buildings look like blown up toys. The black spires seem remote and unreal as fairy tales and dreams. High white walls surround the city for it is indeed a little city of its own.
Roaring Success in 2012?
Life, Published on 02/01/2012
» Mohdu Paisarn's horoscope is based on Thai sidereal astrology, so your sign may be different from in the Western astrological system.
Suvarnabhumi: Tourist arrivals falling
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/11/2011
» Cancellations & falling bookings for trips to Thailand due to fear but Suvarnabhumi protected. Flood-free destinations promoted.
No meeting planned
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/09/2011
» PM Yingluck has been meeting regional leaders on her first trips abroad as the country's leader, but one person she won't meet is her brother who will soon visit Cambodia.