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Clarity, PM, for women's fund
News, Published on 27/01/2012
» It is no secret that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is no darling of women's rights groups. To them, she is only the proxy of her brother Thaksin, whom they believe still wields the real power behind this Pheu Thai-led administration.
Thai Rath Columnist Lom Plientit (Wweather Vane)
News, Published on 26/01/2012
» It is high time Thai voters directly elected the prime minister, instead of continuing to have him or her picked by the majority of members of the House of Representatives.
Thawee pushes for peace by recompense
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/01/2012
» Thawee Sodsong believes a new, friendly strategy of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre will succeed in quelling the violence and silence the critics who fear it will only inflame the situation in the restive deep South.
Jobless US rails at globalisation
News, Published on 25/01/2012
» It is an election year in the United States of America and the world's biggest economic engine is barely puttering, indeed often sputtering. The next link in this series of events is as predictable as the rainy season in these parts. President Barack Obama and the opposition Republican Party candidates already are in full cry: "Blame the foreigners." A variety of slogans already appearing on the US election campaign trail clearly present the message we will be hearing from now through November, and probably beyond.
Buffet cabinet and New Thailand
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/01/2012
» About 100 Pheu Thai MPs are lining up, waiting for their turn at a cabinet seat, redolent of a large group of diners eagerly lining up at a buffet table which can seat only 35 people at a time.
Khao Sod Comment
News, Published on 24/01/2012
» Natthawut Saikua will have his work cut out as deputy agriculture minister in the new Yingluck Shinawatra cabinet.
Asia in the Year of the Black Water Dragon
News, Published on 24/01/2012
» This is the year of the Black Water Dragon, a Chinese astrological cycle that indicates change, but with a measure of calm, sensibility and prudence. The people and governments of Asia certainly hope that this proves to be the case.
Thaksin's shuffle tune
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 23/01/2012
» Let's say the average life expectancy of a cabinet is around six months. By the time Yingluck Shinawatra serves her four-year term, the country will have the Yingluck VIII or IX administration.
US campaign funding sets bad example
News, Published on 22/01/2012
» The trend in the US of staging ever costlier and more drawn out elections is obviously not one the rest of the world should followMany people around the world are no doubt shaking their heads in disbelief at the field of Republican Party candidates competing to be the party's standard bearer in November's US presidential elections. Equally inexplicable to people in most if not all other democratic nations are the massive amounts of money put into US election campaigns. The non-partisan Centre for Responsive Politics estimated that well over $1 billion was spent on presidential campaigns in the 2008 election, most coming from the same industries and interests that funded previous elections.
Raise expectations
Life, Published on 19/01/2012
» Please fill in the gap: We ____________ into thinking that they will keep promises after getting elected.