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Digital economy bills slammed as 'security laws'
Online Reporters, Published on 14/01/2015
» Ten bills being enacted in support of the digital economy have raised concerns among some scholars, online communities and IT experts who criticised they serve national security purposes rather than economic ones.
Surrogate mums bring charges against ministry
Lamphai Intathep, Published on 14/01/2015
» Six Thai surrogate mothers of nine babies fathered by a young Japanese man, Mitsutoki Shigeta, have accused the Social Development and Human Security Ministry of illegally keeping and poorly treating their children.
Federer, Sharapova gun for more Australian Open glory
AFP, Published on 14/01/2015
» MELBOURNE - Veterans Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova head into the opening Grand Slam of 2015 next week as the form players, but there is a heady mix of youth and experience snapping at their heels.
India court grants Italian marine 3 more months at home
AFP, Published on 14/01/2015
» NEW DELHI - India's top court Wednesday allowed an Italian marine detained for the 2012 killing of two fishermen another three months at home to recover from heart surgery amid a diplomatic row over the case.
Nishikori, Verdasco score wind-blown Kooyong Classic wins
AFP, Published on 14/01/2015
» Japan's Kei Nishikori and Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco scored a pair of opening victories amid a "little typhoon" to begin final Australian Open preparations at the Kooyong Classic on Wednesday.
Trang forest poaching curbed
Online Reporters, Published on 14/01/2015
» Trang authorities took the most-aggressive legal action yet against illegal encroachment of public land in 2014, more than doubling the number of cases launched the prior year.
NPU president accused of malfeasance
Online Reporters, Published on 14/01/2015
» A vice president of Nakhon Phanom University has asked Crime Suppression Division police to take action against the NPU president and his associates for alleged malfeasance in providing unauthorised undergraduate and master’s degree courses outside the campus.
South Korea activist arrested for praising North
AFP, Published on 14/01/2015
» SEOUL - Days after deporting a Korean-American woman for praising North Korea, South Korean authorities on Wednesday arrested a fellow activist and former leftist politician on similar charges.
Fish removed from Bangkok mall pond
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/01/2015
» Workers from the Fisheries Department and Phra Nakhon district are moving about 3,000 fish out of Bangkok’s condemned New World shopping centre where they have swum around for more than 10 years.
Shigeta wants his babies back
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/01/2015
» The Japanese father of at least nine surrogate babies from Thai mothers has reportedly filed a lawsuit to get his babies back.