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Suu Kyi departs on landmark US visit
AFP, Published on 16/09/2012
» Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar Sunday for a landmark trip to the United States, set to see her feted by the US president and quizzed on the progress of reforms.
S. Korea on alert for typhoon
AFP, Published on 16/09/2012
» South Korea was Sunday bracing for the arrival of its third major typhoon in two months, with school classes cancelled, ferry routes closed and thousands of ships sheltering in port.
Finding stories on Storycorps
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/09/2012
» Yesterday I introduced you to Storycorps, a website where you can find and listen to hundreds of very short stories told by ordinary Americans. Best of all, you can see what they said. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the site.
US stay alive in Spain, Czechs stun Argentina
AFP, Published on 16/09/2012
» The United States stayed alive in their Davis Cup semi-final against champions Spain Saturday while four-time runners-up Argentina lost their doubles clash as well as Juan Martin Del Potro against the Czech Republic.
Central Group head Vanchai passes away
News, Published on 16/09/2012
» Vanchai Chirathivat, the head of one of Thailand's richest business families, passed away peacefully yesterday morning at Bumrungrad Hospital following a battle with cancer. He was 84.
After atrocity in South, Muslim peace advocate flies in
News, Published on 16/09/2012
» Three paramilitary rangers and a housekeeper were shot dead and their bodies burned in an ambush in Yala's Muang district early yesterday morning.
PACC finds new evidence of land graft
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/09/2012
» Many wealthy families and high-ranking government officials have illegally occupied land plots at a self-help settlement in Nakhon Ratchasima earmarked for dam-affected residents and landless farmers, the national anti-graft agency has found.
B400m to be set aside for pledging
News, Published on 16/09/2012
» Subsidising the rice pledging scheme for the 2012-2013 crop year is expected to cost the government 400 billion baht.
Rayong governor, Parks chief feel the pier pressure over 'Tasteless' wharf
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 16/09/2012
» Abattle of wills is looming between two senior government officials over the construction of a new pier on Koh Samet which the Rayong administration says is necessary, the national parks chief says is in violation of the law and tourists say is ''tasteless''.
Migrant workers say firm caused loss of legal status
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/09/2012
» About 33 Myanmar migrant workers yesterday lodged a complaint with the Labour Ministry, saying their employer had taken away their passports and held them until their visas expired.