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I don’t speak Thai (But I try!)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/07/2013
» Maggie Rosenberg, a native of Brooklyn, New York says she can’t speak Thai, but she certainly can sing Thai. Her delightful music video is making her many friends here in Thailand and we’ll use it for our “Learning Thai” lesson today.
Law enforcement takes priority over gratitude
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/07/2013
» "I have today because my brother gave it to me." This controversial inscription is on a photograph hanging in the office of Pol Lt-Gen Khamronwit Thoopkrachang. It shows fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra pinning a police rank insignia on the new Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner’s shoulder in Hong Kong last year.
Woman gets B186,000 water bill
Published on 17/07/2013
» RATCHABURI - A 50-year-old woman who lives in Ban Pong district says she nearly collapsed when she learned her water bill for the period July 2 to July 10 was a huge 186,396 baht - or 5,968 baht per cubic metre of water.
Israeli PM rejects EU 'external dictates' on borders
AFP, Published on 17/07/2013
» Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday angrily rejected European Union guidelines barring the bloc's 28 member states from funding projects in Jewish settlements.
Mickelson hopes 'hate-love' beckons Open glory
AFP, Published on 17/07/2013
» Four-time major winner Phil Mickelson said Tuesday that his hatred of links golf has turned to love as he looks to follow up a breakthrough win in Scotland with British Open glory.
Late Open entrant flies by the seat of his pants
AFP, Published on 17/07/2013
» It has been a crazy few days for 19-year-old Jordan Spieth.
Govt defiant over 'tainted' rice
News, Published on 17/07/2013
» The government remains defiant over a consumer group's lab test which found that almost three-quarters of packed rice samples in the market contained methyl bromide - an odourless, colourless gas used as a fumigant to control rice bugs.
Politicians' kids push in on pitch
News, Published on 17/07/2013
» A father has cried foul over his son's abrupt removal from the list of mascots accompanying Chelsea players in Wednesday's friendly match, claiming his son will be replaced by the son of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Vichet vows to demolish illegal resorts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/07/2013
» Illegal resorts and properties in national parks and forest reserves will start being demolished from next month, under an order by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Vichet Kasemthongsri.
Activists wary of SSO changes
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 17/07/2013
» Labour activists and representatives from employees and employers groups have cried foul over draft amendments to make the labour minister the Social Security Office's (SSO) board chairman.