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Protesters vow bigger rally as rubber talks fail
Post Reporters, Published on 27/08/2013
» Protesters are threatening to scale up their rallies over rubber prices after negotiations between the government and the demonstrators in Nakhon Si Thammarat collapsed Monday.
BRN factions blamed for talks delay
Post Reporters, Published on 27/08/2013
» Attempts to restart far South peace talks between the government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) are being hindered by some factions within the separatist group, National Security Council chief Paradorn Pattanatabut said Monday.
BATS, Direct Edge merging to form #2 US stock exchange
AFP, Published on 27/08/2013
» Electronic exchange operators BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge Holdings announced Monday they would merge to create the second-largest stock exchange in the United States.
World tourism shows surprise surge
AFP, Published on 27/08/2013
» International tourist numbers surged by 5.2 percent to nearly half a billion people worldwide in the first half of 2013, beating earlier expectations, the United Nation's World Tourism Organisation said Monday.
Brits celebrate double top, Radwanska, Li cruise
AFP, Published on 27/08/2013
» Britain, buoyed by the Andy Murray feelgood factor, celebrated US Open first round wins for Laura Robson and qualifier Daniel Evans on Monday as Agnieszka Radwanska and Li Na cruised into the second round.
Turkey's 'Standing Man' wins German rights award
AFP, Published on 27/08/2013
» Turkey's "Standing Man", a performance artist who became an icon of anti-government protests this year, will receive a major German human rights award next week, the jury said Monday.
India parliament passes flagship food-for-poor scheme
AFP, Published on 27/08/2013
» India's parliament on Monday passed a flagship 18-billion-dollar programme to provide subsidised food to the poor that is intended to "wipe out" endemic hunger and malnutrition in the aspiring superpower.
India Congress chief Gandhi released from hospital
AFP, Published on 27/08/2013
» India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi was released from hospital on Tuesday, hours after being admitted with fever, cold and a headache, a doctor and colleagues said.
Tobacco label push stalls
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/08/2013
» The Central Administrative Court has ordered the Public Health Ministry to suspend the enforcement of a cigarette health warning enlargement regulation in a high-profile case filed by tobacco giant Philip Morris against the ministry.
Ministry boosts safeguards for visa stickers
News, Published on 27/08/2013
» The Foreign Ministry has stepped up safeguards for the handling of visa stickers following reports over the weekend that another 2,000 of them were lost during their delivery to the Thai embassy in the Netherlands.