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Pattaya hosts world badminton competition
Published on 13/09/2013
» The 14th World Airlines Badminton Championship was held in the Pattaya with Thai Airways hosting the event supported by 10 Asian airlines. The competition brought many athletes into the resort and underscored the resort’s reputation as a sporting mecca.
Get smart?
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 13/09/2013
» Last week Education Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng ordered officials to look into a report prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF) that showed the Thai educational system was potentially left behind at the bottom among eight Asean countries surveyed (to be fair, the WEF surveyed 144 countries around the world and in certain aspects of education we're doing better than others). Our dad, the Bangkok Post, reported later in the week that the minister vowed to embark on efforts to improve the education system and that his ministry will make education reform a national agenda.
World of migrants share resources, reduce poverty
Published on 13/09/2013
» UNITED NATIONS - More people around the world than ever are living abroad and the United States remains the most popular destination, according to new UN data released Thursday.
Merkel rival causes storm with middle-finger photo
AFP, Published on 13/09/2013
» German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief election rival sparked a storm of derision and online ridicule Thursday by allowing himself to be photographed making the vulgar middle-finger gesture.
Nineteen charged in Czech, Slovak match-fixing case
AFP, Published on 13/09/2013
» Czech and Slovak police said Thursday they had charged 19 current or former footballers with bribery linked to match-fixing in several competitions in both countries.
Nibali still in red, Kiryienka wins Vuelta 18th stage
AFP, Published on 13/09/2013
» Italian Vincenzo Nibali clung on to his narrow lead of the Tour of Spain after a gruelling 18th stage on Thursday.
Suu Kyi 'can't stop' anti-Islam violence
AFP, Published on 13/09/2013
» Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday that she alone could not stop the anti-Muslim violence that has shaken her country and that the solution was to install the rule of law.
Internet radio titan Pandora gets new chief
AFP, Published on 13/09/2013
» Internet radio titan Pandora appointed a digital advertising star as its chief executive in the increasingly competitive online music business.
NSC denies BRN demands met
News, Published on 13/09/2013
» The National Security Council (NSC) Thursday rejected a report claiming it had accepted four of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional's (BRN) five demands.
Abhisit under fire for 'dumb bitch' jibe
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/09/2013
» A noisy chorus erupted Thursday in parliament with ruling Pheu Thai MPs and opposition Democrat MPs trading barbs over Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva's controversial "e-ngo" (dumb bitch) remark, believed to refer to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.