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Time in spotlight priceless for Nairobi attackers
AFP, Published on 24/09/2013
» For Somalia's Shebab, the authors of a deadly attack on a posh Nairobi shopping mall, every hour spent at the top of the world's news agenda is priceless publicity, experts say.
Call them Shaq-ramento as O'Neal buys into Kings
AFP, Published on 24/09/2013
» Shaquille O'Neal, a four-time NBA champion who retired in 2011, has become a part owner of the Sacramento Kings, a rival club he derisively dubbed the "Queens" back in 2002.
Estates fight to stay flood-free
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/09/2013
» State authorities are gearing up to protect industrial estates in Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani provinces as flood water begins inundating many low-lying areas in the Central Plains.
MPs to quiz govt on 1st-year performance
News, Pradit Ruangdit, Published on 24/09/2013
» The government will present a report on its first-year performance to the House of Representatives today, spokesman Teerat Rattanasevi said.
Democrats have a B2trln plan
News, Published on 24/09/2013
» The opposition will unveil its own 2-trillion-baht investment plan Tuesday, says Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Tensions simmer as farmers rue disunity
News, Pradit Ruangdit, Published on 24/09/2013
» The rubber farmers' protest at Ban Khuan Nong Hong intersection in Cha-uat district started as a tiny gathering to discuss the government's cash subsidy of 2,520 baht per rai.
Shelters fight changes to elephant law
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/09/2013
» Angry operators of private elephant shelters who oppose a proposed amendment to the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act complained at the first round of public hearings on Monday that the change will gravely affect their business.
ONCB wants Asean drug police force
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/09/2013
» The Office of the Narcotics Control Board wants to establish an Asean drug enforcement agency to boost its anti-drug push.
Thais pay respects to Chin Peng
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/09/2013
» The former Communist Party of Malaya leader, Chin Peng, who led a bloody insurgency against British colonial rule in the 1940s and 50s, was cremated in Bangkok Monday.
Bikini bullies strip solidarity
News, Published on 24/09/2013
» The question of minority rights is often tricky, as recent events prove so well. Groups in Thailand and the region have made demands which seem to fly in the face of logic and tradition. Relatively small numbers of Indonesians have called for the right to change the dress codes of athletes and entertainers. A small group of Thais not only demanded changes in a TV drama, they succeeded. While it is vital that everyone has the right to speak and to petition for change, it is not so clear that every such demand should be taken equally seriously.