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Blast clues point to successful bomb plot
News, Published on 06/11/2015
» For more than a decade, terrorists tried and failed to bring down jetliners with explosives in carry-on liquids, in air freight and even in their underwear.
Expedia adds HomeAway to its stable
Business, Reuters, Published on 06/11/2015
» Expedia Inc said on Wednesday that it agreed to buy vacation rental site HomeAway Inc for about $3.9 billion in cash and stock, in a move that could ramp up competition with apartment-sharing start-up Airbnb Inc.
Facebook rides mobile-ad wave
Business, Published on 06/11/2015
» San Francisco — Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that surging mobile advertising lifted its profit and revenues as the world's biggest social network grew to over 1.5 billion people.
Myanmar reflects Asean domestic dilemmas
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/11/2015
» Myanmar's momentous elections on Sunday have a familiar ring to them. Now, just like 25 years ago, the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), spearheaded by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, is poised to thump the military-led Union Solidarity and Development Part (USDP) by a resounding margin.
Brands eye professional PCs
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 06/11/2015
» Global computer makers are shifting to the higher-margin professional computer segment in a bid to revive the sluggish PC market.
Fishery action long overdue
News, Editorial, Published on 06/11/2015
» The government should be lauded for speeding up efforts to clean up the fishery sector. Comprehensive policies and measures to stop overfishing and the use of slave labour are long overdue. The challenges ahead lie in enforcement.
Bond's countdown clock still ticks
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/11/2015
» The first shot in Spectre begins above a carnivalesque party during Mexico's Day of the Dead; the camera then comes down to the ground, weaves among the masked revellers dressed as skeletons, glides into a hotel door, up the elevator, out of the elevator, slips into a bedroom where Her Majesty's secret agent kisses a woman, then follows him out of the window -- "I won't be long", he tells her -- then it goes up again to see Bond sneak across the roofs to a spot where he performs his first assassination in this 24th James Bond movie.
Will poll achieve genuine change?
News, Aung Zaw, Published on 06/11/2015
» Myanmar voters head to the polls on Sunday for a general election that could be a milestone moment for the country, provided it is free and fair.
The Island Funeral scoops prestigious film award
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 06/11/2015
» Several years in the making, director Pimpaka Towira's feature film The Island Funeral (Maha Samut Lae Susan) won the Asian Future Film Award at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival last weekend. The award, which was established two years ago, is given to the best work by first- and second-time directors.
Excesses will catch up with the regime
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/11/2015
» The Isra online news agency this week reported the government had at the end of June this year placed an order for four bulletproof Mercedes-Maybach S600 Guard sedans costing 78 million baht, for government use in its official duties.