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• CRES issues Govt House entry ban

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Bangkok: 'Thai Patriots' group relocates temple rally The Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation has issued orders banning entry to roads leading to Government House and prohibiting rallies in the immediate area. The move comes despite the...

• Temple Plan Battle Will Be Tough

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Bangkok: Better preparation is needed if Thailand is to win the fight with Cambodia over its management plan for Preah Vihear temple. Thailand celebrated a small victory last week when it managed to persuade the 21-member World Heritage Committee (WHC), ...

• Police Detain Two Bomb Suspects

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Bangkok: Metropolitan police have detained two people suspected of planting bombs near the Big C Supercenter in the Ratchadamri area and on Rang Nam Road last week. The blasts caused one death and several injuries. Police Wednesday morning arrested Sora...

• Bhumjaithai Ranks Are Swelling

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Bangkok: Five more MPs have given a blunt indication they will defect from their parties and join Bhumjaithai by showing up at a party meeting yesterday. The five - from coalition and opposition parties - will join about 10 other MPs who seem likely to s...

• New Emission Rules Coming To Rayong

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Bangkok: Euro 4 emission standards will be adopted in Rayong starting next year in a move to control excessive air pollution, particularly in the Map Ta Phut area.The move comes one year ahead of the planned deadline for the adoption of the standard natio...

• Vendor Eyesore Imperils Heritage

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Bangkok: Thailand has a new world heritage worry, in addition to the Preah Vihear temple. In the old capital of Ayutthaya, which holds world heritage status, unlicensed vendors cause an eyesore and resist attempts by authorities to move them. Officials ...

• Dramatic Island Protest Against Exploration, Court Battle Threatened

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Surat Thani : Tens of thousands of protesters yesterday formed a human link around Koh Samui to show their opposition to four oil exploration projects, heralding what they say could lead to a protracted legal battle. ...

• Blast Prompts Security Revamp

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  "Bomb victim unlikely to survive his injuries" Bangkok : The government has ordered a revamp of intelligence agencies after an early morning bomb critically wounded a rubbish collector on Rang Nam Road. The bomb, which went off about 1am, was identified...

• Close Encounter

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: The Jakarta Post

  Jakarta: Pertamina President Director Karen Agustiawan (right) explains to housewives living in Petamburan, Central Jakarta on how to choose the right regulator for their gas canisters. Karen promoted on Friday gas use safety rules in the wake of acciden...

• Water, Water, Everywhere

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Manila Bulletin

  Manila: Workers rush to fix a busted pipe along Mercedes Avenue in Pasig City, Friday morning. The busted pipe, which caused some flooding in the area, is owned by concessionaire Manila Water.-- Courtesy of Manila Bulletin...

• Court Sends Mum Who Murdered Her Children To Mental Hospital

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: The Star Online

  George Town: The High Court on Friday ordered a woman accused of having strangled her two children to be sent to a mental hospital at the pleasure of the Penang Yang Dipertua Negri after finding her not guilty due to depression and mental incapacity. Jus...

• Kasit Lays Down The Law

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Bangkok: Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has submitted a strongly worded letter to World Heritage Committee members outlining Thailand's fierce objections to Cambodia's management plan for the Preah Vihear temple. The Foreign Ministry also began furious l...

• World Hepatitis Day

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: The Jakarta Post

  Jakarta: World Hepatitis Day: A hepatitis researcher of the Health Ministry stages a peaceful rally about the illness at Bundaran Hotel Indonesian traffic circle in Jakarta, on Wednesday. The event was held to mark the World Hepatitis Day which falls on J...

• Arroyos Back In R.P.

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Manila Bulletin

  Manila: Former President and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (left) and husband Jose Miguel Arroyo are welcomed by their grandchildren Monique, Mikaela, and Maria Victoria upon their arrival from Hong Kong at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (...

• Low Dispels Talk He Received RM500mil Airbase Job

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: The Star Online

  Kuala Lumpur: Well-connected businessman Jho Low has dispelled talk that he is involved in the redevelopment of the TUDM Sungai Besi airbase. "I am not involved - that part I want to make clear. I understand that there are some allegations that I receive...

• Govt Issues Temple Ultimatum

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Bangkok: Thais will quit heritage body if plans are passed Thailand is threatening to resign its membership of the World Heritage Committee if it goes ahead and approves Cambodia's management plan for Preah Vihear temple. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv...

• Busway Soon To Connect Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: The Jakarta Post

  Jakarta: The central government is finalizing the Transjabodetabek mass transportation concept which would integrate Jakarta's satellite cities of Bogor, Depok and Bekasi in West Java, and Tangerang in Banten. "The concept is a continuation of the existi...

• Aquino With U.N. Officials

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Manila Bulletin

  Manila: President Aquino meets with United Nations representatives led by Dr. Jacqueline Badcock, UN Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program, at the Malacañang Guest House.-- Courtesy of Manila Bulletin...

• No Ordinary Jho

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: The Star Online

  Kuala Lumpur: International Man of Mystery Jho Low, who parties with Paris Hilton and is reputed to chalk up hefty bills for champagne, has finally come out to talk about him self and the life he lives. In an exclusive interview with The Star, this 28-ye...

• New Attack Another Setback For Tourism

  Created: DATE_FORMAT_LC2 Author: Bangkok Post

  Bangkok - Thailand's tourism recovery will be delayed further to the second half of 2011 as Sunday's explosion near the Big C Ratchadamri store in Bangkok has sparked new concern about political problems, according to the Thai Hotels Association (THA). ...