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1 day, 17 hours ago bangkokpost.com — Somali pirate attacks have spun "out of control", becoming more violent, frequent and extending further from the attackers' bases, a maritime watchdog said Wednesday.
"What we have seen in these last few weeks is an abnormal increase in violence and ships being hijacked despite the increased security in the area," said Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting centre.
"The situation is already out of control," he told AFP. "The United Nations (UN) and the international community must find ways to stop this menace." read more...
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1 day, 17 hours ago nationmultimedia.com — The cost of damage to the Government House and lost items is estimated to reach Bt100 million, Government Spokesman Nattawut Saikua said Wednesday.
He said he received reports from officials who went to retrieve documents and personal belongings in the Office of the Permanent Secretary found many items were missing including computer notebooks, cash from merit making ceremony, cash belonging to state officials, walky-talky, mobile phones, royal decorations, and handy drivers. read more...
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2 days, 18 hours ago nationmultimedia.com — INN news agency yesterday insisted it had "sincerely and professionally" reported news to its audience after its report about small countries offering help to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra were denied and questioned.
In a statement posted on its website, www.innnews.co.th, INN said it would stick to the standard of good ethics and would not be a tool for anybody.
INN issued the statement after the media questioned the reported offer to Thaksin which turned out to be a hoax.
While it accepted the scrutiny and would reconsider its reporting process, the INN explained how it got the news about the offers to Thaksin.
The INN earlier reported that several countries like the Bahamas and Bermuda had offered asylum and positions to Thaksin while living in exile. read more...
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2 days, 18 hours ago nationmultimedia.com — The Foreign Ministry will ask the Cabinet on Wednesday to revoke the three resolutions issued in May and June supporting Cambodia's proposal to have Preah Vihear temple listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
The move aims to clear the Cabinet's docket, since the resolutions allowing former foreign minister Noppadon Pattama to sign a joint communiqu้ supporting Cambodia were already nullified.
Also, Phnom Penh did not use the joint communiqu้ when applying for the listing.
The ministry hopes that the termination of the resolutions might encourage the Administrative Court to drop the case, especially since the subject no longer exists, an official said. read more...
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2 days, 18 hours ago nationmultimedia.com —
Convicted ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra will not appeal court ruling on Ratchadapisek land scandal which sentenced him to two years in jail, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Thaksin who is on the run from the imprisonment in Thailand has until Thursday to appeal against the jail term issued by Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders in his absentia.
Kamnuan said the former PM would explain his reasons for not appealing directly to his supporters, though he could not say when that would happen.
However, Jatuporn Promphan, cohost of the "Truth Today" TV show, said Thaksin might tell all during the "Mobile Truth Today" programme scheduled to be held in the Supachalasai National Stadium on December 14. read more...
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6 days, 6 hours ago nationmultimedia.com —
The grand royal cremation procession for HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana starts.
7:08 am: His Royal Highness Maha Vajiralongkorn and HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn arrive at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall and begins the rite by lighting up candles and joss sticks.
7:13 am: Monks chant prayers before removing the royal urn from the Dusit Throne Hall.
The ceremony for removing the royal urn of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana is presided over by HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.
The first procession is formed in front of the Si Sunthon Gate in the Grand Palace.
7:34 am: Officials start removing the royal urn from its place inside the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall.
7:55 am: Artillery are fired to honour Princess Galyani while the royal urn is being transported to the the Royal Great Victory Carriage. read more...
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6 days, 6 hours ago bangkokpost.com — Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is reported to have divorced his wife of 32 years Khunying Potjaman, in a move that has shocked many of the couple's friends and colleagues.
Thaksin told People Power party (PPP) MPs at a dinner in Hong Kong on Friday night that his marriage of more than three decades had ended.
"We divorced in order to make everybody feel comfortable," a PPP MP who was at the dinner, quoted Thaksin as saying.
The divorce was sealed at 11.00am yesterday at the Thai consulate in Hong Kong, the source said. read more...
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8 days, 18 hours ago bangkokpost.com — North Korea said Wednesday it would close its border with South Korea from next month in protest at what it called Seoul's confrontational stance, a move that could cripple a joint industrial estate.
The communist state announced that a measure "to strictly restrict and cut off all the overland passages" would take effect from December 1, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
A total closure of the heavily fortified border would effectively shut down the Seoul-funded Kaesong industrial complex built just north of the frontier as a symbol of reconciliation. read more...
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9 days, 17 hours ago nationmultimedia.com — Miliband said Thaksin's British entry visa would not be renewed.
He said British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was the one who made the decision to revoke Thaksin's entry visa after he was convicted in absentia to two years in jail for abusing of power in his wife's purchasing of Ratchadapisek land.
"The Home Secretary, who is the decision maker in the question of (Thaksin's) visas in the UK, has made clear that the conditions were changed by the convictions that happened in the case of Thaksin," Miliband said upong arrival in Bosnia.
"It is a follow up to those decisions, that you've now seen the change in the visa approach," he said.
The foreign secretary said he had not expected to be asked about the situation surrounding Thaksin's visa while he was in Bosnia. read more...
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10 days, 23 hours ago nationmultimedia.com — The People's Alliance for Democracy said Monday that it has fired two men who were arrested Sunday with assorted bombs and weapons in possession.
Chamlong Srimuang and Pipop Thongchai, co-leaders of the PAD, said Thanit Khanurai, 28, and Watana Kijpithaksin, 22, used to work as guards of the PAD but they were fired over ten days ago.
Chamlong said the chief of the PAD guards fired them after they were found to often use violence and carry guns. Chamlong said the two were warned several times to behave but they disobeyed so they were removed from duty. Chamlong said the PAD also had records of firing the two and could present the evidence to police.
The two were arrested while on a motorcycle on Ratchasima Road in Dusit district at 2.50pm. read more...
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10 days, 23 hours ago nationmultimedia.com — Deputy Public Health Minister Wicharn Meenchainan witnessed the incineration of tens of thousands of food product items contaminated with higher than acceptable levels of melamine at the Bang Pa-in industrial estate north of Bangkok .
Some 20,000 boxes of snacks including cheese crackers and biscuits and more than 13,000 cans of unsweetened condensed milk containing high levels of melamine were destroyed.
The burning of the melamine-tainted products was to ensure Thailand's consumers that food products in the market are melamine free. read more...
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13 days, 17 hours ago nationmultimedia.com — A number of MPs from the Isaan Patana faction will take their vacation in the Philippines this weekend and may meet with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, MP Paijit Srivarakarn said on Friday.
Paijit said he was uncertain if Thaksin would fly in to meet the MPs although the former prime minister had reportedly made telephone calls for the meeting arrangement. read more...
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13 days, 17 hours ago bangkokpost.com — Nine army rangers were wounded when insurgents detonated a roadside bomb in the southern province of Narathiwat on Friday afternoon.
The bomb took place after security forces shot dead two insurgents in the neighbouring Yala province in the morning.
Police said the bomb was hidden in an iron box, which was placed under a tree on Petchkasem road, which links between Narathiwat and Pattani provinces.
It was detonated when the rangers were patrolling on the road. read more...
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14 days, 8 hours ago nationmultimedia.com — Once again, Thaksin Shinawatra has sent legal pundits and novices alike scrambling for law books in a collective frenzy. Has he ever done anything in his life that needn't be interpreted? I wonder. Let's get started on the issues of royal pardons and amnesty bills.
CAN HE GET THEM, AND WHAT ARE THEIR DIFFERENCES?
Thaksin was referring to the royal pardon in his long-distance speech to his supporters last Saturday. This has to do with the two-year jail sentence laid down by the Supreme Court in connection with the Ratchadaphisek land case.
But since it was highly unlikely he would receive a royal pardon, for reasons we will discuss later, the People Power Party has been spinning the issue into a campaign to draft an amnesty bill for the 111 Thai Rak Thai executives banned from politics as a result of the party-dissolution ruling. read more...
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14 days, 9 hours ago nationmultimedia.com — The court ruled that the post-coup National Legislative Assembly in 2007 had lacked a quorum for the final reading of the bill.
Hopes were high for the legislation as a deterrent for aspiring politicians because it sought to penalise office holders as well as their relatives linked to conflicts of interest.
However, many politicians were unhappy, saying the law would discourage capable and qualified people from entering politics.
The definition of kinship was so broad as to span 84 tiers of family members and in-laws. The law was dubbed a seven-generation punishment, drawing on the analogy of an ancient penalty of beheading a wrongdoer and all members of seven-related families.
According to precedent, the NLA needed a quorum at the precious time of voting on passing a bill and not just at the calling of the session to order.k ra..asana bby? heheheok ra cy... read more...
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16 days, 19 hours ago bangkokpost.com — Some provinces in the central region were hit by flooding Tuesday as water levels in the region's rivers have risen substantially.
The business zone of Ayutthaya's Sena district was flooded, with shops in Ban Pan market closed and commodities moved to higher ground, causing traffic congestion.
In the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum, a dike was damaged by a forest flood in Ban Khwao district as water came off the nearby mountains. An estimated 50 million cubic metres of fast-moving water carried rocks, trees and forest underbrush into low-lying areas and paddy fields, cutting a main road connecting Chaiyaphum and Nakhon Sawan.
In Sing Buri, Governor Wichai Praisa-ngob visited flooded areas along the Chao Phraya River in Inburi district. Sand embankments and pumps helped drain water out to prevent flooding in the municipality.
In Suphan Buri, residents along the Tha Chin read more...
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