Thai simulations yield positive news on global outbreak. Two recent simulations of a potential influenza pandemic carried out in Thailand tell the first piece of positive news about the next probable global outbreak. The containment and elimination of an emergent pandemic strain of influenza at the point of origin is feasible using a combination of antiviral preventive treatments and social distance measures, the models showed.

Southern widows tell their stories

As the sound of guns and bombs rings out daily in the South, bereaved women from the area are making their voices heard in a book entitled “Cheewit Tee Long-lue Kab Roiyim Lang Yardluad” (“What’s Left of Life and Smiles After the Bloodshed”).

Ex-politician’s son accused of assault

Former politician Chalerm Yoobamrung will take his son Wan to Makkasan police station today to answer allegations that he assaulted a male model in a pub brawl on Thursday night, a senior police officer said yesterday.

IN BRIEF: PARLIAMENT

Chuwit facing probe over alleged alcoholic beverage in the House

SOUTHERN UNREST: Ministers march for business

Frightened Muslim traders keep their shops closed despite government pleas

Man threatens to blow up university

An armed man yesterday threatened to blow up Huachiew Chalermprakiet University in Bang Na with a grenade if his demand for Bt3 million was not met.

Bangkok senators condemn State of Emergency Decree

Bangkok senators yesterday expressed their strong opposition in Parliament to the State of Emergency Decree.

Journalists blast Thaksin’s signboard shenanigans

Media groups yesterday condemned Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for rating journalists on their questions by using hand-held signs during his formal weekly press conference on Thursday.

PM to get water shortage fix-it list

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wants to know what can be done to tackle the drought-spawned water shortage in Nakhon Ratchasima and the governor is ready to present him with a long list.

Father kills his infant son, then himself

A young man threw his 21-month-old son from the seventh floor of a building yesterday before jumping to his death at Sripathum University in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district.

Keep pregnant girls in school: teen expert

Pregnant teenagers should be allowed to attend classes both to prolong their education and to demonstrate to their peers the consequences of premature sexual relations, a seminar on sex education was told yesterday.

Cabbies at your fingertips, anyone?

Hailing a taxi in Bangkok will soon be as easy as pushing a button.

METRO BRIEFS: CHINATOWN: Popular road will be closed to traffic

A Chinatown road popular with shoppers will be closed to traffic on weekends starting from tomorrow.

Populist policies ‘not helping the poor, communities’

The government should stop using populist policies as a political strategy to woo voters, the People’s Commission urged yesterday.

More Nigerian inmates head home

The final 19 Nigerian prisoners selected for repatriation this year began their journey home yesterday.