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Today's Highlight
Much-revered Phra Prom statue destroyed
A man described to be mentally-deranged hammered the much-revered statue of Pra Prom or Brahma creator god at the Hyatt Erawan Hotel and reduced it into pieces before he was killed by bystanders.
'Subscriber' demo at 'The Nation'
About 100 people, including 30 motorcycle taxi drivers, staged a protest in front of The Nation office Tuesday afternoon, demanding that the paper stop what they called distortion of the news.
EC calls on Suthep to show proof of fraud
The Election Commission called on Democrat Party secretary-general Suthep Thuagsuban yesterday to hand over evidence that its officials helped small parties to fix membership records in order to fulfil candidacy requirements - or face a court battle for defamation.
ROUNDTABLE Mixed views on how Thaksin will depart
A group of businessmen and economists believe that acting Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will resign amid mounting pressure from the anti-Thaksin alliance but disagree on how he will do it.
Paradorn's ranking goes up
A splendid run in the Pacific Life Open has lifted Thai ace Paradorn Srichaphan back into the world's top 40 ranked players again on the ATP computer rankings, which were updated yesterday.