'People Power' talk
Leading politicians and academics from Thailand and the Philippines will take part in a seminar at Chulalongkorn University's Mass Communications Faculty tomorrow to discuss the similarities and differences between past examples of "People Power" in neighbouring countries and the ongoing uprising against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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EC impartial, Vasana insists
Despite being branded as "partial" by anti-Thaksin Shinawatra protesters, the chairman of the Election Commission (EC) Vasana Puemlarp, has denied the accusations and said that anyone determined to be carrying out their duties without impartiality would be investigated and dealt with accordingly.
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Vandal's dad distraught
The father of a young man beaten to death for destroying the Brahma statue at the Erawan Shrine condemned the "overreaction" of the mob that lynched his son.
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FACE OFF
Experts divided on post-poll scenarios
One of the legal problems expected to follow the April 2 election is whether a new House of Representatives will be able to convene, or indeed, how it can convene.
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BT30 HEALTHCARE SCHEME
PM 'using plan to scare voters'
Contrary to Thaksin's statements, coverage won't disappear if he's ousted, say activists
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'No one paid us'
Seven small parties held a press conference yesterday to deny the Democrat Party's claim that the Thai Rak Thai Party had contracted them to run in the April 2 election.
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TRT's Pongsak sues Suthep
Thai Rak Thai Party deputy secretary-general Pongsak Rukta-pongpisal yesterday filed a libel suit against Democrat Party secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban for accusing senior TRT party members of paying candidates from smaller parties to contest next month's election.
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Diplomats quiz govt officials
Diplomats based in Bangkok quizzed government officials yesterday about electoral procedures if the prime minister goes ahead with the snap election on April 2.
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Pro-Thaksin Caravan from rural heartland
If there is one word to describe the Caravan of Poor People now camped out in Chatuchak Park, it is rural.
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Hitting the big city to fight for a PM besieged
The Caravan of the Poor, in the capital to support Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has announced the identities of its leaders.
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BURNING ISSUE
The master of the house is . . . out
Government House falls silent as PM and his Cabinet tour the provinces
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IN BRIEF
Suranaree scholars: Rectors urged to drop neutrality
A group of 50 lecturers from Suranaree University of Technology yesterday circulated an open letter calling for the governing body for universities to renounce the flawed leadership of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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