585 ACADEMICS URGE . . . Vote 'No'
University lecturers call on voters to tick abstention box in bid to stop PM from forming govt
Doom and gloom after the election, says P-Net
The People's Network for Elections in Thailand (P-Net) yesterday predicted a worst-case scenario after the election with riots in more than 10 southern provinces and clashes between supporters and opponents of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok.
Tempers flare at Sondhi's Manager office
About 200 motorcyclists surrounded the Manager Media Group office in Bangkok yesterday after submitting a police complaint demanding that media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul and Kom Chad Luek newspaper be taken to court on lese majeste charges.
Thai Rak Thai vows to cut income tax if it wins ballot
The Thai Rak Thai Party has vowed to exempt all Thais from personal income taxes for the income they reap in 2006, ahead of the Sunday election, a promise that should favour the party, according to a high-ranking party source.
A tale of Taksin of the rice fields
A novel based on French missionaries' letters about King Taksin the Great, the founder of the Thon Buri Kingdom, goes on sale today at the 34th Bangkok Book Fair.
