enlarge Dolls made of strings from Chiang Mai were popular among teenagers in China. However Chinese government has recently banned them after local Chinese firms claimed they were voodoo dolls.//Photo by Ekkapong Praditpong
Today's Highlight
Constitution Court will first decide whether election is valid
Faced with a flurry of complaints about the election, the Constitution Court on Tuesday said it would first rule on whether the election was valid and then two matters regarding the Election Commission's handling of the April 2 ballot.
A mother claims police forced her son to confess
A 58-yearold mother filed a complaint with the Law Society of Thailand on Tuesday, claiming Bangkok's Taling Chan police had beaten up her son and forced him to confess to having 40 metham¬phetamine - or "ya ba" tablets.
La Nina brings early rains
The La Nina phenomenon, which triggers unusually cold ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific, has brought early rains to northern Thailand.
Angry parents want exam dumped
Chaos continued yesterday amid the unveiling of O-Net and A-Net (Ordinary and Advanced National Educational Test) scores.
Reality of costly fuel hits home
Security officials are preparing to curtail services, police are scratching for every baht they can find and businesses are pressuring the authorities to raise prices as oil costs bite deep into every aspect of life in Thailand.
Paradorn slips up on clay
[TENNIS] Sixth-seeded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand squandered a 3-0 lead in the second set to crash out in the opening round of the BMW Open in Munich yesterday.
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Dolls made of strings from Chiang Mai were popular among teenagers in China. However Chinese government has recently banned them after local Chinese firms claimed they were voodoo dolls.//Photo by Ekkapong Praditpong
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