enlarge A police examines heroin capsules confiscated during a raid to a mansion on Ratchadapisek Road in Din Daeng district on Wednesday. Two Hong Kong men were also arrested after police found a total of 10 kg of compressed and capsuled heroin in their room.//Photo by Jumpol Nopthip
Today's Highlight
Final stage for bird flu medicine
The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) is in the final stages of developing its own medicine to treat bird flu.
Legal action is last resort
Two Australian zoos say legal action will only be taken as a last resort to prevent animal rights activists blocking the deliv¬ery of eight Asian elephants to Sydney and Melbourne, Australian media reported.
Kenya court halts wildlife export to Thailand
A Nairobi court has indefinitely put on halt the government's intended plan to export animals to Thailand pending the hearing and determination of a case filed by the Nairobi CBO consortium.
Storm brewing over top promotions
The government faces allegations it is making political appointments to top bureaucratic posts after it filled two sensitive positions yesterday.
DSI: 7 top officials caught in scam
The Department of Special Investi-gation (DSI) yesterday concluded that seven high-ranking officials and former officials had committed malfeasance in the multibillion-baht deal to purchase fire-fighting equipment from Austria for the Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department.
UTCC sees lower-than-expected growth
Although the ongoing political instability appears to have given businesses the jitters, leading to a fall in sales, the flip side of the situation is a likely reduction in the country's trade and current-account deficits, reports the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Pongsaklek to fight Myekeni
[BOXING] Thailand's dominant boxing champion Pongsaklek Wongjonkam's next fight will be against top South African challenger Monelisi Myekeni.
Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?
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A police examines heroin capsules confiscated during a raid to a mansion on Ratchadapisek Road in Din Daeng district on Wednesday. Two Hong Kong men were also arrested after police found a total of 10 kg of compressed and capsuled heroin in their room.//Photo by Jumpol Nopthip
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