enlarge Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn prepares a spicy dipping for boiled fishes. The princess presided over an opening ceremony of Phufa Shop's Hua Hin branch on Saturday.//Photo by Charnnarong Porndilokrad
Today's Highlight
A father seeks help for his daughter's death
A father whose six-year-old daughter was shot to death as she tried to protect him filed a complaint with Pavena Foundation for Children and Women on Saturday out of fear that her death would be for nothing if the gunman walked free.
Italian trio relegated to Serie B
AC Milan, Fiorentina, Juventus and Lazio were punished
Serie A sides Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina have been demoted to the second division for their involvement in Italy's match-fixing scandal.
Land ownership on Samui to be probed : Yongyuth
Surat Thani - Natural Resources and Environment Minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat ordered on Saturday land on Koh Samui to be conserved as a watersource area and urged a probe into the legality of land ownership on the island.
PAD does the round of the embassies
The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) resumed street action yesterday, denouncing the prime minister as a "tyrant born out of election with no understanding of the democratic process".
Mystery rise in bird-flu reports
Laboratory tests on three patients suspected to have caught the bird-flu virus in the northern province of Phichit confirmed that they did not have the disease, the Public Health Ministry said yesterday.
Thailand start rank outsiders
[TENNIS] At stake is a spot in Group II of the Fed Cup but Thailand unfortunately is unlikely to pull off an upset against hosts Slovak Republic in this weekend's play-offs in Bratislava.