enlarge It may be too late but residents on the bank of the Chao Phaya River in Nonthaburi rush against time as they work in knee-high water to setup barrier with sandbags amid more pouring rain coming due to hit Bangkok. // Photo by Watcharachai Klaipong
Over 30 per cent of budget for local authorities : Pridiyathorn
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula Wednesday vowed to distribute 35 per cent of the government's total budget to local authorities during the 2007 fiscal year.
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Martial law to be lifted 'once TRT threat eases'
Martial law will be lifted soon - once authorities believe no acts of political subversion can be mounted against the interim administration, military and government leaders said yesterday.