enlarge Floods cannot stop a young boy from begging his mother for a new toy in Ayuttaya's Sena district on Thursday. The province has been hard hit by flood for the month.//Photo by Chaiwat Pumpueng
Bersatu call for Mahathir to continue brokering
Alor Star: Thai Muslim separatist groups want former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to continue mediating to resolve the unrest in the southern Thai provinces.
Free health care for patients : Health Minister
Just one day after making headlines by vowing to ban all forms of advertising for alcoholic drinks, new Public Health Minister Dr Mongkol Na Songkhla was under the media spotlight again Thursday when he said the Bt30 health care scheme must be renamed.
Separatists 'end call for independence'
Separatist groups in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand have agreed to drop their demand for independence - in exchange for amnesty, better economic development and usage of Malay language in schools, Malaysia's state-run news agency Bernama said yesterday.