enlarge Young students of Baan Tapingtingee School and a soldier in Yala look at debris of their school that suspected militants torched on Monday night. The school was the fifth of school in the province that were burnt down in recent weeks.//Photo by Charoon Thongnual
Today's Big Stories
People's right to know suffered under Thaksin : PM
Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Tuesday the "people's right to know" had suffered under the previous administration of Thaksin Shinawatra because of his government's "carrot and stick" approach to media management.
OIC welcomes PM's measures over south
The world largest Islamic organisation has welcomed constructive measures taken by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to restore peace in the restive South.
Wat's tranquillity shattered
Vibrations caused by jets arriving and departing from Suvarnabhumi Airport are forcing monks at a 100-year-old temple to practise amid falling roof tiles and deafening blasts.
Exotic plants prove easy pickings for expo thieves
Some exotic plant varieties exhibited at the international horticulture exposition have been stolen, a senior provincial police officer said yesterday.
Princess runs with Asiad torch
[ASIAN GAMES] Thailand received lavish praise from Qatari officials for the Asian Games torch run, which was described as bigger and better than those held in other countries, with Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Narirattana one of the torchbearers yesterday.
Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?