enlarge An ticket employee at the Bangkok Bus Station takes a rest on Friday afternoon as thousands of people were leaving Bangkok for the long holiday starting this weekend. A sign at her booth read, "All routes sold out."//Photo by Watcharachai Klaipong
Today's Big Stories
Saddam legal team asked to pick up personal effects
Amman - The US military has asked lawyers for Saddam Hussein to pick up the former Iraqi dictator's personal effects in advance of his execution, one of his legal team said on Friday.
Suspected militants kill and burn two teachers in Yala
Ban Bado, Yala - Suspected militants shot dead two teachers and burn their bodies on a small paved road about 100 meters away from the village school in which they work.
Bears on Display go missing
Light-fingered shoppers apparently decided it was the 'season of taking' in Singapore, stealing more than 30 teddy bears from HarbourFront Centre's Christmas decoration display.
Smokers forbidden to light up in public areas
From now on, smokers will find it harder than ever to find a place to light up because every public area will be a smoke-free zone following the latest ministerial order from the Public Health Minister.
Join city's most exclusive meal for Bt1 million
There's no need to fly to the US to shake hands with the Forbes 500 super-rich as some of them are heading here and are ready to meet anyone who can afford a Bt1 million dinner.
YEAR-END SPECIAL: DEAL OF THE YEAR The mother of all Thai M&A deals
In its sheer magnitude, Temasek Holdings' takeover of Shin Corp was the biggest in Thai merger-and-acquisition history - several times larger than the Bt23 billion United Overseas Bank paid recently for a majority stake in Bank of Asia, now UOB (Thai).
Officials are acquitted of dredge-boat accusations
The Criminal Court yesterday acquitted two former top executives and five serving officials of the Harbour Department in a case relating to a collapsed Bt1.79-billion contract to procure canal-dredging boats.
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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An ticket employee at the Bangkok Bus Station takes a rest on Friday afternoon as thousands of people were leaving Bangkok for the long holiday starting this weekend. A sign at her booth read, "All routes sold out."//Photo by Watcharachai Klaipong
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