enlarge Children swin around a traffic signal light on a flooded street in Jakarta on Monday. Indonesian rescuers, police and troops in inflatable boats helped evacuate Jakarta residents stranded in severe floods that have killed 29, as the number left homeless approached 350,000.//AFP
Today's Big Stories
Violence continues in deep south
Eleven soldiers and three civilians were injured in several bombings in the Muslim South on Monday.
Health Security office defends lifting of patent protection
The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is defending a Public Health Ministry decision to infringe patent protection of some drugs, saying lives must come before corporate profit.
NHSO secretary general Dr Sanguan Nitayarumphong said the ministry acted to ensure access to medicine where lives were at risk.
Pol Gen Seripisut replaces Kowit as police super boss
Pol Gen Kowit Watana is dismissed as police commissioner general on Monday and be transferred to the PM's Office, about a month after series of bomb attacks rocked Bangkok and suburbs.
Singapore's last-ditch rally breaks Thai hearts
Singapore promoted themselves to the status of Lion King yesterday after grinding out a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Thailand in the Asean Football Championship second-leg final yesterday, which was adequate to give them the top honours.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Prasong lends weight to criticism of govt
The Surayud government's lack of decisiveness and inability to get officials to act on political problems could lead to further unrest in the country, Constitution Drafting Committee chairman Prasong Soonsiri has warned.
Thaksin rumoured to have rented satellite
Government officials are scrambling to verify rumours that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has rented a Chinese satellite to beam attacks against the junta into Thailand.
Nudnida and Noppawan excel
[TENNIS] Teenage stars Nudnida Luangnam and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn extended their astonishing run in the qualifiers of the US$170,000 Pattaya Women's Open, upsetting two seeded players in the second round at the Dusit Resort Hotel yesterday.
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Children swin around a traffic signal light on a flooded street in Jakarta on Monday. Indonesian rescuers, police and troops in inflatable boats helped evacuate Jakarta residents stranded in severe floods that have killed 29, as the number left homeless approached 350,000.//AFP
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