enlarge Damaged houses are seen along a collapsed slope after the recent quake at a tourist attraction site in Ngarai Sihanouk Bukit Tinggi, 09 March 2007. The force of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake, which was followed by an almost equally powerful aftershock, stunned villagers used to the tremors that often shake this mountainous region of West Sumatra.//AFP
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TRT leader calls for investigation into Gen Saprang's trips
Thai Rak Thai Party caretaker leader Chaturon Chaisang called Friday for a government investigation into the Bt7 million overseas trip taken last week by junta member General Saprang Kalayanamitr as chairman of Airports of Thailand.
General denies knowing bribe suspects
Council for National Security (CNS) chief Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin on Friday denied that a colonel arrested for fraud charges had worked for the CNS.
Thai capital controls will stay: new finance minister
New finance minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn said Friday he would keep controversial currency rules, dashing market speculation that the government would soon lift the measures aimed at curbing the Thai baht's rise.
It's a boy and just 100 kilos
Thailand's first baby elephant produced by artificial insemination was born on Wednesday night in the northern province of Lampang.
TRT leader calls for investigation into Gen Saprang's trips
Thai Rak Thai Party caretaker leader Chaturon Chaisang called Friday for a government investigation into the Bt7 million overseas trip taken last week by junta member General Saprang Kalayanamitr as chairman of Airports of Thailand.
GOLF STEADY SHIN IN FULL COMMAND
South Korean star Shin Ji Yai managed to cling on to her four-stroke lead despite stumbling to an even-par 72 in strong winds in the second round of the US$100,000 Thailand Ladies Open at the demanding 6,291-yard Green Valley Country Club 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?