enlarge Two ladies watch as restaurants and shops on Khao Sarn Road switched lights off for 15 minutes as the city's campaign to reduce the city’s excessive energy consumption.//Photo by Jumpol Nopthip
Today's Big Stories
People join the BMA's Light Out Campaign on Wednesday
Wednesday's campaign by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to have entertainment venues' decorating lights and household light bulbs switched off for 15 minutes were widely welcomed by city residents
Seven soldiers killed in Pattani
Insurgents killed seven soldiers in Narathiwat's Rangae district after bombing their truck. They shot at point blank the soldiers who were injured by the explosion to ensure that all were dead.
Thai household energy expenses rise 16 per cent per year
Average Thai household energy expenses rose 16 per cent annually from 2004 to 2006, due mainly to the sharp rise in fuel prices, according to the National Statistics Office.
From 2002 to 2004, the rise was only 6.9 per cent per annum.
Marital rape isn't a right
A milestone in the liberation of women goes before the National Assembly today
Activists plead for Sonthi to remove PM
More than 50 activists from the Assembly of Isaan People met with General Sonthi Boonyaratglin yesterday, appealing for him to remove Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont from office before the country falls apart.
BURNING ISSUE Army should return to barracks
Military leaders appear to have little idea of what a conflict of interest is; Sonthi tipped to stay on as Internal Security Operations Command head
Somchai is rallying his Students
[SOCCER] Bangkok University's fate is sealed but Somchai Sabperm is not one to give up easily. The team coach has urged his players to put on a good fight in their remaining fixtures of the Asian Football Confederation [AFC] Champions League.
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Two ladies watch as restaurants and shops on Khao Sarn Road switched lights off for 15 minutes as the city's campaign to reduce the city’s excessive energy consumption.//Photo by Jumpol Nopthip
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