Thaksin's kids face Bt11-bn tax bill
Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's children Panthongtae and Pinthongta are now subject to personal income taxes plus fines of Bt11.64 billion following their failure to pay taxes and fines since April 2, a source at the Revenue Department said.
Woman dies as storm knocks down billboards
A woman died yesterday after an advertising billboard in front of a food stall collapsed during a storm, which wreaked havoc in Bangkok.
Anti-Novotel campaign grows
More than 100 groups that advocate for gays and lesbians in 26 Asia-Pacific countries have agreed to join a campaign by a Thai gay-rights groups called "Novotel-No Homosexual" via their websites, the president of the Bangkok Rainbow Organisation said yesterday.
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Brown faces first terror test after car bomb discovery
London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday faced his first major security challenge after a suspected car bomb was defused in central London, in an incident that could be linked to the upcoming second anniversary of the suicide bombings on July 7, 2005.
PREAH VIHEAR Thailand supports Preah Vihear shrine to be World Heritage : FM
Thai authorities support in principle the ancient Hindu shrine of Preah Vihear being listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, but there are some unsettled issues regarding the shrine.
