Huge batch of creamer to be tested

FDA acts after high melamine in another of firm's products

Thaksin not behind border flare-up: Anupong
Army chief General Anupong Phaochinda yesterday described the rumour that ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra was behind the recent flare-up of violence along the Thai-Cambodian border unfathomable.

Royal flower baskets for injured soldiers
Representatives of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince yesterday presented flower baskets to soldiers wounded during the skirmish with Cambodian forces on Wednesday, while aides of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya gave flower baskets and money to them.

Sexual violence on the rise in Thai society
Thai newspapers have reported nearly 7,000 rapes and more than 4,000 cases of sexual violence over the past decade, a recent study revealed yesterday.

S&P cookies to be FDA tested
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is studying samples of raw materials and cookies collected from S&P's factory for melamine contamination after Swiss authorities found a high concentration of melamine in S&P milk cookies from Thailand.
Snippets from a day of chaos
Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul's husband Santisuk Sophonsiri sneaked into the House yesterday when he saw People Power MPs walking towards his wife and abusing her after she protested about the injured demonstrators and called on the government to show responsibility by dissolving the House.
UN chief to call Thai PM over Sudan
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to telephone Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat yesterday evening about dispatching troops to Sudan, said Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat.
Floods have killed 18 so far
The death toll from heavy flooding throughout the country has risen to 18, health authorities said yesterday, while nearly 190,000 people have fallen sick.

Environment

Parks to be environmentally friendly
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is planning to turn Khao Yai and Phang Nga national parks into environmentally friendly compounds within one month.

Health&Science

Alcohol advertising laws flouted, say industry critics
The Alcohol Watch Network and its allies rallied in Samsen Road yesterday to draw attention to

Education

Parents revise for college
More than 600 adults in their 40s were among 132,209 applicants for the GAT (General Aptitude Test) and PAT (Professional and Academic Aptitude Test) exams, a senior official said yesterday.

Metro/Crimes

Porn mags hardly educational, study finds
More often than not, porn magazines promote the fantasy that men with a bigger appendage can have any woman, while the topic of safe sex is rarely even mentioned, a recent survey revealed yesterday.