US President Barack Obama said the world backed his plan to end the Afghan war in two years, as President Hamid Karzai promised a NATO summit his bloodied state would no longer be a “burden.”
Leaders of the 28 NATO nations stood in solemn silence as a bugler’s lament recalled the heavy cost of a [...]
A rocket-propelled grenade exploded near a team of UN observers in a Damascus suburb, the military said, as dozens of people were killed in violence while clashes raged between regime troops and armed rebels.
At a NATO summit in Chicago, alliance chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen voiced concern about the violence, but said NATO had “no intention” [...]
CHICAGO : Protesters streamed into downtown Chicago Sunday for one of the city’s largest demonstrations in years – a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic Nato summit.
The largest demonstration of the summit weekend ended late Sunday with a tense scuffle between protesters and police, with officers wielding batons and some demonstrators throwing [...]
Prommin Lertsuridej, praised by his boss, fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as the brains behind the now defunct Thai Rak Thai Party, has vowed not to seek any political position once the five-year political ban on him and 110 other TRT executives ends on May 30.
“I won’t return as a political appointee,” he said [...]
Thousands of people in Lat Yao district in Nakhon Sawan and nearby areas will join a public hearing today to learn about an environmental and health impact assessment (EHIA) linked to the Mae Wong Dam.
The event, held by the Royal Irrigation Department, aims to reveal final results of the EHIA and seek opinions from locals [...]
Governing party urged to improve performance
Thai Rak Thai Party’s banned former foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai says the government needs to do a better job of handling challenges such as national reconciliation and violence in the deep South.
But the deputy leader of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party has ruled himself out of being part of [...]
KANCHANABURI : The cabinet yesterday approved 203 projects worth over 30 billion baht to support the development of a deep-sea port and an industrial estate in Dawei city of Myanmar.
The government also approved short-term measures to curb the cost of living.
Acting government spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard said the mobile cabinet meeting approved projects worth 33.11 billion [...]
Supporters of Bangkok’s Leng Noei Yi Temple will stage a short march Monday to show their opposition to the Station1@China Town project.
The project is developing a building on a land plot adjacent to the famous Chinese temple.
To the temple’s management and staunch followers, the project appears set to include a hotel, even though it will [...]
Supporters say their idol is acting selfishly
Red-shirt supporters have expressed dismay over ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s call for them to set aside their anger and frustration over social and legal injustices for the sake of national reconciliation.
Pansak Srithep, father of a 17-year-old boy who was killed on Ratchaprarop Road on May 15, 2010, said [...]
The Sukosol comes alive with the sounds of music next month with the return of the Asia International Guitar Festival and Competition. Now in its sixth year, the festival is one of Asia’s biggest and most vibrant events for classical guitar aficionados and music lovers.
This year’s agenda includes master classes, guitar exhibits, competitions and concerts [...]
