DEEP SOUTH / Army given B8bn to fight insurgency
POST REPORTERS
The army has been given a budget of almost eight billion baht to fight the insurgency in the deep South in the 2009 fiscal year, a source said yesterday.
A total of 7.535 billion baht has been set aside for the army’s southern ope... Read more.
Written on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 | Posted in
General News
PAD asks soldiers for protection
People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) core leaders handed a letter to First Army Commander Lt-Gen Khanit Sapitak, asking soldiers to help protest the PAD supporters as Pol Gen Salang Bunnag threatens to seal off the Government House to block supplies of food an... Read more.
Written on Friday, October 24th, 2008 | Posted in
Breaking News
Schools to reopen as border row diminishes
Written by Meas Sokchea
Monday, 20 October 2008
The Phnom Penh Post
More than 89 schools near the disputed Thai-Cambodian border in Banteay Meanchey province are planning to gradually reopen after closing their doors during the clashes between troops of... Read more.
Written on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | Posted in
Cambodia News
Visa traders main reason for expat labor problem
Published Date: October 15, 2008
By Nawara Fattahova, Staff Writer
Kuwait Times Newspaper
KUWAIT: The expatriate laborers’ unrest in Kuwait has now become a huge issue after gaining international coverage and receiving criticism from various hum... Read more.
Written on Thursday, October 16th, 2008 | Posted in
Kuwait News
PAD leaders surrender, then go back to their stage
Seven core leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) yesterday surrendered to police after the Court of Appeal threw out serious charges, including insurrection, against them. Turning themselves in were Sondhi Limthongkul, Pibhop Dh... Read more.
Written on Saturday, October 11th, 2008 | Posted in
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Seven PAD leaders surrender to police, granted bail
BANGKOK, Oct 10 (TNA) – Seven core leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) surrendered to police on Friday with no sign violence.
The police later have granted bail to all protest leaders unconditionally after PAD lawyer used t... Read more.
Written on Saturday, October 11th, 2008 | Posted in
Political News
PAD leaders surrender
Seven of nine core leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) surrendered to police on Friday morning on charges of inciting unrest and illegal assembly, and were released on 100,000 baht bail each within two hours.
The protest leaders who had outstanding arrest... Read more.
Written on Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Posted in
Top Stories
Seven PAD leaders surrender to police, granted bail
BANGKOK (TNA) – Seven core leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) surrendered to police on Friday with no sign violence.
The police later have granted bail to all protest leaders unconditionally after PAD lawyer used thee sena... Read more.
Written on Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Posted in
Political News
Protest leaders granted bail
Senior People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leader and co-founder Sondhi Limthongkul is among the seven protest leaders who surrendered to the police on Friday. — PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
BANGKOK - SEVEN leaders of long-running anti-government protests in... Read more.
Written on Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Posted in
Breaking News
Army urges chief to do more
Anupong meets Prem as PAD vows legal methods
WASSANA NANUAM and AEKARACH SATTABURUTH and SURASAK GLAHAN
Army chief Gen Anupong Paojinda is under pressure from his associates and subordinates to play a greater role in ending the conflict between the government and the Peop... Read more.
Written on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | Posted in
General News