Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva might end up cancelling his September 24-27 trip to Washington DC and New York due to the lack of preparations.

Pol Lt Gen Somkid Boonthanom's recent promotion to assistant National Police chief will not affect the probe into his alleged role in the disappearance of Saudi businessman Mohammad al-Ruwaili, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday, as his deputy Suthep Thaugsuban apparently wavered on the policeman's career rise.

Money was circulated to produce receipts for Democrat Party campaign boards, a witness in the Bt29-million "scandal" told the Constitution Court yesterday.

Democrat Party MP Sirichoke Sopha yesterday released a state-ment concerning a prison interview between him and suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Amid wild rumours about possible attempts on the lives of key political and military figures, grenade attacks on vital installations and government offices, and another round of red-shirt activities, suddenly there is talk about reconciliation among the parties to the political conflict.

Political will is needed from all sides to make the upcoming US-Asean summit in New York a success worth repeating every year

In the AP article in the Sunday Nation, Seth Borestein blames global warming for the recent worldwide heat waves, forest fires, droughts, floods etc. Any natural disaster is now blamed on global warming.

Former prime minister Chuan Leekpai is admitted to hospital after suffering severe back pain during the Democrat dissolution hearing at the Supreme Court.

The government yesterday called on the opposition Pheu Thai Party to first sort things out among its members before it engages in reconciliation talks.

With the mainstream media mostly giving the National Reform Committee a blank cheque in terms of soft PR and uncritical reporting of its activities, it has been alternative media outlets like prachatai.com that have voiced criticism.

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The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will start imposing a daily fine of 166,667 baht on each of the five telecom companies from Friday for failing to offer mobile number portability (MNP) service.

Education officials are proposing that young people who commit acts of violence be sent to the restive South to do community work.

The long shadow cast by the emergency decree has hung over Thai society for five months since its invocation on April 7, but still the debate rages whether it truly helps curb violence or is itself another problem to be negotiated.

Airports of Thailand president Serirat Prasutanond has been replaced as chairman of the agency's revenue committee by permanent secretary for the interior Manit Watanasen.

Police said Monday they have arrested another suspect, allegedly involving in a bomb attack near headquarter of the Bhum Jai Thai Party.

Former prime minister Chuan Leekpai is admitted to a hospital after suffering a back pain during a hearing of Democrat dissolution trial at the Supreme Court.

Asean Secretary General Dr. Surin Pitsuwan said that Asean must be fully interconnected both physically and virtually to maintain the grouping's centrality and leading role beyond.

Bangkok - A Thai hospital needs 6,200 dollars in additional donations to repatriate a comatose German man they have been treating gratis for the past 10 months, hospital sources said Monday.