Bangkok Post

Japan and the United States have reached an "open skies" deal removing restrictions on flights, opening the way to lower fares across the Pacific and to shake up alliances among airlines.
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The Democrat-led government has successfully resolved the country’s problems when compared to the past two governments (of People’s Power and Puea Thai parties), Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Saturday.
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The Bank of Thailand (BoT) was confident that the country’s economy in 2009 would shrink by no more than 3.5 per cent.
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The government’s income from excise tax collection in November stood at 33.59 billion baht, an increase of 81.84 per cent from the same month last year, director-general of the Excise Department Areephong Phucha-um said on Saturday.
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There is a possibility that a key figure of Puea Thai party will contest in the Prachin Buri MP by-election and if he wins at the polls, he stands a chance of becoming the opposition leader in the parliament, opposition chief whip Witthaya Buranasiri said.
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya should send a letter to thank the Cambodian government for seeking a royal pardon to Sivarak Chutiphong, the Thai engineer who was sentenced to seven years in prison for spying, Puea Thai spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said on Saturday.
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Pattani police have implemented stringent security measures in the southernmost border province after receiving a report from security units that separatist militants planned to incite unrest.
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Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in his Twitter page on Saturday morning that he plans to visit leaders of three Asian countries next week.
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A US citizen jailed in military-run Burma has gone on a hunger strike and is in deteriorating health, his overseas lawyer said Friday.
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Part of Sydney Airport was evacuated Friday as 27 people were treated by paramedics for the effects of a suspected gas leak, a report said.
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Pope Benedict XVI on Friday once again apologised for sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, this time directing harsh words to Irish clergy cited in a damning report.
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New Formula One team Mercedes Grand Prix are set to offer a driver's contract to retired former world champion Michael Schumacher, the daily Bild reported on Friday.
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday ruled out going cap in hand to the International Monetary Fund as a way out of his country's 300-billion-euro debt morass.
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European Union nations have agreed to give 7.2 billion euros (10.6 billion dollars) to help developing nations tackle climate change, the Swedish EU presidency announced on Friday.
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A Malaysian-Thai joint venture that drew criticism from rice exporters for a deal with the state-run Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) to sell rice overseas, has backed off from the plan.
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday welcomed news of a royal pardon for a Thai jailed in Cambodia for spying, Sivarak Chutipong, but said the government had not received official confirmation from Phnom Penh.
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The government has no official confirmation of reports that King Sihamoni of Cambodia has granted a royal pardon for Thai engineer Sivarak Chutipong, Prime Minister's deputy secretary-general Panitan Wattanayagorn said on Friday.
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will report to the nation on the government's first year in office on Dec 23, with the emphasis on measures taken to solve the economic crisis, PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey said on Friday.
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The Excise Department collected 33.59 billion baht in revenue last month, an increase of 81.84 per cent year-on-year and 40.62 per cent higher than initial projections.
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North Korea said Friday it had agreed with the United States to cooperate on resolving a nuclear impasse, raising hopes for progress after ice-breaking meetings in Pyongyang this week.
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The spokesman of Cambodian government Khieu Kanharith said in a press conference on Friday afternoon that King Narodom Sihamoni has signed his royal order granting a royal pardon to Sivarak Chutiphong, the Thai engineer sentenced to seven years in jail for guilty of spying, AFP reported.
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The opposition Puea Thai Party on Friday called for Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and Kamrob Palawatwichai, former first secretary to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, and accept responsibility for having caused Sivarak Chutipong's suffering in Cambodia.
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Tribal gunmen on Friday released 10 of 57 hostages being held in a mountainous southern Philippine area, the government's chief negotiator with the kidnappers told AFP.
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The Bank of Thailand (BoT) hopes the recovering global economy will help raise the country's gross domestic product by 3.3 to 5.3 per cent next year.
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Puea Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit on Friday submitted a request for special leave for Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, the mother of convicted spy Sivarak Chutipong, to Education Minister Jurin Laksanavisit through the minister's secretary.
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The army will investigate why a group of former paramilitary troopers attended the anti-government rally staged by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Thursday at Bangkok's Democracy Monument, Deputy Prime Minister overseeing security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban said on Friday.
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PTT and Bang Chak on Friday announced they will lower the pump price of all kinds of fuel except E85 by 50 satang per litre from 5am Saturday.
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US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war while insisting that conflict can be morally justified.
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Tribal gunmen raided a school in the violence-wracked southern Philippines on Thursday and abducted 75 people in a bid to highlight a long list of grievances, police said.
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New US claims for unemployment benefits rose in the past week but held below the level of 500,000, government data showed Thursday.
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