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Australian flag carrier Qantas said on Tuesday it will split its international and domestic arms into separate businesses as part of a plan to transform the airline. Each of the two entities, currently combined as Qantas Airways, will have its own chief executive and will report its financial results separately, effective from July....
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THAI president turned national carrier’s finances around; dismissal doesn’t make sense, union says The move by the board of Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) to fire Piyasvasti Amranand as president of the national carrier was greeted with scepticism by the executive, who was appointed to his post during the Democrat government. “I feel...
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Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday assailed the government-sponsored Budget Bill for fiscal 2013, saying that it failed to address concerns about living conditions and poverty. Abhisit also said the estimated economic growth of 5.5 to 6.5 per cent in fiscal 2013, which starts on October 1, was based on “an illusion of many...
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Thailand would be able to maintain its position as the world’s largest rice exporter this year, permanent secretary for commerce Yanyong Puangraj said on Tuesday.
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‘Self-centred’ Thaksin speech leaves some feeling leaders are out of touch Red shirts from various factions reached by The Nation reacted differently yesterday to Thaksin Shinawatra’s speech, via video link on Saturday evening – marking the second anniversary of the bloody crackdown on red shirts which led to 91 deaths. Some suggested it’s...
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Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said yesterday he was only joking when he announced to the US media that he would contest the next Bangkok governor election. On Saturday, Sukhumbhand gave an interview to the US press while on an official visit to Washington DC saying that he was ready to join the...
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The Education Ministry has told Bodindecha (Sing Singhaseni) School to accept 57 students it earlier rejected and ordered a probe against the director for bribery. The move ended the hunger strike of four students outside Government House which started on Friday in an attempt to pressure the authorities. The ministry’s order came after...
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An inquest into the death of Reuters cameraman Hiroyuki Muramoto began yesterday with his younger brother making an appearance in court. Yusuke Muramoto, 43, the younger and only brother of the slain cameraman flew in for a day to give his testimony. “We would like to know about the facts. What happened then...
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City Hall signs memorandum with three local institutes of higher education – Asian University, Rakhamaeng University and Pra Jom Hlao Technological University -  to promote research in science, technology and robot learning. The three fields are seen as vital in the unfolding academic world of the 21st century. They also agreed to promote...
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Competitive race marks 8th Top of the Gulf Regatta HEADING into the last day at the 2012 Top of the Gulf Regatta, tensions were high. Protest room action the evening before meant the top two in the Platu Class were equal on points with a two-race finale planned, while in other classes places...
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Police were called to a club on Walking Street when a French tourist fell down clutching his stomach. Sawangboriboon volunteers rushed him to hospital whilst officers arrested Iranian Seyedmoha Madmegagi, 28, who had allegedly wielded a weapon. The Iranian did not speak English or Thai, so police were forced to await the arrival...
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Pattaya Police arrested a well known Swedish criminal wanted in Denmark and Sweden. Mr. Soderback was arrested with his girl friend while consuming "ya-ice" in Pattaya where he had lived almost one year.
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The House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Energy said on Monday it will ask for a government probe into the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand's (Egat) attempts to raise the fuel tariff (ft) for electricity generation by 0.30 baht per unit which will make gas bought from PTT Plc costlier.
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BANGKOK: A Thai court on Monday opened an inquest into the death of a Japanese cameraman during a bloody crackdown on "Red Shirt" opposition protests in Bangkok two years ago.
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went down 19.28 points or 1.67% to close at 1,135.16 points at the end of trading session on Monday afternoon. The trade value was 25.46 billion baht, with 3.97 billion shares traded.
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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...
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index lost 15.85 points, or 1.37 per cent, to stand at 1,138.59 points at the end of trading session on Monday morning. The trade value was 12.69 billion baht, with 2.06 billion shares traded.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Thailand's gross domestic product growth for the first quarter of 2012 rose 0.3 per cent year-on-year and 11 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2011, National Economic and Social Development Board secretary-general Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said on Monday.
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Enjoy “the craic” plus a cracking good curry! by Mick and Di, The Food Lovers thefoodloverspattayatoday@msn.com Every night of the week there is something happening at Dicey Reilly’s Pub & Eatery on Second Road. Insightful management has created a dynamic destination resonating with new ideas and promotions.  From Monday to Sunday there are...
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A perspective on the current Asian flashpoint Recently, world news organizations such as CNN, BBC, Reuters and AFP returned their lenses to Asia. Nope, not to report on Asia’s continuing rise as an economic powerhouse again, but rather to a more ballooning event that may turn the lives of the billions of people...
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Putahracsa Hua Hin is special THE Putahracsa is a low-rise villa-style resort set majestically on the eastern coastline of Hua Hin, yet less than a 10-minute drive to the modern city centre.? The original owner of the land on which the resort was built was the current owner’s grandmother, Khun Ying Supatra Singholaka,...
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Performing before a full house, Garden International School students showed off their musical talents brilliantly at the GIS Spring Concert and Ceilidh. The splendid rendition of HM's the King's Anthem by the school choir Entertainment began with the school choir singing HM the King’s Anthem, and the tenth grade IGCSE (International General Certificate...
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