Posts Tagged ‘ friday ’

The embattled US housing construction sector showed better-than-expected progress in March, according to official data Friday that suggested the economic recovery is on track.
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Authorities will continue to try and arrest red-shirt leaders after failing to capture them in a hotel raid on Friday morning, government spokesman Panitan Wattanayakorn said.
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All of the red-shirt leaders who were at the SC Park hotel raided security forces managed to escape Friday, another leader Natthawut Saikuar said.
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Hardcore red-shirt protest leader Arisman Pongruangrong has narrowly escaped police arrest by climbing down a rope from the 3rd floor of the SC Park Hotel on Friday morning.
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Troops and police at a checkpoint in front of the Ministry of Finance on Rama VI Road have arrested six men in a pickup truck for possessing guns and a quantity of ammunition, Bang Sue police said on Friday morning.
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Thongchai Jaidee withdrew from the 74th Masters on Friday after 10 holes of his second round because of an elbow injury.
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Iran unveiled a faster centrifuge for enriching uranium on Friday, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned major powers mulling fresh UN sanctions that it would not give in to threats.
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The eurozone group of nations agreed Friday on the interest rate that crisis-hit Greece would be charged if emergency assistance were sought by Athens, an EU diplomat told AFP.
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Thirteen people were injured when red-shirts broke through security lines into the Thaicom station grounds on Friday, according to the Public Health Ministry's emergency unit.
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If the government does not unblock the People TV Channel signal this afternoon, the red-shirts will surround Nonthaburi provincial hall, red-shirt leader Suporn Atthawong said on Friday.
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BANGKOK - Thailand mobilised tens of thousands more security personnel Friday to restore order in Bangkok, where leaders of mass anti-government protests faced arrest for defying a state of emergency.
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The government is confident it will be able to keep Saturday's rally by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) under control, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Friday.
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Red-shirt protesters will gather outside the US embassy on Friday afternoon to explain their political viewpoint, group co-leader Jatuporn Prompan said.
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Most economists at 22 leading organisations want the government to continue to hold talks with leaders of the red-shirt people group, Bangkok poll at Bangkok University reported on Friday.
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People in pink, peacefully protesting against the Red Shirt protests and their demands for dissolution, this Friday afternoon in Bangkok. A protest against protests, and even a protest against protesters protesting against protests, is something one can experience here these days. As I walked… Read full story > > > Written by: Jarrett....
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Russia on Friday hailed a new nuclear arms treaty with the United States, but warned that US missile defence plans could still derail the key objective of reducing nuclear weapons.
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Greece breathed easier on Friday after Europe threw a financial lifeline to the debt-laden country, but analysts warned that tough conditions and the IMF's role could spark fresh protests.
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BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday he will begin a series of overseas visits next week, despite ongoing anti-government protests in Bangkok.
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BANGKOK - Thai anti-government protesters announced plans Friday to snarl up the capital with a travelling rally in a bid to win support after rejecting a conditional offer of talks by the prime minister.
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An auto parts salesman was shot dead in a broad daylight in Muang district of Pattani province on Friday, police said.
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BANGKOK: Anti-government protesters Friday rejected a conditional offer of talks by Thailand's premier - saying they would continue their struggle until they had toppled his administration.
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About 600 red-shirts left Udon Thani in 10 buses and one van on Friday afternoon en route to Bangkok to replace other protesters who have returned home for a rest, reports said.
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Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in his Twitter page about 10.30am on Friday that he is now in Dubai.
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Andy of Bangkok Bugle had the news that there would be no The Economist this Friday in Bangkok and well having read the main article and the leader (ie. editorial) piece, well there is no chance that it will be distributed i...
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YALA, Thailand: A senior police commander was killed on Friday when militants in Thailand's troubled south ambushed his pick-up truck with a roadside bomb and gunfire, police said.
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Japanese scientists have uncovered how thalidomide led to deformities in children born to mothers taking the drug in the 1950s and 1960s, according to a study released Friday.
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The storied American consumer braved blizzards and economic headwinds to shop in February, unexpectedly pushing up retail sales for the second straight month, official data showed Friday.
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A UN special envoy upped pressure on the Burmese junta Friday with a pre-election call for an investigation into whether the regime is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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The Tourism and Sports Ministry has opened an operation centre to help tourists who may be affected by the ongoing rally of the red shirts, Chumpol Silpa-archa said on Friday.
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A large number of red-shirts from Nong Khai, Udon Thani and Nong Bua Lamphu provinces departed Udon Thani town on Friday afternoon on 500 pick-up trucks, police said.
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