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Malaysian premier Najib Razak has denied reports that the country's national oil company has cut gasoline supplies to Iran.
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If the anti-government rally carries on to mid-May the country could lose approximately 50 billion to 70 billion baht, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) reported on Sunday.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday called on rescuers to keep searching for survivors as he visited victims of a powerful quake in the country's northwest that left more than 1,700 dead.
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Maine's famed "Beach Cliff'' sardines can no longer be marked "proudly made in the USA,'' after its parent company shuttered Friday the last sardine canning plant in the country.
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The continued anti-government rally by the red-shirts is severely hurting the country’s tourism sector, spokesman for the Federation of Thai Tourism Associations (FETTA), Charoen Wangananont, said on Thursday.
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The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) called on all sides to help seek solutions to the country's intensifying political turmoil and may reassess the political impact on the economy if the situation fails to improve after the week-long Songkran holiday, TCC chairman Dusit Nontanakorn said on Tuesday.
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Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya lashed out at the international community Monday for failing to take action against fugitive ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whom he blamed for the country's political unrest.
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WASHINGTON: Thailand's Foreign Minister lashed out at the international community on Monday for failing to take action against fugitive ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whom he blamed for the country's political unrest.
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced on Monday a group of armed men whom he called "terrorists" were among the red-shirt protesters and created violence in the hope to force a change in the country's administration.
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insisted that the government cannot be discouraged in trying to restore peace to the country in a TV pool broadcast.
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The government’s declaration of a state of emergency has already affected the confidence of the country’s foreign trade partners, vice chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce Pongsak Assakul said on Thursday.
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Tourism operators have urged all parties to stop using the country's tourism industry as a hostage in the ongoing political conflicts.
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The government should review its security measures as the deployment of troops at the parliament affects the image of the country, Senate speaker Prasopsuk Boondej said on Thursday morning.
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China said Tuesday that Google's decision to stop censoring its search results in the country would not affect Beijing's relations with Washington, unless the issue were to be "politicised".
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BEIJING - China said Tuesday that Google's decision to stop censoring its search results in the country would not affect Beijing's relations with Washington, unless the issue were to be "politicised".
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Former top US diplomat Condoleezza Rice voiced regret on Friday at the bloody aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq but said the Bush administration had in the end ``got it right'' in the country.
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The ongoing political rallies and the suspension of investments in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, if persistent, will have an impact on long-term investment in the country, according to a top banker.
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Twenty-five people have been killed in a coal mine fire in central China, local authorities said Tuesday, the latest deadly incident in the country's hazardous mining industry.
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Reuters: On Saturday, a Reuters photographer counted thousands of pickup trucks streaming into Bangkok along a main road from Thaksin's strongholds in the north and northeast of the country, carrying red...
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It wasn’t long ago that knitting and crocheting were a popular pastime for women in the United States, as a matter of fact it was a pretty big industry as well. Obviously these were serious skills that were needed throughout the beginning of the country that took … Read full story > >...
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday warned women to beware of dubious standards in the country's booming cosmetic surgery industry, in which doctors often practise without licences.
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US President Barack Obama plans "dramatic reductions'' in the country's arsenal of nuclear weapons as part of a sweeping policy review, a senior administration official told AFP on Monday.
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More than 70,000 people fled vulnerable coastal areas of Japan Sunday as a tsunami churned up by the huge earthquake in Chile slammed into the country's long Pacific coastline.
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BANGKOK - Thailand is bracing for "Judgment Day" today - when the highest court decides whether to seize the US$2.29 ($3.32) billion fortune of the country's divisive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra. The universal assumption is that...
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The Thai stock market is expected to move downward next week (Feb 22 - Feb 26) because of the country's political uncertainty and the US Federal Reserve's decision to raise the interest rate, the Kasikorn Research Centre (KRC) reported on Sunday.
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Thailand has stepped up security and is braced for fresh turmoil this week as the country's top court decides the fate of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's 2.2-billion-dollar fortune.
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A UN human rights envoy arrived in Burma Monday for a five-day visit ahead of the country's elections, an official said.
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The government has reliable evidence of unusual flows of money from abroad into the country since late last year, acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said on Wednesday.
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BANGKOK, Jan 29 (TNA) Thailand s finance minister Korn Chatikavanij on Thursday asserted that the country s government remains stable and that he sees no reason to dissolve the House of Representativ...
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The Public Health Ministry will continue to vaccinate pregnant women against the type A (H1N1) flue throughout the country except in Satun province where one foetus of a woman died, permanent secretary for public health Paijit Warachit said on Thursday.
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