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London, July 23 : Want to make your bedroom life more adventurous? Well, in that case, turn to Thai green curry, which has been found to give a person's libido that much needed boost.
Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:01:03 -0400
(2 hrs 52 mins ago) Three people have been killed and two soldiers injured in separate incidents across Thailand's insurgency-hit south, as the army warned of an escalation in separatist attacks. ...
The Standard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:03:10 -0400
Village people left their homes for relatives far away, as Cambodia and Thailand built up their military presence at the border area over bilateral land dispute, a village chief said Wednesday. "...
People's Daily Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:59:43 -0400
Thailand is host the 26th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) early next Month, in which the ten ASEAN member countries and regional partners are expected to tune up cooperative strategies to all...
People's Daily Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:59:41 -0400
BANGKOK, 23 July 2008 (IRIN) - "Buffaloes are like having capital," Kongsin Wilaikham, from Norgpue in Khon Kaen Province in northeast Thailand, told IRIN. "I rely on my buffaloes because the tractor ...
IRIN Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:44:34 -0400
BANGKOK : The Thai ambassador to the United Nations accused Cambodia on Wednesday of employing diplomatic "guerrilla tactics" in a dispute over an ancient temple to try to redraw the countries' 8...
International Herald Tribune Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:43:25 -0400
Thai-Cambodian conflict enters 2nd week Thailand accused Cambodia of eyeing even more of its land and leaflets appeared in the Cambodian capital calling for a boycott of Thai goods, as a military stan...
Federal News Radio Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:40:22 -0400
-(Dow Jones)- Thai financial institutions reported a marginal decline in gross nonperforming loans as of end June, according to the Bank of Thailand.
Morning Star Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:22:01 -0400
(AP) Thailand accused Cambodia of eyeing even more of its land and leaflets appeared in the Cambodian capital calling for a boycott of Thai goods, as a military standoff over disputed border territory...
ABC News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:34:46 -0400
(6 mins ago) Thailand accused Cambodia of eyeing even more of its land and leaflets appeared in the Cambodian capital calling for a boycott of Thai goods, as a military standoff over disputed border...
The Standard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:26:47 -0400
(07-23 15:14) Cambodia is hoping the UN Security Council can help resolve a military standoff with Thailand after talks during a meeting of regional foreign ministers made no progress, the head of C...
The Standard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:25:58 -0400
The UN Security Council is expected to discuss a tense military standoff between Cambodia and Thailand this week as more troops amassed along the border, officials said Wednesday. Thailand's ambassado...
Breitbart Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:35:16 -0400
(07-23 14:35) Thailand and Cambodia have built up forces at more points along their common border, stepping up a week-long standoff over disputed territory, Cambodian officials said. More than 50...
The Standard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:25:38 -0400
In response to Cambodia's diplomatic offensive concerning the current border spat, Thailand handed a letter to the 15-member United Nations Security Council reaffirming Thailand's intention to solve t...
People's Daily Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:22:34 -0400
UN Calling a border confrontation with Thailand "an imminent state of war," Cambodia asked the United Nations and its Southeast Asian neighbors to intervene Tuesday as hundreds of soldiers faced each ...
IRNA Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:08:57 -0400
(07-23 15:20) Thailand and China offer the most attractive stock selections in Asian markets after prices fell, making them cheap as earnings growth accelerates, Merrill Lynch told its wealthy clien...
The Standard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:26:04 -0400
IFA Hotels & Resorts, a Kuwait-based hotelier partly-owned by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, has launched a $200m real-estate project in Thailand with Raimon Land Pcl, a Thai propert...
AME Info Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:55:04 -0400
Thais living along the border with Cambodia began evacuation and weapon drills, fearing clashes between troops of the two countries if talks to resolve a land dispute fail.
One News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:47:56 -0400
Cambodia's Thai business community is in process of returning to Thailand due to the uncertain situation over the continuing Preah Vihear temple dispute between the two countries, the state-run Thai N...
People's Daily Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:22:35 -0400
-(Dow Jones)- Thai Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee said Wednesday that the government will kick off the bidding process for a total of four mass transit rail projects by the end of this year.
Morning Star Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:45:39 -0400
Visiting senators yesterday view the disputed border area from the Pha Mor E-Daeng cliff lookout in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket province. Access to the peak has been closed by the military, whic...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:08:13 -0400
(19 mins ago) A bomb in Thailand's insurgency-hit south has injured two soldiers and a Muslim villager has been shot dead, as the army warned of an escalation in separatist attacks. Two privates ...
The Standard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:56:22 -0400
Daranee: Police singled me out Metropolitan police yesterday arrested Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, alias ''Da Torpedo'', a key leader of the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), on le...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:08:10 -0400
A member of the People Power party (PPP) yesterday lodged a petition with the House committee in charge of overseeing constitution-related independent agencies, demanding an investigation of the Natio...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:50 -0400
The prosecution agreed to defer a scheduled court hearing on the SC Asset shares concealment case yesterday after three of the four defendants, including former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:37 -0400
The National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) has taken the unusual step of appointing its commissioners, and not a sub-panel, to investigate the Samak Sundaravej administration's alleged breach o...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:57 -0400
The cabinet yesterday rejected for the third time the Transport Ministry's 111-billion-baht plan for the Bangkok city bus agency to lease 6,000 natural gas-fueled air-conditioned buses for 10 years. ...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:12 -0400
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to intervene in its dispute with Thailand over land near an ancient temple, saying the standoff had created "an imminent state of war."But a clash s...
eTaiwan News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:36:01 -0400
Song Lot, a 27-year-old Cambodian garment vendor, waits for customers in vain as the Preah Vihear temple row has discouraged tourists from visiting Rong Klua market in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kae...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:08:01 -0400
Teenage girls should avoid using the emergency contraceptive levonorgesprel, sometimes known as the ''morning after pill'', after having sex as it could lead to menstrual bleeding and ectopic pregnanc...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:06:50 -0400
Thawee: Gang was sophisticated A large network helped by academics was behind the cheating at all levels of civil service examinations, according to an inspection led by the Department of Special Inve...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:27 -0400
The editorial team of the Khao Na See (Page Four News) TV show is considering taking the government to the Constitution Court for interfering with the media. The move came after the regular late night...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:32 -0400
Half of the fertile wetlands in the Northeast are at risk of destruction by a mega water management project that the government is implementing, environmentalists have warned. Hannarong Yaowaloes, a m...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:06:55 -0400
A temple in Ayutthaya has opened a free noodle stall to help hungry residents cope with rising food prices. Phra Khru Pimolbunyakorn, abbot of Wat Bote in tambon Ban Paen in Sena district, said the ha...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:19 -0400
We should be asking how the entire school system can be revamped to get the most out of the average student. Congratulations are due to a diverse group of Thai students, as well as their teacher...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:06:43 -0400
Prime Minister Samak and his ministers proudly unveiled to the nation their "six measures, six months" relief package early last week. Academics, economists and the general public have debated t...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:06:38 -0400
The recent military buildup along the Thai-Cambodian border is proving to be very disturbing because both sides have a lot to gain and a lot more to lose if the matter is not quickly brought to a peac...
Bangkok Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:06:34 -0400
Commission spokesman Klanarong Chantik said that seven complaints have been filed against the cabinet for its decision to endorse the Preah Vihear temple communique, according to the report. The com...
Morning Star Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:53:31 -0400
July 22, 2008—Eating bats is popular among elders in at least one village in northeastern Thailand, in part because "they do wonders for your libido."© 2008 National Geographic (AP)...
National Geographic News Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:41:54 -0400
-(Dow Jones)- The Thai government wants state-owned banks to halve their interest rate spreads to reduce costs for borrowers and it may delay implementation of an international accounting standard t...
Morning Star Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:37:52 -0400
The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations failed to resolve a simmering border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand during an emergency meeting Tuesday.Diplomats said both countr...
VOA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:56:48 -0400
Praeh Vihear, Cambodia - They may wear flip-flops, but most of the Cambodian forces facing Thai troops at a border standoff are battle-tested former Khmer Rouge fighters. More than 500 Thai troops ...
Independent Online Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:58:16 -0400
SINGAPORE -- Thailand is ready to assume the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations even without a foreign minister and as its troops face off with Cambodia, ASEAN's secretary general sai...
Inquirer Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:57:14 -0400
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has written a letter to UNESCO, accusing Thailand of aggression by moving troops into disputed border territory, and warned that Thailand threatened peace in the regio...
People's Daily Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:13:07 -0400
PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - Cambodia called on Tuesday for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to resolve a military standoff with neighbouring Thailand over a temple.
Khaleej Times Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:21:29 -0400
Whose ancient temple is it? Thailand and Cambodia failed Monday to end a weeklong border dispute at Preah Vihear. Both sides' troops are stationed nearby.
Christian Science Monitor Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:34:14 -0400
Cambodia has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council to break a military standoff with neighboring Thailand over disputed frontier territory around the Preah Vihear ...
People's Daily Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:04:23 -0400
U.N.+ (AP) - SINGAPORE, July 22 (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING) ASEAN foreign ministers decided Tuesday not to immediately set up a "contact group" to mediate the border standoff between Thailand and Cam...
Breitbart Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:21:43 -0400
Southeast Asian nations failed to make progress during a hastily arranged lunch meeting Tuesday to help end a simmering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.Thailand and Cambodia are locked in...
eTaiwan News Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:40:59 -0400
ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand (Reuters) - Talks between Thailand and Cambodia failed on Monday to end a week-long military stand-off over an ancient temple on their border, which regional neighbours feared ...
The Star Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:03:31 -0400
But with Thailand and Cambodia in a military showdown over an 11th-century temple on their border claimed by both nations, ASEAN has been distracted from big power diplomacy by one of the periodic int...
Reuters Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:58:19 -0400
Cambodia and Thailand need a third party to help end a military stand-off on their border, a Cambodian official says.More than 500 Thai troops are facing off against at least 1,000 Cambodian soldiers ...
SBS Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:57:14 -0400
Thailand will not allow the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to play a role in resolving the border row with Cambodia, a government source said yesterday. The source said the Thai ...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:09 -0400
Thai students have won another three gold medals in academic olympiad competitions - two in mathematics in Spain and one in chemistry in Hungary. A team of six won a total of two gold, three sil...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:08 -0400
(1 hr 9 mins ago) ASEAN will question member states Thailand and Cambodia over the tense military standoff at a section of their disputed border, ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said. The ...
The Standard Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:57:18 -0400
YALA : Ten policemen were wounded by a bomb blast near a teashop in Raman district as the violence continued despite a ceasefire announced by the Thailand United Southern Underground group. Rama...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:07 -0400
Residents of Phumsarol village in Si Sa Ket's Kantharalak district take part in a drill yesterday and climb into makeshift bunkers as border tensions grow after the listing of the nearby Preah Vihear ...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:03 -0400
Workers redecorate Democracy Monument on Ratchadamnoen Klang avenue to give a fresh look to the architecture, which has served as a symbol of Thai democracy for 69 years. A group claiming the National...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:05 -0400
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN : The provincial police chief has called for a neutral body to intervene to prevent more violence over the proposed Sahaviriya Steel Group smelting plant. Pol Maj-Gen Virach ...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:02 -0400
The Interior Ministry has agreed to put forward a proposal by local administration organisations to amend a regulation that prohibits heads of local administration organisations running in elections a...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:01 -0400
A soldier was killed and five others critically wounded in a bombing and an ensuing clash in Thailand's southernmost province of Narathiwat on Tuesday morning, police said. The bombs, aiming an army p...
People's Daily Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:53:55 -0400
BANGKOK -(Dow Jones)- Toyota Motor Thailand Co. has cut its sales growth forecast for the Thai market in 2008 to 290,000 units from 310,000 previously projected, President Mitsuhiro Sonoda said Tuesda...
Smart Money Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:54:02 -0400
CHIANG MAI : Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams met a group of women from Burma as well as from various ethnic groups in this northern province yesterday to gather information about their plight...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:06 -0400
The wave of litigation against One-Two-Go Airlines is gathering force as more families of the victims killed in the Sept 16, 2007 Phuket air crash are coming forward to join others in pursuing legal a...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:00 -0400
From the daily reporting of the current dispute involving the Preah Vihear temple, it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the average reader to discern what the "true" facts are. Various ...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:28:59 -0400
Two Muslim women flip through a Yawi-Thai dictionary, the first-ever in Thailand, at its launch yesterday. The publication aims to bridge the cultural gap between Thai Muslims and Buddhists. Academics...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:06 -0400
GOLD miner Kingsgate Consolidated's share price has soared on news the Thai government has approved expansion plans for its Chatree mine 280km north of Bangkok.
The Daily Telegraph Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:50:50 -0400
Deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday filed a defamation suit against People's Alliance for Democracy member Somkiat Pongpaiboon, demanding 100 million baht in damages plus 7.5% interest...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:03 -0400
Natthawut: Contractor to stay as producer The government began its takeover of a late-night weekday programme on state-run NBT television last night, for use in countering accusations by the People's ...
Bangkok Post Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:04 -0400
The many and deepening cuts at newspapers across the United States are starting to take a toll on their content, according to a study released yesterday. The challenge newspapers must meet immediately...
Bangkok Post Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:39:46 -0400
Truth be told, there is little expectation the high-level Thai-Cambodian talks will bring about a breakthrough to resolve the simmering border conflict around Preah Vihear, the 900-year-old Hindu temp...
Bangkok Post Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:39:45 -0400
Donald Rumsfeld, the former US defence secretary, may not have been shy about projecting US military power, but even he didn't dare send American troops into Pakistan's tribal lands to snatch or kill ...
Bangkok Post Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:39:43 -0400
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