 11.02.07 - Canadian in court on child-sex chargesA Canadian man wanted in Thailand on suspicions of sexually abusing an eight-year-old boy is expected to make a court appearance in British Columbia Friday after being caught in Vancouver on Thursday.
11.02.07 - Wanted paedophile arrested in CanadaPolice in Canada have arrested Orville Frank Mader, 54, who was the subject of a manhunt in Thailand after reports he abused boys as young as 8 years old.
11.02.07 - Four wounded in Yala bombingFour people including police officers were wounded when insurgents detonated a bomb at a busy market in the Muang district of Yala province on Friday afternoon, police said.
11.02.07 - Probe panel gives Thaksin's niece more timeThe Assets Scrutiny Committee has allowed the niece of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to postpone testifying to the graft panel after she claimed she is busy campaigning for the Dec 23 election.
11.02.07 - Wadah faction defects to PPPSeven members of Wadah faction decided to defect from Matchimathipataya party to People Power party on Friday.
The members include Den Tohmeena, Areepen Uttarasin and Sommart Jaena.
11.02.07 - Chalit says Sonthi won't run for electionActing Council for National Security chairman, Chalit Phukphasuk is certain former CNS chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin will not run in the Dec 23 general election.
10.31.07 - ASC asks for arrest of Thaksin's daughterThe Assets Scrutiny Committee (ASC) handed documents to file criminal charges against Pinthongta Shinawatra, daughter of ousted premier Thaksin, with police at Bang Sue station for her refusal to testify about the Shin Corp share case after being allowed
10.31.07 - PM 'unfazed' by NLA ruling on Khao Yai ThiengPrime Minister Surayud Chulanont refused to allow a ruling by the National Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that his controversial land ownership on Khao Yai Thieng had been illegitimate to dampen his mood.
10.31.07 - Malaysia sues Singapore over disputed islandSingapore and Malaysia will appear before the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands next week to settle their claims to a strategically located island.
10.26.07 - Sombat denies defecting to Puea PandinPracharaj deputy leader Sombat Methanee denied news report given by Puea Pandin spokesman Wachiramon Kunakasemthanawat on Friday morning that he and his son are defecting to Puea Pandin party.
10.26.07 - Former massage tycoon won’t run for MPChuwit Kamolvisit declared Friday that he will not contest the role of MP under the Chart Thai party.
10.26.07 - 3 soldiers injured in South bombingThree soldiers were injured when insurgents detonated a five-kilogramme bomb against their patrol along a railroad track in the southern province of Narathiwat on Friday morning.
10.26.07 - New dictionary for the blind in the works"The initiative for the dictionary for the blind began in 1999," says Monthien Boonthan, secretary-general of the Thai Blind People's Foundation.
10.25.07 - Floods hit tourist island of SamuiSurat Thani – The southern provinces of Surat Thani and Chumphon have been hit by flood, and the flood situation on the tourist island of Samui remains worrisome.
10.25.07 - Princess treated for partial brain damageHer Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, the King's elder sister, is being given medication after she experienced weakness on the right side of her body Thursday morning, the Royal Household Bureau announced Thursday night.
10.25.07 - Thaksin lawyer: cash to buy Man City 'legal'Noppadol Pattama, legal advisor to ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, reasserted Thursday that the funds spent by his client to purchase Britain's Manchester City football club were legal, as were the business tactics used to close the deal.
10.25.07 - First superjumbo passenger flight landsLuck ran out for the passengers who won an Internet auction to be aboard the Airbus A380 as the world's biggest commercial jetliner landed in Sydney to complete its maiden commercial flight Thursday.
10.24.07 - Baht to continue stronger, BoT 'unworried'Thailand's baht currency, currently rising against the US dollar, is not worrisome and it is projected that it will continue to appreciate in line with other regional currencies, according to Suchada Kirakul, deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand (BoT).
10.24.07 - Flood hits South after torrential rainThe southern provinces of Surat Thani and Chumphon have been hit by flood, and the flood situation on the tourist island of Samui remains worrisome.
10.24.07 - Insurgent drive-by kills two children in SouthTwo children were killed and four adults were wounded in a Narathiwat shooting Tuesday night.
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