- Huge foreign exchange loss for UN in Burma relief - 24-07-08
Rangoon (dpa) - United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes acknowledged Thursday that the international community's relief effort for the victims of Cyclome Nargis in Burma was losing millions of dollars to the regime's foreign exchange controls.
- PM wants to engage in bilateral talk on Preah Vihear - 24-07-08
(BangkokPost.com) - Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said he has talked to Cambodian counterpart, who told him that Cambodia will withdraw the petition it filed with the United Nations Security Council on Preah Vihear matter.
- Strong quake injures 134 people in northern Japan - 24-07-08
Tokyo (dpa) - At least 134 people were injured in a magnitude-6.8 earthquake that jolted northern Japan shortly after midnight Thursday, media reports said.
- Protesters want port authority to renew contract - 24-07-08
(BangkokPost.com) - More than 3,000 vendors at the Klongtoey market in Bangkok blocked the road in front of the Port Authority of Thailand Thursday after it refused to renew their rental contract.
- BoT: Economic growth at slower pace in 2nd half - 24-07-08
Bank of Thailand (BoT) Deputy Governor Atchana Waiquamdee on Thursday conceded that the Thai economy in the second half of this year might grow at a slower pace that that of the first half of the year if oil prices continued to stay high.
