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Cyprus crisis sends stocks down
Published on 19/03/2013
» LONDON - Europe's main stock markets lost ground on Monday on news that Cyprus might tax bank deposits as part of a controversial international bailout.
Kerry says he's wedded to US-Asia pivot
AFP, Published on 19/03/2013
» US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he was as wedded to America's pivot towards Asia as his predecessor, even though he has not yet visited the region since coming to office.
Public-private JV bill under attack
News, Published on 19/03/2013
» A group of senators will ask the Constitution Court to derail the new public-private partnership (PPP) bill that could enable the government to work with private operators on infrastructure projects without parliament scrutiny.
BoT chairman raises alarm of property, capital bubble
News, Published on 19/03/2013
» Foreign capital inflows have put the economy at risk of financial and property sector bubbles which could burst by year's end, Virabongsa Ramangkura, chairman of the Bank of Thailand board, has warned.
Lawmakers to table 3charter bills
News, Published on 19/03/2013
» About 60 senators have agreed to submit three bills to amend the constitution by sections to parliament tomorrow.
Attackers gun down three in Pattani, Yala
News, Published on 19/03/2013
» Violence in the far South continues unabated, with three people shot dead in Pattani and Yala yesterday.
EC sets poll for Kasem's seat
News, Published on 19/03/2013
» A by-election to fill the seat vacated by Pheu Thai's Kasem Nimmonrat has been tentatively scheduled for April 21, the Election Commission (EC) says.
Thai PBS boss probe extended
News, Published on 19/03/2013
» A sub-committee of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has been given another two weeks to probe whether Thai PBS's station director had the authority to pull political talk programme Tob Jote off the air.
Experts slam flaw in trafficking law
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/03/2013
» Anti-human trafficking legislation has failed to protect migrants who pay trafficking gangs to smuggle them into Thailand illegally, human rights activists say.