Thailand demands telecom, satellites back from Singapore
BANGKOK: -- Thailand's coup leader, Sonthi Boonyaratglin, says he wants to reverse the sale of the telecommunications giant founded by ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
Singapore state investment firm Temasek purchased Mr Thaksin's family owned company, Shin Corp, for $US3.8 billion last year.
However, in a speech, General Sonthi has said it is the Thai army's duty not to let anybody to take their national assets.
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A slice of British Lifehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxboKn29Hg
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT - Paul Weller A police car and a screaming siren -
A pnuematic drill and ripped up concrete -
A baby waiting and stray dog howling -
The screech of brakes and lamplights blinking - that's entertainment. A smash of glass and the rumble of boots -
An electric train and a ripped up 'phone booth -
Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat -
Lights going out and a kick in the balls - that's enterta
Iran's cola war
Sanctions? Coke and Pepsi found a way around them and are battling for market share in Tehran with local Zamzam Cola. Fortune's Eric Ellis reports.
By Eric Ellis, Fortune
February 6 2007: 6:06 AM EST
(Fortune Magazine) -- Lunchtime in Tehran's tony northern suburbs, and around the crowded tables at Nayeb restaurant, elegant Iranian women in Jackie O sunglasses and designer jeans pick at grilled Alborz trout and salad, their table chatter gliding effortlessly between French,
Epicureans fly to Bangkok for $25K meal
By JOCELYN GECKER, Associated Press Writer Sat Feb 10, 4:57 PM ET BANGKOK, Thailand - It was an evening of utter decadence — a 10-course gourmet dinner concocted by world-renowned chefs at $25,000 a head.
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Many of those who attended Saturday night's culinary extravaganza in Bangkok hailed it as the meal of a lifetime. But it's no easy task to eat plate after plate of Beluga caviar, Perigord truffles, Kobe beef, Brittany lobster — each p
Thaksin hires high-profile Washington lobbyists BangkokPost.com, Bangkok Post and AFP Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has hired the Baker Botts law firm headed by former Secretary of State James Baker, according to a US lobbying registration form obtained on Wednesday by a senior Democrat Party executive.Mr Thaksin has not quit politics as he claims, Democrat party executive Kobsak Sabhavasu said, as hiring the well-established lobbying firm shows he is seeking US support for his retur
BREAKING NEWS:
Bangkok will have two international airports
Bangkok will now have two international airports; Suvannabhumi and Don Muang, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Tuesday.
Considering the increasing number of passengers and demands, the Cabinet decided that Don Muang Airport, which was shut down in September after Suvannabhumi was openned, will be re-opened.
He was speaking after chairing the weekly cabinet meeting Tuesday.
"Considering the problems we have now at Suvannabhu
Former Thai PM Thaksin: "I'm Calling It Quits"
Thursday, Feb. 01, 2007
Since he was toppled from power last September, Thaksin Shinawatra has been crisscrossing the globe. TIME's Southeast Asia Bureau Chief Hannah Beech caught up with Thailand's former Prime Minister on Jan. 25 in Tokyo, where they spoke about the military coup against him, the new regime in Bangkok, and what he intends to do with his life. Excerpts:
TIME: You've asserted that you and your old political party, Thai Rak Thai,
(from current issue of Far Eastern Economic Review)
The Incompetent Bank of Thailand
January/February 2007
by Pichit Likitkijsomboon
The Bank of Thailand’s recent botched attempt to control the inflow of foreign funds into the country underlines the institution’s perennial distrust of markets and its strong desire to exert control. For many years now the BOT has been in dire need of reform. Last month’s fiasco clearly shows that the bank has learned nothing from the disastrous 1997 Asia
Is Live Sex On-Demand Coming to Hotel TVs?
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
Published: January 17, 2007
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 16 — In the world of on-demand viewing of sexually explicit material, the next step could be the ability to watch live performers from the privacy of a hotel room.That was one topic during a panel discussion here at Internext, an annual trade show for sex entertainment industry producers, marketers and payment processors.Gregory Clayman, the owner of the live-action company Video Secr
Men and women have two distinct views about a wedding. The husband to be wakes up in the morning, plays a round of golf and counts the minutes until he has to be at the altar.
The wife to be on the other hand, wakes up in the morning and is panicking. She immediately begins to organize things, making sure everything is in proper order. In her mind she is repeating what she
has to do. 'All I have to do is go down the aisle, get to the altar, and marry him.' She repeats this over and over aga
My friend has been stumped by his 7 year olds school homework....asked why don't birds get electrocuted when they land on high voltage power lines? Answers please? Is it simply because they are not grounded???
(from latest issue if TIME magazine Asian edition)
Thailand: The Land of Fading Smiles
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 By HANNAH BEECH / BANGKOK
Thailand prides itself on its way with Westerners. After all, the kingdom survived the Age of Empire as the only country in Southeast Asia to avoid colonization. Success in deterring the foreign barbarians came from deftly playing the Western powers off against one another, and throwing open doors to European traders. Siam, at it was known then, didn't so
Good concert...back to mainly blues.... Clapton was still a class act as was young Trux the 2nd lead slide guitar....the guy is nephew of alman brother trux...and has played in alman brothers band since he was 18. had to suffer 'wonderful tonight' but were blessed with no 'tears in heaven.' solo blues track just clapton and his accoustic guitar was 'pick' of the night...
FM cancel ousted premier and wife's diplomatic passports
BANGKOK: -- The Foreign Ministry has revoked diplomatic passports of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, Khunying Pojaman, after an investigation concluded the former premier has been engaging in political activities while in exile, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
The ministry has also instructed all of its embassies not to facilitate Thaksin's travels and visits, said deputy Foreign Ministry's spok
The Trouble with Thailand
Bomb blasts in Bangkok have further damaged the nation's tarnished image
By HANNAH BEECH | BANGKOK
Thursday, Jan. 04, 2007
Irina Martin, a German tourist who was in Bangkok for the party-loving city's raucous New Year's Eve festivities, must be glad she listened to her gut. Around 9 p.m. on Dec. 31, the kindergarten teacher from Hamburg was grappling with the unnerving news that six bombs had detonated across the Thai capital just a couple of hours earlier, targ
I wanted to send some sort of holiday greeting to my friends, but it is so difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So I consulted my solicitors yesterday, and on their advice I wish to say the following (with no apologies to the lawyers amongst us):
Please accept with no obligation on either side, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winte
"Sixty is the worst age to be", said the 60-year-old man. "You always feel
like you have to pee and most of the time, you stand there and nothing comes
out".
"Ah, that's nothin", said the 70-year-old. "When you're seventy, you
don't have a bowel movement any more. You take laxatives, eat bran, sit on
the toilet all day and nothin' comes out!"
"Actually", said the 80-year -old, "Eighty is the worst age of all".
"Do you have trouble peeing, too?" asked the 60-year old.
"No, I pee
BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR & PROBABLY THE CENTURY A lawyer purchased
a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against,
among other things, fire.
Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars
and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy
the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.
In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of
small fires."
The insurance company refused
The priest in a small Irish village loved his chickens that he kept in
the coop behind the church. One Sunday morning before mass, he went to
feed the birds and discovered that the cock was missing. He knew about
the cock fights in the village, so he decided to question his
parishioners in church.
During mass, he asked his congregation, "Has anybody got a cock?"
All the men stood up.
"No, no, that wasn't what I meant. Has any body seen a cock?"
All the women stood up.
"No, no,
