15 interesting facts about Valentine's Day
MANILA, Philippines - Did you know that in Japan, women give chocolates to their boyfriends, male friends and co-workers on Valentine's Day?
Payless ShoeSource Continues Global Expansion and Announces Franchise Deals for Stores in New Markets: Korea, Thailand ...
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 6, 2012 Â /PRNewswire/ -- Collective Brands' (NYSE: PSS - News) Payless ShoeSource unit announced today that it has signed two new franchise agreements with partners Emart, a business unit of ...
The State of Obama’s Facts
Summary The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly. Obama said “the Taliban’s momentum has been broken” in Afghanistan. But targeted assassinations continue, and at least one independent foreign policy expert says the enemy may just be waiting until the U.S. leaves. The president said … More >>
Thailand: Ignorance, fury and blind faith in the wrath against Nitirat
By Kaewmala Yesterday someone posted an audio file on YouTube. The clip is cut from a call-in radio talk show called “Kid Dai Kid Dee” (English title: Talk News and Music) hosted by Mr. Veera Theeraphat. The caller asked the host about Nitirat (the group that’s been calling for amendment of Thailand’s controversial lese majeste
Facts first, then remedies, colonel's widow demands
The facts regarding the deaths from political conflict need to be established first, and any decision make compensation payment or allow amnesty should not be rushed, a public hearing called by the truth and reconciliation commission heard on Monday
The raw facts on the Big C
We have been BFF (best friends forever) for more than half our lives, Girlie Martin Ros and I, and have journeyed together, working closely and keeping our bonds tight despite distance. There were also many parallel points in our divergent paths. For instance, after decades of silence we found each other in Palawan, she in a coastal farm and me in Puerto Princesa City, both of us determined to ...
Killings in south Thailand to be probed, says army chief
Thai Army Commander General Prayuth Chanocha yesterday said he regretted the shooting incident in Pattani (south Thailand ) on Sunday in which five villagers were killed by a group of Army paramilitary rangers, but insisted it had been as a result of a misunderstanding and confusion.
Facts behind the fiction
Jodi Picoult is the bestselling author of a long list of popular novels, the last four of which debuted at the top of The New York Times best-seller list. Her works include "My Sister's Keeper," "Plain Truth," "Perfect Match," "The Tenth Circle" and her latest, "Sing You Home."