THAI POLICE DETAIN TWO MALAYSIANS OVER THEFT OF MOTORCYCLES
SADAO (Southern Thailand), Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Thai police have crippled aMalaysia-based syndicate which stole motorcycles for sale in the Thai market.Two Malaysians have been detained to facilitate investigations.The suspects, aged 17 and 26, were picked up on Dec 7, at their rented housein Ban Khlong Hai Kong here.Kedah police deputy chief Datuk Abdul Ghafar Abdul Rejab said the suspectswere ...
Conversations with Thaksin, Thailand's prime suspect
"It's just a matter of time," a top minister had told him. "We only have a few weeks left before they act." Another had told him: "Our days are numbered." By Sept. 17, 2006, in New York, even Thaksin, waiting to deliver a speech on behalf of his nation at the United Nations General Assembly, was getting very worried. "I think you're right," he told a colleague. "I should go back. The situation ...
Markets Live: Retailers lead shares higher
Australian shares have turned higher, shaking off weak offshore leads after Woolworths flagged the sale of Dick Smith, buoying other retailers.
Travel experts share bargain-hunting tips
Los Angeles Times Travel Show: Experts from Travelzoo, LivingSocial and JohnnyJet.com share strategies for stretching vacation dollars. If you don't know where you're going on vacation this year, you may not be indecisive. You might just be a bargain hunter.
Thai gov't defuses gas price hike protest
Truck drivers in Thailand protesting the planned NGV (natural gas for vehicles) price hike eventually dispersed from the streets around Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road yesterday evening. Groups of transport o .....
Woman's search for stolen sister
Chanteya Macphail has never seen or spoken to her older sister Jenny, though her sibling's fate weighs heavily in her heart and mind.
'Silent House,' 'Wanderlust' & James Franco's Re-Cut of a Gus Van Sant Classic On Tap for Film Comment Selects 2012
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the schedule for the 12th edition of Film Comments Selects (February 17 - March 1), Film Comment magazine's film festival. The lineup boasts both films not yet in theaters and ones previously released. Highlights out of the 32 selected films include: Kenneth Lonergan's acclaimed "Margaret"; "Silent House," the other Elizabeth Olsen movie nabbed at ...
DPMM FC To Hunt For Glory
Bandar Seri Begawan - Football fans, are you ready? DPMM FC, Brunei's only professional football club will be in action tonight against Thai Premier League side, Chiang Rai United FC in a charity match at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas.