Cambodia yesterday told Thailand to immediately withdraw troops from the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear temple or risk a "large-scale armed conflict".
STREET VIOLENCE
Her Majesty the Queen yesterday presided over the royal-sponsored cremation of Angkhana Radappanyawut, who was killed in the police crackdown on anti-government protesters on Oct 7.
STREET BLOODSHED
The temporary relocation of a pair of four-year-old anteaters from Bangkok's Dusit Zoo to Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri province after last Tuesday's violence has sparked public concern over the welfare of animals in the zoo, which is opposite the parliament.
National police chief Pacharawat Wongsuwan used National Police Day, yesterday, to express regret over the lethal crackdown on People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrators last Tuesday.
The Election Commission has issued a red card to a People Power party MP and yellow cards to another PPP MP and two from Puea Pandin, all accused of cheating in the Dec 23 general election.
Chiang Mai University medical academics ended their position of refusing to provide police officers with medical care as a protest against the police's Oct 7 violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.
POLITICS
The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) will not accept the government's fact-finding committee into last Tuesday's violence, but is not opposed to the man who will lead it.
The National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) is due to rule on Thursday whether or not to indict Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on charges of malfeasance in a decade-long case, an NCCC source says.
CITY HALL
Re-elected Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin yesterday appointed his deputies and assistants for his second term.
The government is dropping the Samak cabinet's plan to lease 4,000 air-conditioned, gas-fuelled buses for Bangkok for 10 years.
A bomb targeting a security team exploded yesterday morning in Narathiwat's Bacho district, wounding two local women.
CONSERVATION
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has been asked not to annex about 27,500 rai of forest land to Thong Pha Phum national park in Kanchanaburi province to allow for tourism development.
GENEVA : Swiss authorities say they have found high concentrations of melamine in cookies from Thailand and candies from Sri Lanka and have called on other European countries to withdraw the tainted products from sale.
FUNERAL
PHETCHABURI : Grandpa Yen, the 108-year-old Phetchaburi river legend, was buried at a local mosque yesterday morning.
LAMPANG : Traffic came to a standstill in Wang Nua district yesterday as corn growers clogged a road with more than 100 e-tan farm trucks in protest against the government for not doing enough to shore up the price of corn.
EDITORIAL
It is safe to say that almost every Thai paused for a moment on Sunday when he or she heard the news that Grandpa Yen had died. Yen Kaewmanee, his given name, lived a remarkable life, and not only because of his old age. Rather, Grandpa Yen was widely admired and celebrated for achievements throughout his 108 years of life.
September and October have shaped up to be hard months in a precarious year. A meltdown in financial, credit and housing markets. The continuing stress of high food and fuel prices and the dangers for poverty and malnutrition. Anxieties about the global economy.
COMMENTARY
Has Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, saved the world financial system? Okay, the question is premature - we still don't know the exact shape of the planned financial rescues in Europe or for that matter the United States, let alone whether they'll really work. What we do know, however, is that Brown and Alistair Darling, the chancellor of the Exchequer, have defined the character of the worldwide rescue effort, with other wealthy nations playing catch-up. This is an unexpected turn of events. The British government is, after all, very much a junior partner when it comes to world economic affairs. It's true that London is one of the world's great financial centres, but the British economy is far smaller than the US economy, and the Bank of England doesn't have anything like the influence either of the Federal Reserve or of the European Central Bank. So you don't expect to see Britain playing a leadership role.
Post Bag
PM Somchai says, ''Resignation is not the solution.'' He remains so out of touch with reality. It is only a matter of time before he resigns or is found guilty of corruption. Unfortunately, incompetence is not a crime, but in his case it is his realm of reality.
In Media
MUD LEK (IRON FIST) Thais are so deeply polarised that many of them cannot differentiate between their political leanings and sense of duty.
