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Shan vow to wipe out drugs
19/05/2012 : Rebels engaged in peace talks with Myanmar's government pledged on Saturday to wipe out drugs in Shan state, where much of the country's opium and amphetamines are produced.
Chen flying to US
19/05/2012 : Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was on his way to the United States on Saturday night after a tense wait at Beijing's international airport.
Plodprasop: No flood in Bangkok
19/05/2012 : Bangkok and key economic zones, particularly industrial estates, will not be flooded this year, vows Plodprasop Suraswadi, chairman of the Water Resources Management and Flood Control Committee.
Narathiwat rubber trader slain
19/05/2012 : The owner of a rubber sheet business was killed in a shooting in front of his shop in Narathiwat’s Rueso district on Saturday morning, police said.
Korean blooms in French cabinet
19/05/2012 : The appointment of Fleur Pellerin as France's first South Korean-born minister has prompted soul searching over social values in the country of her birth where she was adopted at the age of six months.
East Timor marks 10th anniversary
19/05/2012 : East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta prepared for a handover of power to his successor late on Saturday ahead of celebrations to mark the country's first decade of independence from Indonesia.
Gold prices for Saturday
19/05/2012 : The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying price at 23,209.96 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 23,550 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.
Japan ready to help in euro crisis
19/05/2012 : Japan said that it stood ready to extend help in stemming the eurozone's debt crisis as the Group of Eight major industrialized nations opened crisis talks.
Warning: Heavy rain, flash floods
19/05/2012 : The Meteorological Department on Saturday morning issued a warning for people in the North and the Central Plains to prepare for widespread scattered rain with heavy falls in some areas and the danger of floods today and tomorrow.
Greece tops G8 meeting agenda
19/05/2012 : Fears that debt-stricken Greece may be headed for a chaotic eurozone exit loomed large as President Barack Obama met other G8 leaders for crisis talks in the United States.
