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  • US jobless rate rises

    01/06/2012 : The US economy added only 69,000 jobs in May, the lowest number in a year and far below expectations, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.2%, the government said on Friday.

  • 'Volcano of rage' in Syria

    01/06/2012 : Syrian activists threatened a "volcano of rage" on Friday over the killing of civilians by government forces as a deadline set by rebel fighters passed for Damascus to honour a UN-backed truce.

  • SET dives 26 points

    01/06/2012 : Thai stocks sank 2.3% on Friday amid investor anxiety about fresh local political instability, and in line with an emerging market sell-off on concerns of a global slowdown.

  • City police chief transferred

    01/06/2012 : National police chief Priewpan Damapong on Friday ordered an immediate transfer of city police chief Winai Thongsong to an inactive post at the Royal Thai Police headquarters.

  • Singapore army wants bigger camp

    01/06/2012 : Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwannarat and his counterpart from Singapore, Ng Eng Hen, on Friday discussed plans to look for a larger training camp for Singaporean soldiers.

  • 'Choked' MP files suit (Video)

    01/06/2012 : Pheu Thai MP Jirayu Huangsap has filed a complaint with police to take legal action against opposition Democrat MP Thani Thaugsuban for allegedly strangling him during the House meeting on the controversial reconciliation bills on Thursday.

  • Thein Sein begs off again

    01/06/2012 : Myanmar President Thein Sein has again postponed a trip to Thailand, where democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been in the limelight all week, officials said Friday.

  • Bills debate postponed indefinitely

    01/06/2012 : A meeting of MPs of the Pheu Thai Party has agreed that the debate on the four proposed reconciliation bills should be indefinitely postponed, reports said.

  • Nattawut: Dems have hidden agenda

    01/06/2012 : The disruption of the parliamentary sitting over the past two days by the Democrats seems like a signal for a power outside parliament to topple the government, co-leader of the red-shirts Nattawut Saikuar said on Friday.

  • Jatuporn: PAD inviting a coup

    01/06/2012 : The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) is now trying to incite violence to pave the way for another military coup, red-shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan said on Friday afternoon.

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