http://www.bangkokpost.com/webmaster@bangkokpost.comwebmaster@bangkokpost.comTue, 21 May 2013 22:00:00Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:40http://www.bangkokpost.com/common/img/rss/rss_default.gif 2727http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351181/biggest-blackout-ever-hits-southThe "biggest power outage ever" in Thailand blacked out 14 southern provinces Tuesday evening, plunging almost the entire South into blackness for lengthy periods.Tue, 21 May 2013 20:04:00 +0700http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351175/nacc-challenges-thaksin-bribe-claimThe National Anti Corruption Commission on Tuesday challenged ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to show evidence to back up his allegation that an NACC member had asked him for a bribe in 1999.Tue, 21 May 2013 19:10:00 +0700http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351174/nbtc-slashes-number-switching-feeThe cost of switching mobile networks and keeping the same phone number - known as mobile number portability - will be cut by 70 baht to 29 baht per transaction from July 1 in a move by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to boost competition in the mobile market.Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:00 +0700http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351166/b167m-approved-for-pmove-landThe cabinet on Tuesday approved a budget of 167 million baht to purchase 800 rai of land in Lamphun and Chiang Mai provinces for members of the People's Movement for a Just Society (Pmove), deputy government spokeswoman Sunisa Lertpakawat said.Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:00 +0700http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351163/myanmar-jails-only-muslims-for-riotsSeven Muslims have been jailed for their role in religious clashes in the Burmese town of Meiktila in March.Tue, 21 May 2013 17:19:00 +0700http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351161/set-index-rises-0-03-pointThe Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went up 0.03 point, or 0.00%, to close at 1,643.43 points at the end of trading session this afternoon. The trade value was 57.45 billion baht, with 9.86 billion shares traded.Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0700http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351155/bad-cheque-leads-to-arrest-in-b2-5m-gold-scamPolice have arrested a member of a gang that used a bad cheque to buy gold bars valued at 2.59 million baht from a dealer in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province.Tue, 21 May 2013 16:26:00 +0700http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351154/pheu-thai-party-votes-to-support-worachai-amnesty-legislationThe Pheu Thai Party has agreed to back the amnesty bill of Samut Prakan MP Worachai Hema, party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said on Tuesday.Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10:00 +0700http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351152/prima-facie-case-for-disparaging-comment-about-pm-yingluck-police-sayPolice on Tuesday said they would summon Thai Rath cartoonist Somchai "Chai Ratchawat" Katanyutanan for questioning on June 5 in a defamation case brought by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over comments he made on Facebook.Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:00 +0700http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351144/khunying-porntip-moved-to-inspector-general-justice-ministryThe cabinet on Tuesday approved the transfer of Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan from the post of director of the Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) to the position of inspector-general of the Justice Ministry.Tue, 21 May 2013 15:43:00 +0700