61 - 70 of 70 results for "debate"

  1. 61. opinion | 20 May 2013

    Government shows its intractability

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » When Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi referred to criticism of his anti-flood schemes as "garbage", it was - pardon the expression - a watershed. He brought down a curtain between him and citizens seeking hones...

  2. 62. news | 02 Apr 2013

    Nikhom insists on chairing joint sitting

    By Online Reporters

    » Senate Speaker Nikhom Wairatpanich, in his capacity as Deputy Parliament President, has ignored opposition protests and insisted he will continue to chair the joint parliamentary sitting on the charter amendment bills du...

  3. 63. news | 13 Apr 2013

    Obama hands weekly address to gun victim's mother

    By AFP

    » President Barack Obama handed over his weekly radio address to the grieving mother of a Newtown massacre victim on Saturday as debate raged over proposed gun control legislation.

  4. 64. news | 23 May 2013

    Syria opposition in key talks on peace initiative

    By AFP

    » Syria's main opposition group met for key talks in Istanbul on Thursday to debate whether to join a new US-Russian peace initiative to end the two-year civil war, while the regime vowed to crush the insurgency.

  5. 65. news | 15 Apr 2013

    US gun debate revives questions about self-defence

    » The beam from the intruder's flashlight pierced the blackness of the bedroom, sweeping into Eric Martin's eyes. As Martin rolled to the floor, reached into the nightstand drawer and drew out his 9 mm pistol, the ...

  6. 66. opinion | 18 May 2013

    A needless extravagance

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » MPs will have something special to celebrate when they reconvene for an extra session of parliament on May 28 to debate the 2014 budget bill. After years of delay and wrangling over locations, a contract has been signed ...

  7. 67. opinion | 31 Mar 2013

    Postbag: Property tax for infrastructure

    Postbag

    Newspaper section: News

    » Regarding the debate over borrowing to fund the two trillion baht infrastructure, project, I suggest repaying the loan through property taxes. Any infrastructure project that is economically justifiable will make the sur...

  8. 68. opinion | 20 May 2013

    Development bank needs to do more

    ASIA

    Newspaper section: News

    » For more than eight years, former Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Haruhiko Kuroda spoke of the Japanese-led multilateral development bank's commitment to fighting poverty in the Asia-Pacific region. How ironic...

  9. 69. opinion | 15 May 2013

    Privates on parade

    CURRENTS

    By James Hein, Newspaper section: Life

    » Privacy is still a major topic of debate all over the world and in many subject areas. My view has always been that I only put things up on the web that I want people to see. I have the same attitude with CCTV; I don...

  10. 70. news | 14 Apr 2013

    MPs hatch plan to push amnesty bill

    By Aekarach Sattaburuth, Newspaper section: News

    » A group of Pheu Thai MPs will propose that Worachai Hema's amnesty bill be pushed to the top of the agenda on Thursday in a move that is expected to stir heated debate in parliament.Pheu Thai MP Mr Worachai has been ...

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