No lese majeste charges for Thaksin and Witsanu
Prosecutors dropped a lese majeste charge against caretaker prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his deputy Wissanu Kreangam on Thursday, citing insufficient evidence for prosecution.
Two rallies plus two fairs equals gridlock
If the anti-Thaksin rally in front of Siam Paragon didn't totally paralyse city roads, a few more events - a rally of farmers on Silom Road, the Red Cross Fair and the national Book Fair beginning yesterday - helped create traffic chaos.
Bangkok faced heavy rain for second day
Heavy showers and howling winds whipped Bangkok for the second day on Thursday, toppling trees and tents at the Red Cross Fair around the Royal Plaza and uprooting towering trees in the Government House compound.
'Kom Chad Luek' agrees to five day suspension
Kom Chad Luek daily has agreed on Thursday to cease publication for a total of five days to demonstrate its responsibility for publishing a news story that was deemed lese majeste and demonstrators of the Caravan of the Poor who had sealed off Nation Media Group headquarters since 10am agreed to leave.
Kom Chad Luek cease printing for three days
Nation Multimedia Group announced that its mass-circulation Kom Chad Luek daily will stop printing for three days to take responsibility over a publishing error deemed lese majeste.
KINGDOM AT A CROSSROADS City roars, south rumbles
Rally paralyses parts of capital
Tens of thousands flock to PAD demonstration outside Siam Paragon; separate protest blockades main highway to South
