enlarge Din Daeng police guards two suspects who were arrested for taking bets on World Cup matches. The stake was about Bt8 million.//Photo by Supachai Petchtewee
Today's Highlight
Thaksin regime will survive - Somkiate
Nakhon Ratchasima - The "Thaksin regime" will survive even if the Thai Rak Thai Party is dissolved, a leader of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy said on Wednesday.
World Cup sends Thai electricity bills soaring
Bangkok - Football-mad Thais are spending millions of dollars more on electricity this month as they stay up through the night to watch World Cup matches, the nation's biggest utility said on Wednesday.
False alarm on bird flu
A boy and a girl were admitted into separate hospitals in Sukhothai on suspicion that they could possibly have contacted bird flu as their families raised chickens which recently died mysteriously.
Fiasco could drag out till 2007, if top court is slow
A resolution by public prosecutors to ask the Constitution Court to consider dissolving the Thai Rak Thai and Democrat parties, along with three minor parties, raises a huge question.
Paradorn's match is delayed
Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan built a 5-4 lead as rain interrupted his opening round match at Wimbledon against Argentine Agustin Calleri yesterday on court 18 at press time.
Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?