enlarge Traffic along Bangna-Trat Road is worsened on Friday as people head out of Bangkok to enjoy three-day holiday.//Photo by Nattapong Kiewsri
Today's Highlight
HM the King approved extraordinary parliament session
His Majesty the King has given royal approval to a request for an extraordinary parliamentary session beginning on Tuesday, Cabinet secretary general Rongphol Charoenphanthu said on Friday.
Warning to UK-bound Thai flyers
The Foreign Ministry yesterday recommended Thais with no urgent business in the United Kingdom postpone their trips after a plot to bomb aircraft shuttling between the United States and the UK was foiled.
Monk tells of inspiring Thaksin to be PM
Phra Boonma Apinantho, the person who reportedly inspired Premier Thaksin Shinawatra to seek the nation's top political post, recently had the chance to renew his call for the PM to work on behalf of the poor.
Queen gives an abandoned child love for a mother
While many children will be able to express their love and gratitude to their mothers tomorrow, Somchai "Thon" Wanploen, whose parents abandoned him and reduced him to begging for a living, can only dream of the special meaning of Mother's Day.
Paradorn loses tamely to Malisse
[TENNIS] Belgian "X-Man" Xavier Malisse axed Paradorn Srichaphan 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 in round two of the US$2.5 million ATP Masters event in Toronto on Wednesday.
Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?