Lottery vendors make plea
A group of disabled lottery vendors yesterday asked Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda to push for the abolition of the two- and three-digit lotteries and the proposal for lottery-vending machines.
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Martial law not going yet
Martial law is to be lifted next month in areas deemed to have attained stability and normalcy, military authorities said yesterday.
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No headway in talks with separatists
Insurgents have shot down the government's offer to hold peace talks to end the violence in the southernmost provinces, Defence Minister General Boonrawd Somtas said yesterday.
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IN BRIEF
ALCOHOL controls :Council of State says FDA has exceeded authority on ad ban
The Council of State has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) order to ban alcohol advertising is invalid.
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Families of victims of extrajudicial killings seek Kraisak's help
Relatives of those killed during the previous government's 2003 war on drugs in Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday urged former senator Kraisak Chonhavan to help call for a re-opening of cases believed to have been committed by government officials.
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HIV is infecting more youths nowadays
The HIV infection rate among Thai youngsters has become even worse this year, the Public Health Ministry said yesterday ahead of World Aids Day on December 1.
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Academic staffer gets 13 years for killing man
The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced an employee of Chula-longkorn University's Faculty of Electrical Engineering to 13 years and six days in jail for shooting dead a merchant who urinated in front of his home last march.
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Foul stench rises from flood water
Two months after they were first hit by flooding, residents in Suphan Buri's Song Phi Nong district now face the problem of a foul smell coming from the water.
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Aid for students
The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) plans to provide free lunches, textbooks and uniforms to students affected by flooding.
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