
Laos demands Hmong deportation

Thailand and Laos are split over the repatriation of 153 Hmong. Vientiane wants the group back but Bangkok is now seeking third countries to take them.
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IN BRIEF

SOUTHERN INSURGENCY

Security barrier along Malaysian border to be extended: Surayud The government will extend the security barrier along the Thailand-Malaysia border in an effort to curtail the insurgency in the South, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said yesterday.
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Balancing the books and life with ThaiHealth

The despair of overwhelming debt drove Im Chaowasit to attempt suicide.
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Bogus claims for coffee prompt stiffening of statute

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday banned Herbio Coffee ads after finding they made exaggerated claims, and plans to amend the Food Act to better protect customers, FDA secretary-general Siriwat Thiptaradol said.
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First African elephant born in Thailand

Thailand yesterday welcomed the first birth of an African elephant at the state-owned Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo.
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Woman, two kids cleared of bird flu

An Angthong woman and her young daughter suspected of having caught avian flu were yesterday diagnosed with human influenza.
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Chevron Thailand's educational focus

Environment also in '4E strategy'; local activities a prototype for other markets
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Efficient English looking overseas

Efficient English Services, a franchisee of Wall Street Institute (WSI) school of English in Thailand, expects to spread its wings into five countries in Asia within three years, starting with Indonesia in the next two weeks.
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