enlarge Rescue workers wait to salvage the wreckage of a Hat Yai-Bangkok bus at the accident site in Phechaburi Saturday morning. The bus hit part of the bridge and overturned and felled into the roadside canal in Ban Lad district at 5:30 am. Some 20 passengers were injured.
Today's Big Stories
PTV to go on air Wednesday
Operators of the new satellite People's Television (PTV), believed to be funded by people close to deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, said they would not accept double-standard treatment by the government and would go on the air on Wednesday, ready to fight a legal battle.
Thai PM urges Malaysians to invest in troubled south
KUALA LUMPUR - Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanot has urged Malaysians to plough money into troubled southern Thailand, admitting unrest there was scaring off "foreign" investors, state media said Saturday.
Spats with neighbours 'not big problems', says Singapore FM
SINGAPORE - Singapore's ongoing diplomatic spats with neighbours Thailand and Indonesia "are not big problems" and relations overall remain good, Foreign Minister George Yeo said.
Aust, UK embassies issue travel warnings
Australia and Britain yesterday issued travel warnings to their citizens, urging them to exercise a high degree of caution when visiting Thailand and to avoid demonstrations, political rallies and areas with concentrations of military personnel.
Tension in the air
A Prachakorn Thai Party executive yesterday started court proceedings aimed at taking a television talk show hosted by media tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul off the air on the grounds that it causes social divisions.
Zidane set to show his magic in Chiang Mai
'Zizou fever' hit Chiang Mai city yesterday as enthusiastic local fans eagerly wait to watch French maestro midfielder Zinedine Zidane put on a show in the Adidas Impossible Match today.
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Rescue workers wait to salvage the wreckage of a Hat Yai-Bangkok bus at the accident site in Phechaburi Saturday morning. The bus hit part of the bridge and overturned and felled into the roadside canal in Ban Lad district at 5:30 am. Some 20 passengers were injured.
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