Paying respect

More than 2,000 performers yesterday took part in a ceremony showing respect to teachers, presided by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.They will also perform the show during the royal cremation ceremony of the late HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, which has been scheduled for November 14 to 19 at Sanam Luang.

Border talks delayed over legal uncertainty
Concern over the possibility they might be violating the Constitution has forced the Second Army Area from carrying out a scheduled meeting with its Cambodian counterparts aimed out preventing more armed clashes along overlapping border areas.

Brain-based learning works wonders
Brain-Based Learning (BBL) can enable students to read faster while also developing an interest in reading, experts in the teaching field said.

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Paddling Prowess
Without a father or mother, children probably lose many things in life, but it doesn't mean they have reduced abilities.

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Wounded border soldier still unconscious
Volunteer ranger Boonyarit Khantee remains in a coma since last week's bloody shootout against Cambodian troops.
S&P cookies to be FDA tested
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is studying samples of raw materials and cookies collected from S&P's factory for melamine contamination after Swiss authorities found a high concentration of melamine in S&P milk cookies from Thailand.
Snippets from a day of chaos
Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul's husband Santisuk Sophonsiri sneaked into the House yesterday when he saw People Power MPs walking towards his wife and abusing her after she protested about the injured demonstrators and called on the government to show responsibility by dissolving the House.
UN chief to call Thai PM over Sudan
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to telephone Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat yesterday evening about dispatching troops to Sudan, said Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat.

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Environment

Parks to be environmentally friendly
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is planning to turn Khao Yai and Phang Nga national parks into environmentally friendly compounds within one month.

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Health&Science

Alcohol advertising laws flouted, say industry critics
The Alcohol Watch Network and its allies rallied in Samsen Road yesterday to draw attention to

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Education

Parents revise for college
More than 600 adults in their 40s were among 132,209 applicants for the GAT (General Aptitude Test) and PAT (Professional and Academic Aptitude Test) exams, a senior official said yesterday.

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Metro/Crimes

Porn mags hardly educational, study finds
More often than not, porn magazines promote the fantasy that men with a bigger appendage can have any woman, while the topic of safe sex is rarely even mentioned, a recent survey revealed yesterday.