Posts by: Wolfgang S.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people were killed, died on Sunday, his brother said. “He died an hour ago,” Abdelhakim al-Megrahi said, putting the time of death at shortly after 1pm (6pm Bangkok time). A Scottish court in 2001 convicted the Libyan of the …

About 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in northeast Italy’s Emilia Romagna region, where a fresh 5.1 magnitude quake struck Sunday afternoon. The quake hit the zone around Ferrara at around 1300 GMT, forcing the collapse of several structures already weakened by the 6.0 magnitude quake that struck early Sunday and killed at …

Pakistan blocked Twitter on Sunday, saying the website had refused to remove posts promoting a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. “The website has been banned by the Ministry of Information Technology and the decision was conveyed to us,” said Mohammad Younis Khan, spokesman for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). “There was blasphemous material …

LONDON : West Ham clinched promotion to the Premier League as Ricardo Vaz Te’s late winner sealed a dramatic 2-1 victory over Blackpool in the Championship play-off final at Wembley on Saturday. Sam Allardyce’s side survived a nervous start to take the lead through Carlton Cole’s first half strike, but Tom Ince equalised soon after …

MUNICH : Chelsea put four penalties past Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to seal victory and win an improbable Champions League title Sunday morning (Thailand time). The penalty shoot-out began after the teams had played to a 1-1 draw in regulation time, and then played another half an hour without a goal. Didier Drogba, who …

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawara is the most favourite of all 111 former Thai Rak Thai executives due to be freed from the five-year political ban on May 30, according to Suan Dusit Poll. The poll was conducted between May 12-19 on 2,592 people throughout the country. Asked who among the so-called House No 111 …

G8 leaders tried to bridge divisions over how to halt Europe’s rapidly-deepening economic crisis on Saturday, as host President Barack Obama backed more pro-growth policies in the face of German opposition. US President Barack Obama greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her arrival at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, May 18. Obama threw …

A suicide bomber struck at a lunch gathering of Afghan police and local civilians in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday killing at least 13 people, three of them policemen, officials said. The attacker, wearing a suicide vest, walked into a police checkpost in the troubled district of Alisher in Khost province and detonated himself, a statement …

President Barack Obama, fresh from easing US sanctions on Myanmar, said at the G8 summit Saturday that world powers would do all they could to promote the country’s political reforms. Obama lifted some investment restrictions on the nominally civilian-ruled nation this week, hoping to reward President Thein Sein for taking steps toward political change, and …

Japan said that it stood ready to extend help in stemming the eurozone’s debt crisis as the Group of Eight major industrialized nations opened crisis talks. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is welcomed by US President Barack Obama at the G8 summit in Camp David, on May 18. Leaders of the major industrial economies are …

Bangkok and key economic zones, particularly the industrial estates will not be inundated this year, Plodprasop Suraswadi, chairman of the Water Resources Management and Flood Control Committee, said on Saturday. The confirmation was made in “Yingluck government meets the people” weekly talk show on NBT earlier this morning. “Even if the amount of northern runoff would …

The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying price at 23,209.96 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 23,550 baht per baht-weight for gold bar. The selling prices were set at 24,050 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments, and 23,650 baht per baht-weight for gold bar. Gold prices up 50 baht per baht weight …

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World stock markets mostly fell on Friday and the euro hit another four-month low, slammed by a ratings downgrade for Greece and warnings for 16 Spanish banks, ahead of a crucial G8 meeting. A stockbroker monitors market movements at BGC Partners in London. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 0.96% to 5,286.83 points befopre …

World stock markets mostly fell on Friday and the euro hit another four-month low, slammed by a ratings downgrade for Greece and warnings for 16 Spanish banks, ahead of a crucial G8 meeting. A stockbroker monitors market movements at BGC Partners in London. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 0.96% to 5,286.83 points befopre …

At least 25 of the 92 people who died as a result of the 2010 violence may have been killed by security personnel, the Department of Special Investigation believes. DSI chief Tarit Pendith said investigators believe at least 12 people died as a result of the actions of members of the red shirt United Front …

A small earthquake with a magnitude of 1.7 on the Richter scale was recorded in San Sai district of Chiang Mai province early this morning, the Meteorological Department reported on Friday. The department’s seismic surveillance bureau reported the tremor at 1.21 am today. There were no reports of damage. Did you know? You can introduce …

The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying price at 23,012.88 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 23,350 baht per baht-weight for gold bar. The selling prices were set at 23,850 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments, and 23,450 baht per baht-weight for gold bar. Gold prices up 400 baht on yesterday’s close. The …

The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went up 2.33 points or 0.20% to close at 1,173.56 points at the end of trading session on Thursday afternoon. The trade value was 26.85 billion baht, with 5.27 billion shares traded. The SET50 index ended at 821.87 points, up 1.47 points or 0.18%, with a total trade …

Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in Thailand trading on Thursday. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of the close in Bangkok. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index rose 0.2 per cent to 1,173.56. Rubber producers: Sri Trang Agro-Industry Pcl (STA), Thailand’s largest rubber producer, climbed 1.9 per cent …