FACTBOX - Facts about Thailand's election |
- FACTBOX - Facts about Thailand's election
- Khmer Rouge commanders go on trial in Cambodia
- SCENARIOS - Trouble in store for Thailand after the election?
- FEATURE - At heart of Thai election, a fugitive rallies
- Obama to meet Senate leaders, keep debt talks alive
- Most Japanese oppose nuclear reactor restarts - poll
- WWII orphan in Bangladesh seeks return to Malaysia
- Parents’ hardship
- Attempts to revive communism plot to seize power unlawfully, says Rais
- M'sia will pursue efforts to woo American investors to M'sia's biotech sector
- Takaful fund assets to record double-digit growth this year, says RAM
- Veteran Reuters correspondent Gilbert Sedbon dies
- Vietnam set to execute by injection: official
- Khmer Rouge leaders go on trial in Cambodia
- Sudan's Bashir warns, reassures China on south split
- Venezuela tells foes stop dreaming of Chavez death
- New Yorkers celebrate marriage law at Gay Pride Parade
- Mauritania says 17 died in al Qaeda operation
- Spectacular discoveries in New Guinea
- Election and war
| FACTBOX - Facts about Thailand's election Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:52 AM PDT Below are some facts about the election and how a government will be formed. 
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| Khmer Rouge commanders go on trial in Cambodia Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:52 AM PDT PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The four most senior surviving members of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime went on trial for war crimes on Monday, three decades after its "year zero" revolution marked one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century. 
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| SCENARIOS - Trouble in store for Thailand after the election? Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:20 AM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand holds a general election on July 3 that might be a step on the road to stability after five years of political turbulence. But it could just as easily prolong the crisis, especially if there is no clear-cut winner. 
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| FEATURE - At heart of Thai election, a fugitive rallies Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:20 AM PDT SUAN MON, Thailand (Reuters) - Saffron-robed monks chanted and young women in silk sarongs stretched out their arms in traditional Thai dance moves, but the big event was the voice on a scratchy telephone line from another continent. 
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| Obama to meet Senate leaders, keep debt talks alive Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:20 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama must bridge a wide gap separating his Democrats from Republicans when he meets with Senate leaders on Monday over raising the U.S. debt ceiling, but neither side seems inclined to compromise. 
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| Most Japanese oppose nuclear reactor restarts - poll Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:20 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly 70 percent of Japanese oppose the restart of nuclear reactors halted for maintenance work, a poll showed on Monday, even though keeping them shut could mean power blackouts this summer and higher electricity bills. 
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| WWII orphan in Bangladesh seeks return to Malaysia Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:17 AM PDT A 76-year-old man who was orphaned in British Malaya during World War II but then spent most of his life in Bangladesh said Monday he now wanted to go home.
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:13 AM PDT There are still many elderly people out there who are lonely and have to endure torment at the hands of their children. More than anyone else, they are in need of care in the society.
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| Attempts to revive communism plot to seize power unlawfully, says Rais Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:51 PM PDT Attempts by certain quarters to revive communism in the country are a plot to seize power unlawfully by poisoning the minds of the people, Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said today.
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| M'sia will pursue efforts to woo American investors to M'sia's biotech sector Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:51 PM PDT Malaysia has always looked forward to American investors to pick Malaysia as their base to invest in various industries, particularly in new emerging sectors like biotechnology, says Malaysian Ambassador to the United States Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis.
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| Takaful fund assets to record double-digit growth this year, says RAM Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:50 PM PDT RAM Rating Services Bhd expects takaful fund assets to continue post double-digit growth this year driven by growing consumer awareness.
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| Veteran Reuters correspondent Gilbert Sedbon dies Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:49 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Veteran Reuters journalist Gilbert Sedbon, who joined the international news agency in pre-World War Two Egypt and was for decades its diplomatic and aerospace correspondent in France, died on Saturday aged 94, his family said on Sunday. 
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| Vietnam set to execute by injection: official Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:22 PM PDT Vietnam will this week begin carrying out the death penalty by lethal injection instead of firing squad, an official said Monday.
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| Khmer Rouge leaders go on trial in Cambodia Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:17 PM PDT PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The four most senior surviving members of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime went on trial for war crimes on Monday, three decades after its "year zero" revolution marked one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century. 
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| Sudan's Bashir warns, reassures China on south split Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:46 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir told Chinese media the impending split of his country's south risked triggering "time bombs", but said his government's bond with China would not be shaken by Beijing's courting of the secessionist south. 
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| Venezuela tells foes stop dreaming of Chavez death Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:15 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Senior allies of Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez have dismissed reports he is sicker than the government has admitted, telling his enemies to "stop dreaming" of his death. 
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| New Yorkers celebrate marriage law at Gay Pride Parade Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:15 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two days after the state legalized same-sex marriages, New York's annual Gay Pride Parade seemed more like a brash, colorful wedding procession on Sunday than an annual rally. 
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| Mauritania says 17 died in al Qaeda operation Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:15 PM PDT NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania said on Sunday that 17 people were killed in a joint attack carried out with Mali on an al Qaeda in North Africa's (AQIM) camp in the Wagadou forest region near Mauritania's border on Friday. 
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| Spectacular discoveries in New Guinea Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:34 PM PDT A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group WWF said.
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| Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:33 PM PDT In short, elections are the means while power is the goal. Those in power should always bear in mind that absolute power brings absolute corruption!
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