Resources
BNET Resources
- sort by:
- Relevance
- Date
- Popularity
- Thai FM hands in resignation as protesters refuse to budge
- BANGKOK AFP — Thailand's foreign minister handed in his resignation Wednesday a day after the prime minister clamped emergency rule on Bangkok following deadly clashes and days of protests against his rule. An aide to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who would not be named, told AFP that Foreign Minister...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- US asks Thailand to end crisis through democratic means
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States wants Thailand's current political crisis to be resolved through democratic means, a State Department official said Friday amid demonstrations calling on the premier in Bangkok to quit. "We are following the political situation in Thailand closely," the official told AFP. "The United...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Police scuffle with protesters as turmoil spreads through Thailand
- BANGKOK AFP — Thai police on Friday fired tear gas and scuffled with protesters who are demanding the premier step down, as escalating turmoil in the kingdom heaped pressure on the seven-month-old government. As protests spread across the country, shutting airports in the southern tourist hotspots, Prime Minister Samak...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Thailand issues arrest warrants for protest leaders
- BANGKOK AFP — Thailand issued arrest warrants Wednesday for protest leaders besieging the main government complex, as authorities scrambled to find a peaceful end to the administration's most serious challenge yet. As riot police moved in, leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy PAD vowed to stay inside the...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Thailand tries to put end to anti-govt protests
- BANGKOK AFP — Riot police took up positions early Wednesday around Thailand's main government compound, as authorities tried to negotiate an end to protests aimed at forcing Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to resign. Scuffles between protesters camped out overnight and police reporting for duty led to a few minor...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Thai protesters seize state TV, surround government buildings
- BANGKOK AFP — Thousands of Thai protesters Tuesday seized a state-run TV station and surrounded government buildings in their campaign to force premier Samak Sundaravej from office and cripple his administration. The People's Alliance for Democracy PAD, which has been demonstrating since May, claim Samak is running Thailand on...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Anti-Thaksin protesters march on British embassy in Bangkok
- BANGKOK AFP — Thousands of protesters clad in bright yellow marched to the British embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday to demand that ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra be sent home to face corruption charges. Chanting "Return Thaksin home" and waving banners reading "Most wanted criminals: Thaksin and his wife...
- Research articles 2008-08-19
- Thai PM vows not to give in to protests
- BANGKOK AFP — Thai premier Samak Sundaravej said Sunday he will not yield to protesters demanding he quit and will answer his critics in parliament, in a bid to quell the crisis threatening his government. Samak, a combative self-styled 'man of the people,' comfortably won elections in December but...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Thai PM to face no-confidence vote
- BANGKOK AFP — Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej will face a no-confidence vote this week, a senior official said Saturday, as thousands of protesters continued to rally at his office gates. House Speaker Chai Chidchob set the debate to begin on Tuesday in a bid to defuse the...
- Research articles 2008-06-21
- Thai minister resigns over accusations of insulting royals
- BANGKOK AFP — A Thai cabinet minister accused of insulting the country's deeply revered monarchy resigned Friday amid speculation that he will face criminal charges. Jakrapob Penkair, a minister attached to the Prime Minister's Office and a close ally of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, announced his resignation during a...
- Research articles 2008-05-30
- UCLA director puts foot down on ads
- LOS ANGELES -- Late-night television infomercials seem to have a cheap fix for anything: lose weight, banish cellulite or improve conditions such as diabetes, arthritis and insomnia. Or, all of the above. Ads for Kinoki Foot Pads made exactly that bold claim, saying the...
- Research articles 2008-04-15
- Drilling technique damaging less land
- GREATER NATURAL BUTTES, Utah -- Technological advances and Americans' hearty appetite for natural gas have given Anadarko Petroleum Corp. the opportunity to break new ground -- literally and figuratively -- in this remote, rugged region of the Rocky Mountains. On a cliff several hundred feet above the White...
- Research articles 2007-12-17
- Getting beat in heat is what camp's about
- Ed Jasper is taking part in his 10th NFL training camp, which means the Eagles defensive tackle has seen his share of heat, hitting and headaches. Jasper is on his second tour of duty with the Eagles after signing as a free agent, and the first week of training...
- Research articles 2006-07-30
- Getting Around to GTD
- Two years ago, it was suggested to me that I submit the stacks and stacks of tattered yellow and white legal pads that had served as my social calendar for the better part of five years to be part of an exhibit called Instant Messaging: An exhibition of the debris...
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Players can bank on it: NFL cares about uniforms
- DENVER - NBA commissioner David Stern is not the only pro sports official worried about clothing and image. Meet Greg Boyd of the NFL's sock police. Boyd, who played defensive end for the Broncos from 1980 to 1982, is paid by the NFL to...
- Research articles 2005-10-30
- All hail the backyard weather watchers
- BENNETT, Colo. -- The Brigham family is using a $25 rain gauge, their home computer and cheap squares of foil-covered Styrofoam to help weather scientists better understand hailstorms that hit the Great Plains this time of year. The Brighams -- Jay and Marianne, and their children Jacob, 13, and...
- Research articles 2005-05-09
- On Kamisar, killing, and the future of physician-assisted death.(Yale Kamisar)
- Tens--perhaps hundreds--of thousands of trees could have been spared over the last forty-five years had opponents of physician-assisted death only been content to let Yale Kamisar be their exclusive spokesperson. Their movement would have lost no significant substance or persuasive force, for Kamisar's 1958 article--Some ...
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- Retro spect.
- On the morning of Tuesday, January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for the 25th shuttle mission. At 11:38 a.m., just 73 seconds after liftoff, Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members, including...
- Research articles 2004-05-01
- Sealed Air Corp. develops absorbent pads for meats.(Sealed Air Corp.)(Brief article)
- Sealed Air Corp., Duncan, S.C., is rolling out Cryovac[R] Multi-Loc[TM] absorbent pads for case-ready meats. Possessing non-woven material on both sides, the multipurpose pads are designed to provide an absorbent, slide-resistant solution for meat wh Sealed Air Corp., Duncan, S.C., is rolling out Cryovac[R] Multi-Loc[TM]...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Broken foot to sideline Housley for six weeks.(Sports)
- Byline: Tim Sassone Daily Herald Sports Writer The Blackhawks' season seems to be going from bad to worse. Not only did they lose again Friday night, 4-2 to the San Jose Sharks at the United Center, defenseman Phil Housley broke his right ...
- Research articles 2003-02-15
- << Previous
- page 1 of 2
- Next >>
