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US stocks drop as fiscal cliff deal eludes Washington

Posted on 30 December 2012. Tags: Cliff, deal, drop, eludes, fiscal, Stocks, Washington

Washington – Wall Street fell again on Friday as fiscal cliff negotiations at the White House failed to provide definitive answers to a nervous Wall Street. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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Proud mother of Thai Olympian rejoices by becoming a nun, shares daughter’s dreams of silver – Washington Post

Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: becoming, daughter’s, dreams, mother, Olympian, Post, Proud, rejoices, shares, silver, Thai, Washington

BANGKOK — The mother of Thailand’s first medalist at the London Olympics is so happy she plans to become a nun. Fireworks lit up the sky in Pimsiri Sirikaew’s rural hometown Monday after she won a silver medal in the women’s 58-kilogram weightlifting event. Full News here – Bangkok – Bing News

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Thai king updates royal motorcade rules in aim to ease Bangkok’s legendary traffic jams – Washington Post

Posted on 28 July 2012. Tags: Bangkok’s, ease, jams, king, legendary, Motorcade, Post, royal, rules, Thai, traffic, Updates, Washington

BANGKOK — Bangkok’s legendary traffic jams may be getting a bit lighter. Or at least less of a joke. A handbook distributed to police and other authorities Friday updates the guidelines for motorcades and other public appearances by Thailand’s royal … Full News here – Bangkok – Bing News

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Myanmar’s president agrees to link up seaboard industrial zones with neighboring Thailand – Washington Post

Posted on 23 July 2012. Tags: agrees, industrial, link, Myanmar’s, neighboring, Post, president, seaboard, Thailand, Washington, zones

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s president has agreed to boost economic cooperation with Thailand and connect a planned industrial zone to his neighbor on his first visit to Thailand since assuming power. President Thein Sein said Monday in Bangkok that … Full News here – Bangkok – Bing News

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Myanmar’s reformist president begins twice-postponed visit to neighboring Thailand – Washington Post

Posted on 22 July 2012. Tags: begins, Myanmar’s, neighboring, Post, president, reformist, Thailand, twicepostponed, visit, Washington

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s reformist president has begun a twice-postponed visit to neighboring Thailand expected to focus on economic ties. President Thein Sen arrived Sunday for his first trip to Thailand since he became president in March last … Full News here – Bangkok – Bing News

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Amnesty International: Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingyas being targeted as violence continues in west – Washington Post

Posted on 22 July 2012. Tags: Amnesty, being, continues, International, Muslim, Myanmar’s, Post, Rohingyas, targeted, violence, Washington, west

BANGKOK — Communal violence is grinding on in western Myanmar six weeks after the government declared a state of emergency there, and Muslim Rohingyas are increasingly being hit with targeted attacks that have included killings, rape and physical abuse … Full News here – Bangkok – Bing News

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Drug rehab center in Thailand shows out British rocker Pete Doherty, says he wouldn’t commit – Washington Post

Posted on 20 July 2012. Tags: British, center, commit, Doherty, Drug, Pete, Post, rehab, rocker, says, shows, Thailand, Washington, wouldn’t

BANGKOK — Troubled British rocker Pete Doherty was asked to cut short his one-month stay at a high-end drug rehabilitation center in Thailand because he would not forswear his desire for drugs, an official at the center said Thursday. “At the end of … Full News here – Bangkok – Bing News

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