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The government's spending plans fail to meet the challenges presented by the floods crisis, the opposition said yesterday during the debate on the 2012 Budget Bill.

Thailand sees a golden chance to create understanding about the current flooding situation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit this weekend.

Bang Chan Industrial Estate is under serious pressure from rising floods, with factories advised to raise machinery from floor level to prevent damage.

Tightening up control in flood-threatened areas, police yesterday warned people using road spikes to stop vehicles helping flood victims that they could face severe punishment.

Sachin Tendulkar missed out on an unprecedented 100th international century before India raced to a comfortable five-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening Test on Wednesday.

Russian gas giant Gazprom on Wednesday said its net profit for the first half of 2011 had jumped 56 percent to over $25 billion, helped by higher energy prices and volumes of gas sold.

Asia's only major-winner Y.E. Yang said Wednesday he had stopped using a coach and is instead picking up tips from YouTube as he bids to recover his best form.

British Prime Minister David Cameron waded into the row about England's bid to wear commemorative poppies on their shirts on Wednesday, describing a FIFA ban on the gesture as "outrageous."

Twenty of the 93 factories in Bang Chan industrial estate have suspended operations as the floodwater in the area continues to rise, industry permanent secretary Witoon Simachokedee said on Wednesday.

Twenty of the 93 factories in Bang Chan industrial estate have suspended operations as the floodwater in the area continues to rise, industry permanent secretary Witoon Simachokedee said on Wednesday.

A woman police lieutenant-colonel in Chiang Rai was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly supplying hge amounts of cold relief pills to a drug gang in Burma for use as a precursor substance to produce methamphetamine, police said.

A woman police lieutenant-colonel in Chiang Rai was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly supplying huge amounts of cold relief pills to a drug gang in Burma for use as a precursor substance to produce methamphetamine, police said.

The government’s investment in projects to rebuild the country and rehabilitate flooded provinces, along with the implementation of promised policies, would boost economic expansion in 2012, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra told the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The government’s investment in projects to rebuild the country and rehabilitate flooded provinces, along with the implementation of promised policies, would boost economic expansion in 2012, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra told the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went down 15.60 points or 1.59% to close at 967.84 points at the end of trading session on Wednesday Afternoon. The trade value was 33.27 billion baht, with 4.26 billion shares traded.

The government's Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) on Wednesday conceded that it really could not say if the Victory Monument area and Rama 2 Road would be inundated by the flood.

The government's Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) on Wednesday conceded that it really could not say if the Victory Monument area and Rama 2 Road would be inundated by the flood.

Twenty of the 93 factories in Bang Chan Industrial Estate have suspended operations as the floodwater in the area continues to rise, industry permanent secretary Witoon Simachokedee said on Wednesday.

Twenty of the 93 factories in Bang Chan Industrial Estate have suspended operations as the floodwater in the area continues to rise, industry permanent secretary Witoon Simachokedee said on Wednesday.

China and several neighbouring countries will provide armed escorts to ships navigating the Mekong River, state media said Wednesday, after 13 Chinese sailors were killed on the key waterway last month.