WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 (AFP) _ The United States has vowed to keep broad sanctions against Burma as an "insurance policy'' against "backsliding'' on democratic reforms even as it seeks to open up certain types of investment.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f901845/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Clinton%3A+Myanmar+sanctions+to+staylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294461%2Fclinton-myanmar-sanctions-to-stay" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Clinton%3A+Myanmar+sanctions+to+staylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294461%2Fclinton-myanmar-sanctions-to-stay" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204753062/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f901845/kg/326-327/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204753062/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f901845/kg/326-327/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204753062/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f901845/kg/326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/

Facebook shares plunged almost 12 percent below their IPO price in early trade Monday, as early buyers sought to cut losses during the stock's first full day of trade.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8f217b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Facebook+shares+dip+below+IPO+pricelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294450%2Ffacebook-shares-dip-below-ipo-price" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Facebook+shares+dip+below+IPO+pricelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294450%2Ffacebook-shares-dip-below-ipo-price" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204748939/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8f217b/kg/326-327/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204748939/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8f217b/kg/326-327/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204748939/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8f217b/kg/326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/

KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will be charged over an April protest demanding fair elections, his lawyer said Monday, accusing the government of a fresh bid to remove Anwar from politics.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8e6b05/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Anwar+charged+over+protestlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294442%2Fanwar-charged-over-protest" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Anwar+charged+over+protestlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294442%2Fanwar-charged-over-protest" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204733771/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8e6b05/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204733771/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8e6b05/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204733771/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8e6b05/a2t.img" border="0"/

The House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Energy said on Monday it will ask for a government probe into the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand's (Egat) attempts to raise the fuel tariff (ft) for electricity generation by 0.30 baht per unit which will make gas bought from PTT Plc costlier.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8d6e43/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=MPs+seek+probe+into+ft+rise+planlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294437%2Fcommittee-wants-probe-into-ft-raise-plan" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=MPs+seek+probe+into+ft+rise+planlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294437%2Fcommittee-wants-probe-into-ft-raise-plan" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204728757/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8d6e43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204728757/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8d6e43/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204728757/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8d6e43/a2t.img" border="0"/

MANILA - Lady Gaga is set to rock the Philippines later Monday amid planned street protests and with censors in the house on orders to report any hint of blasphemy, devil worship, nudity or lewd conduct.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8cc3cc/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Censors+to+attend+Lady+Gaga+showlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294435%2Fphilippine-censors-to-be-in-audience-at-gaga-show" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Censors+to+attend+Lady+Gaga+showlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294435%2Fphilippine-censors-to-be-in-audience-at-gaga-show" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204738356/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8cc3cc/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204738356/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8cc3cc/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204738356/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8cc3cc/a2t.img" border="0"/

MANILA - Lady Gaga is set to rock the Philippines later Monday amid planned street protests and with censors in the house on orders to report any hint of blasphemy, devil worship, nudity or lewd conduct.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8cc3cc/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Censors+to+attend+Manila+Gaga+showlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294435%2Fphilippine-censors-to-be-in-audience-at-gaga-show" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Censors+to+attend+Manila+Gaga+showlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294435%2Fphilippine-censors-to-be-in-audience-at-gaga-show" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204738356/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8cc3cc/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204738356/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8cc3cc/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204738356/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8cc3cc/a2t.img" border="0"/

A Yemeni soldier dressed in uniform blew himself up in the middle of an army battalion in Sanaa on Monday, killing at least 96 people and wounding dozens of others, a military official and medics said.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8cb21e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=96+die+in+Yemen+suicide+attacklink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294434%2F96-die-in-yemen-suicide-attack" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=96+die+in+Yemen+suicide+attacklink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294434%2F96-die-in-yemen-suicide-attack" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204467575/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8cb21e/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204467575/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8cb21e/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204467575/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8cb21e/a2t.img" border="0"/

The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went down 19.28 points or 1.67% to close at 1,135.16 points at the end of trading session on Monday afternoon. The trade value was 25.46 billion baht, with 3.97 billion shares traded.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8c4d4d/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=SET+drops+19.28+pointslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294432%2Fset-drops-19-28-points" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=SET+drops+19.28+pointslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294432%2Fset-drops-19-28-points" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204735579/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8c4d4d/kg/326-327/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204735579/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8c4d4d/kg/326-327/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204735579/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8c4d4d/kg/326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/

Compensation for those killed in political violence should be made only after it is clearly verified that their deaths came at the hands of state authorities, the multi-colour group said on Monday.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8c47c2/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Multi-colour%3A+Verification+before+compolink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294429%2Fmulti-colour-verification-before-payment" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Multi-colour%3A+Verification+before+compolink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294429%2Fmulti-colour-verification-before-payment" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204734902/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8c47c2/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204734902/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8c47c2/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204734902/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8c47c2/a2t.img" border="0"/

Three climbers have died on their descent from the summit of Mount Everest, tour agents and officials said Monday, bringing the season's death toll to five on the world's highest peak.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8c4d50/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Three+climbers+die+on+Everestlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294426%2Fthree-climbers-die-on-everest" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Three+climbers+die+on+Everestlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294426%2Fthree-climbers-die-on-everest" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has never used the red-shirts as a political tool but viewed them as holding to the same ideology he does, with the aim to push the country forward to a true democracy, Noppadon Pattama said on Monday.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8b85a7/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Noppadon+defends+Thaksinlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294423%2Fnoppadon-defends-thaksin" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Noppadon+defends+Thaksinlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294423%2Fnoppadon-defends-thaksin" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204461200/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8b85a7/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204461200/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8b85a7/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204461200/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8b85a7/a2t.img" border="0"/

A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform blew himself up in the middle of a battalion of soldiers in Sanaa on Monday, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens of others, an official said.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8b9589/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Yemen+suicide+attack+kills+50link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294417%2Fsuicide-attack-against-yemen-army-in-sanaa-kills-50" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Yemen+suicide+attack+kills+50link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294417%2Fsuicide-attack-against-yemen-army-in-sanaa-kills-50" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div

A small earthquake with a magnitude of 2.3 on the Richter scale hit the western province of Kanchanaburi on Monday, the Meteorological Department's Seismological Bureau reported.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8a9580/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Small+earthquake+in+Kanchanaburilink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294415%2Fearthquake-rocks-kanchanaburi" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Small+earthquake+in+Kanchanaburilink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294415%2Fearthquake-rocks-kanchanaburi" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204714328/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8a9580/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204714328/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8a9580/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204714328/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8a9580/a2t.img" border="0"/

The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index lost 15.85 points, or 1.37 per cent, to stand at 1,138.59 points at the end of trading session on Monday morning. The trade value was 12.69 billion baht, with 2.06 billion shares traded.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8a1c3c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=SET+down+1.37%25+middaylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294400%2Fset-down-1-37-midday" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=SET+down+1.37%25+middaylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294400%2Fset-down-1-37-midday" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204711142/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8a1c3c/kg/326-327/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204711142/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8a1c3c/kg/326-327/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204711142/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8a1c3c/kg/326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/

Thai Airways International (THAI) on Monday appointed Chokchai Panyayong as acting THAI president, replacing Piyasvasti Amranand, reports said.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8a17e8/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Acting+THAI+president+appointedlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294399%2Facting-thai-president-appointed" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Acting+THAI+president+appointedlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294399%2Facting-thai-president-appointed" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204710645/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8a17e8/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204710645/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8a17e8/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204710645/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8a17e8/a2t.img" border="0"/

Thailand's gross domestic product growth for the first quarter of 2012 rose 0.3 per cent year-on-year and 11 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2011, National Economic and Social Development Board secretary-general Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said on Monday.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f89df7e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=NESDB%3A+Q1+GDP+up+0.3%25+y-o-ylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294398%2Fnesdb-q1-gdp-up-0-3-y-o-y" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=NESDB%3A+Q1+GDP+up+0.3%25+y-o-ylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294398%2Fnesdb-q1-gdp-up-0-3-y-o-y" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204454295/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f89df7e/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204454295/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f89df7e/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204454295/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f89df7e/a2t.img" border="0"/

The House of Representatives on Monday began to deliberate the government's 2.4 trillion baht 2013 Budget Bill, which includes a 300 billion baht deficit.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f899a35/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=House+deliberating+2013+Budget+Billlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294397%2Fhouse-deliberating-2013-budget-bill" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=House+deliberating+2013+Budget+Billlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294397%2Fhouse-deliberating-2013-budget-bill" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204723653/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f899a35/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204723653/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f899a35/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204723653/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f899a35/a2t.img" border="0"/

Thai stocks opened down 1.10 points at the start of trade Monday morning.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f899d9e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=SET+down+0.10%25+at+openinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294390%2Fset-down-0-10-at-opening" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=SET+down+0.10%25+at+openinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294390%2Fset-down-0-10-at-opening" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204707581/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f899d9e/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204707581/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f899d9e/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204707581/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f899d9e/a2t.img" border="0"/

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.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f8925b0/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Gold+prices+for+Mondaylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294384%2Fgold-prices-for-monday" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Gold+prices+for+Mondaylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294384%2Fgold-prices-for-monday" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204721333/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8925b0/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204721333/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8925b0/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204721333/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f8925b0/a2t.img" border="0"/

Robin Gibb, singer with the legendary British band the Bee Gees, died on Sunday aged 62 after a lengthy battle against cancer, his family said.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.bangkokpost.com/c/33101/f/535950/s/1f88e973/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=entitle=Bee+Gees+star+Robin+Gibb+dieslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294378%2Fbee-gees-star-robin-gibb-dies-aged-62-family" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Bee+Gees+star+Robin+Gibb+dieslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fbreakingnews%2F294378%2Fbee-gees-star-robin-gibb-dies-aged-62-family" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204450420/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f88e973/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204450420/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f88e973/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204450420/u/60/f/535950/c/33101/s/1f88e973/a2t.img" border="0"/