Ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra said the government's amnesty efforts must focus on absolving red shirts facing legal action in connection with the 2010 political violence rather than protest leaders or even himself.

Ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra said the government's amnesty efforts must focus on absolving red shirts facing legal action in connection with the 2010 political violence rather than protest leaders or even himself.

CHIANG MAI As heads of state gathered yesterday to attend a summit on water management, grassroot groups held a parallel forum to criticise the failures in water management projects by governments around the world.

The misuse of cooking gas as vehicle fuel is keeping police busy in their investigations into illegal fuel retailing operations at the expense of the public purse.

CHIANG MAI : Thailand has offered to convene a meeting with Laos and China on a high-speed train project linking the three countries, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday.

A change in government and bureaucratic red tape is stalling progress in resolving problems besetting poor people, a seminar was told yesterday.

Police believe six men, including two already questioned and discharged, were involved in Saturday's Narathiwat hotel bomb blast.

The Rural Doctors Society (RDS) has vowed to campaign on behalf of sacked Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) chief Witit Artavatkun.

A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle confessed on Sunday that he had killed his two young children by slitting their throats in the central French city of Lille.

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Giovanni Visconti won the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday after a mountain finish in the snow following 149km from Cesana Torinese to Col du Galibier.

Spain's Rafael Nadal dominated his 30th meeting with Swiss rival Roger Federer to secure his seventh title in nine years at the Rome Masters on Sunday.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday attacked a newly launched website opposing his sister, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

KAVARNA, Bulgaria - Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell defeated Thongchai Jaidee 2 1 in the final of the Volvo World Match-Play in Bulgaria on Sunday.

1734 GMT: FA Cup winners Wigan are held to a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa, while Reading lost 4-2 at West Ham and Fulham put Swansea to the sword with a comfortable 3-0 victory.

Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei on Sunday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing the Japanese atomic crisis.

The latest tit-for-tat EU-China trade disputes could signal worse to come but both sides have a lot to lose if things get out of hand and harm the much-needed economic growth they seek, analysts said.

Stuart Broad bowled England to victory in the first Test as New Zealand suffered a dramatic fourth-day collapse at Lord's on Sunday.

England thrashed New Zealand by 170 runs to win the first Test at Lord's on Sunday with more than a day to spare.

World number one Serena Williams swept Belarusian Victoria Azarenka aside 6-1, 6-3 to win her second Rome Open title on Sunday a week before a fresh tilt at the French Open.