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In Britain, all ISPs will soon be required to keep records of customer's personal communications: to paraphrase Sting, every phone call you take, every text message you make, every email and website visit you thought opaque, they'll be watching you.

Keep Nai Yang Beach Clean campaign makes Phuket be the first province in Thailand to adopt the long term approach of a better island.

Indigo Pearl Resort with the cooperation of the Phuket Vocational College held the ‘Vocational College’s Hospitality Skill Development Seminar’.

AseanAffairs and the Asian Strategic&Leadership Institute of Malaysia co-hosted the 6th Annual Asean Leadership Forum in Bangkok. Prime Minister, H.E. Abhisit Vejjajiva delivered the Keynote Address at the conference as Thailand is the host country.

Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) performed strongly in website investment promotion services for investors, according to the Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking Study 2009 conducted by World Bank Group.

If transgressions are committed by governments, say in the case of the Iraq war where fictitious information was used to justify killing perceived enemies of the state, why will members of the British parliament will be pardoned over their expenses?

Economic recovery, it seems, has started to show positive signs but is likely to be slow and protracted. The pundits all say it is not time yet to talk about "the green shoots of recovery" but rather how the financial system as a whole is addressed.

As taxi drivers block Bangkok roads again, two armoured carriers rolled out of the Royal Thai Police head office but were seized by red-shirted protesters. An Army spokesperson warned the public not to panic. But who can save Thailand from 4/11 now?

The Asean summit, which was due to be held today in Pattaya, Thailand, principally to talk about economic stimuli and cooperation across the region, has been cancelled and its leaders evacuated by helicopter to a nearby military airport.

Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) opens its new overseas office in Beijing on April 2, 2009. The BOI targets to attract more Chinese investment, particularly in machinery and equipment, metal working, pharmaceutical and alternative energy.

Will the G20 summit beget the “revolution” , as trade collapses and protectionism is on the rise? With tens of thousands of climate and anti-capitalist demonstrators vowing to bring the City to its knees, can Huxley’s remedy offer an answer?

Last week I was sent a link to view “The Obama Deception” on YouTube. It is a hard-hitting conspiracist movie that attempts to undermine what some regard as the myth of President Barack Obama. It is similar in theme to Zeitgeist Addendum.

The finance chiefs of the members of Asean are meeting with their counterparts from three Asian economic powerhouses (Japan, China, South Korea) to implement precautionary measures to avoid the region to fall deeper into severe financial meltdown.

Thailand remains attractive to Swiss and Italian investors even amidst the global economic downturn. According to Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), the net applications from Switzerland during Jan-Feb 2009 reached Bt1.43 billion (USD39.9 million).

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and US President Barack Obama have a few things in common. They are both youthful, and they both are facing great challenges to revive ailing economies.

If you or your spouse is over 50 and want to live in Thailand, a retirement visa may be for you. There are two ways to apply for a visa to retire in Thailand. The first is by applying in your home country before you come.

Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) will complete the concept paper on Joint ASEAN Ministerial Investment Roadshow and propose to ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Investment (CCI) by July 2009, to promote ASEAN as a world-class investment hub.

Having read Gordon Brown's speech to the US Congress, even though it may be considered as a loving paean to American values, it had overall strength and value. The real worry is whether it can be translated into consensus at the upcoming G20 summit.

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