Bangkok Post: Public to have say on curfew
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says public opinion will be a key factor in deciding whether to impose a curfew in parts of the far South. Yingluck called an urgent meeting at Government House yesterday to discuss the curfew proposal. The idea was raised by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung last week after the murders of two farmers in Pattani and four fruit traders in Yala. Ms Yingluck then expressed her support for a curfew following a string of attacks which killed five soldiers in Raman district of Yala and two other people in Pattani on Sunday.
The Sydney Morning Herald: Labor mates snowed under by Eddie Obeid' generosity
Three senior Australian Labor Party (ALP) figures - the federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, and the New South Wales (NSW) Opposition Leader, John Robertson - have been dragged into a corruption probe after admitting they accepted generous ski holidays from former NSW Labor kingpin Eddie Obeid
Vietnam News: Japan to fund development
Japan plans to create a 500 million U.S. dollars assistance package to fund three Vietnamese development projects, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi yesterday.
The Himalayan Times：Gachhadar sends warning message to PM
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar today warned that any further bid by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and his party to create any obstruction in the ongoing investigation into the case of slain journalist Dekendra Thapa could deal a telling blow to the incumbent coalition.
Japan's PM makes first overseas visit to 3 Asian countries
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday left for three Southeast Asian countries as his first overseas trip after he was elected as Japan's prime minister last month.
The Himalayan Times: SC tell PM,AG not to obstruct justice process
The Supreme Court today directed the Government and the Attorney General not to obstruct the Interrogation and prosecution of five maoist cadres arrested on charge of killing Dailekh- based journalist Dekendra Thapa. A single bench of justice Kalyan Shrestha issued the order, saying the obstruction form the Government and Attorney General in ongoing investigation into the journalist murder case was unconstitutional. The bench told the authorities- Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, AG Mukti Narayan Pradhan, Minister for Home Affairs Bijaya Kumar Gadchhadhar and Inspector General of Nepal Police Kuber Singh Rana - not to impede the interrogation and prosecution of the murder accused.
