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Government keeps YouTube ban despite removal of clip |
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จันทร์, 09 เมษายน 2007 |
Government keeps YouTube ban despite removal of clip
The Thai government retained a ban on the Youtube.com Web site on Thursday, despite the removal of a short film deemed insulting to the king. Although the offending video was withdrawn, the site continued to feature at least one still frame from the contentious 44-second clip. "[Getting rid of the video] is not enough," said Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, the minister of information and technology. "We want the picture removed too before we unblock it." After the site was blocked and news of the ban circulated, the number of viewers of the video skyrocketed, with more than 40,000 visiting the site in about 24 hours. Total views reached 66,553 before the video was pulled.
The New York Times
คำน่ารู้:
Retained = เก็บไว้, สงวนไว้
Deemed = ถูกเข้าใจว่า, ถูกคิดว่า
Still frame = กรอบภาพนิ่ง
Contentious = ซึ่งเป็นที่ถกเถียง
Circulated = เคลื่อนไหวอย่างอิสระ
Skyrocketed = พุ่งสูงขึ้นอย่างฉับพลัน
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Thailand not to extradite Vietnamese dissident |
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พฤหัสบดี, 05 เมษายน 2007 |
Thailand not to extradite Vietnamese dissident
A Thai appeals court Tuesday overturned a decision to extradite Vietnamese dissident Ly Tong, who was on trial for violating Vietnam's airspace by hijacking a plane and dropping 50,000 anti-communist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City. The court ruled Tong's act was a political offense, rather than a criminal one, and Thailand does not extradite people to face trial on political charges. "Vietnam wants to take the defendant back to prosecute him for a political offense," said Judge Wisarut Sirisingh. "What he did caused no harm to the territorial security of Vietnam." The 61-year-old Tong, a U.S. citizen who fled Vietnam after the war, said he planned to return to the United States to continue his political struggle by peaceful means.
AP
คำน่ารู้:
Extradite = ส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดน
Dissident = ผู้คัดค้าน
Violating = ฝ่าฝืน
Hijacking = จี้เครื่องบิน, เรือ หรือรถไฟ
Fled = ลี้ภัย
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Surayud is top-rated in popularity |
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พุธ, 04 เมษายน 2007 |
Surayud is top-rated in popularity
A survey by the Abac Poll Research Centre found that 62 percent of respondents continue to support Surayud Chulanont as prime minister. Just under 52 percent said Surayud was sincere about tackling the country's problems, followed by Council for National Security chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who scored 46 percent. Meanwhile, 56.4 percent of respondents favored no political party if an election was called today, while Thai Rak Thai was supported by 20.7 percent of voters and 18.5 percent said they would cast their ballots for the Democrats. When asked what they would do if they were foreign investors, 54 percent of respondents said they would withdraw their money from Thailand.
คำน่ารู้:
Popularity = ความเป็นที่นิยม
Respondents = ผู้ตอบแบบสอบถาม
Tackling = จัดการแก้ปัญหา
Cast = ลงคะแนน
Withdraw = ถอน
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General urges emergency rule in Bangkok |
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จันทร์, 02 เมษายน 2007 |
General urges emergency rule in Bangkok
Coup orchestrator General Sonthi Boonyaratglin has asked Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to impose a state of emergency in Bangkok to combat growing public opposition to the military-imposed government. The general's request preceded planned rallies by both pro-democracy groups and supporters of the ousted Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra. Sonthi said he was concerned that the rallies could lead to insecurity, which he said could hurt foreign investment, tourism and city construction projects. The declaration of a state of emergency would give the authorities the power to ban public gatherings, impose curfews and censor local news reports, and would contain some of the elements of martial law. The Thaksin supporters demonstrated Friday, while a coalition of pro-democracy groups plan to begin a weeklong protest at Sanam Luang this week.
IHT
คำน่ารู้:
Orchestrator = ผู้ประพันธ์ (ในที่นี้หมายถึง หัวหน้าคณะรัฐประหาร)
"State of emergency" = ภาวะฉุกเฉิน
Preceded = อยู่หน้า, นำหน้า
Declaration = การประกาศ
Martial law = กฎอัยการศึก
Coalition = การร่วมมือกัน, การเป็นพันธมิตร
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Porn yet to boost panda's sex drive |
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ศุกร์, 30 มีนาคม 2007 |
Porn yet to boost panda's sex drive
Authorities at the Chiang Mai Zoo are showing videos of pandas having sex in the hopes of encouraging resident panda Chuang Chuang to mate with his partner, Lin Hui. However, the zoo's chief veterinarian, Kanika Limtrakul, said that Chuang Chuang has yet to become hot and bothered. "Chuang Chuang seems indifferent to the videos; he has no reaction to what he's seeing on TV," Kanika said. "But, we're continuing to show him videos and hoping they will leave an impression." Chuang Chuang will be reunited with his partner in about a week. The two pandas have been kept apart from each other since late last year as part of an effort to spark some romance between them.
AP
คำน่ารู้:
Porn = หนังโป๊
Mate = ผสมพันธุ์
Veterinarian = สัตวแพทย์
To become hot and bothered = ติดสัด
Indifferent = ไม่ใส่ใจ
Leave an impression = สร้างความประทับใจ
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