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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thu Nov 26, 12:37 am ET
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who served a brief and tumultuous term last year as Thailand's prime minister, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Thu Nov 26, 10:17 am ET
BANGKOK - Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult — including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year — over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday.
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Pioneer Press - Wed Nov 25, 1:14 am ET
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who served a brief and tumultuous term last year as Thailand's prime minister, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74.
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Fox News - Tue Nov 24, 10:26 am ET
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who served a brief and tumultuous term last year as Thailand's prime minister, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74.
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CNN - Tue Nov 24, 12:40 am ET
Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who was ousted from office last year for appearing on television cooking shows for payment, died Tuesday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 1:11 am ET
Former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who was forced from office in 2008 for starring in television cooking shows, died of liver cancer Tuesday at the age of 74, associates said.
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Boston Globe - Tue Nov 24, 12:03 am ET
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister and considered himself a proxy of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74.
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Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 1:06 am ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s biggest rubber producers, ended curbs on exports as the global economic recovery stokes demand and prices of the commodity used in tires and gloves, a producers’ group said.
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ABC 7 El Paso - Mon Nov 23, 11:25 pm ET
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister and considered himself a proxy of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, died of cancerTuesday. He was...
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KWQC-TV 6 Davenport - Mon Nov 23, 11:22 pm ET
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister and considered himself a proxy of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, died of cancerTuesday. He was...
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KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Mon Nov 23, 11:20 pm ET
BANGKOK (AP) - Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand politician who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister but was ousted for simultaneously getting income as host of a popular TV cooking show, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74.
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 9:59 pm ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s economy contracted the least in a year last quarter as a nascent global recovery and government spending began to pull the nation out of its first recession in a decade.
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INO News - Mon Nov 23, 9:12 am ET
(AP:BANGKOK) A former adviser to a Thai bank whose failure helped spark the 1997 Asian financial meltdown was formally charged Monday in connection with embezzling almost $50 million.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 3:14 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Supporters of former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra canceled plans for a massive anti-government rally in Bangkok this weekend, alleviating pressure on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and driving stocks higher.
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The Daily News - Thu Nov 26, 2:43 am ET
Everyone loves the turkey sandwiches, the soup and the other leftovers in the days after Thanksgiving. It’s amazing how much meat is on a turkey. It seems to last forever. So what do you do when the sandwiches and soup no longer appeal?