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NationMultimedia.com - Opinion NationMultimedia.com - Opinion Reconciliation is nice to talk about, but hard to achieveAmid wild rumours about possible attempts on the lives of key political and military figures, grenade attacks on vital installations and government offices, and another round of red-shirt activities, suddenly there is talk about reconciliation among the parties to the political conflict.US attention to Southeast Asia is welcome newsPolitical will is needed from all sides to make the upcoming US-Asean summit in New York a success worth repeating every yearEvery act of nature now 'global warming'In the AP article in the Sunday Nation, Seth Borestein blames global warming for the recent worldwide heat waves, forest fires, droughts, floods etc. Any natural disaster is now blamed on global warming.Doubts over social unease mar positive economic outlookMANY indicators seem to be telling us that Thailand is heading towards prosperity unseen in many years.Newinomics: is the powerbroker moving forward to the past?Newin Chidchob holds no political office. Under the ruling which dissolved the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2007, he is under a five-year ban from political activity which extends until May 2012. Four years ago, he was targeted by the coup makers as public enemy number two, and many believed he would be forced to flee into exile, just like public enemy number one.Without Rudd, Aussie diplomacy seems rudderlessFormer prime minister Kevin Rudd's departure three months ago left a diplomatic black hole in one of the world's most dynamic countries. For the past three years, Rudd made Australia a household name - a key reference in coffee-table political discussions throughout the region.Old tensions still haunt Middle East peace movesShould talks collapse, as is likely, US must have an interim solution readyCourt's temple ruling not helping anyoneRegarding Guy Baker's letter on September 2 about Preah Vihear, I think the 1962 International Court of Justice decision is neither as ambiguous as Songdej Praditsmanont would have it, nor as cut and dried as Mr Baker suggests. Rather, it is limited in scope and, as such, not fully satisfactory to either side.Some history about visas from the US embassy in BangkokDear Sir,Pheu thai's offer of peace should be welcomedWhatever its motive, the opposition's offer warrants a serious responseChampion of the consumer causeShe's facing tough opposition but Saree Ongsomwang is determined to push through the Medical Malpractice Victim Protection BillCourt verdict on Map Ta Phut will make investment climate betterLast Thursday's verdict by the Administrative Court, which allowed most of the 76 suspended industrial projects in Rayong province to go ahead, will provide a boost to the country's investment atmosphere. The ruling comes at a time when the export sector, the Thai economy's main engine of growth, accounts for more than 60 per cent of GDP, but is about to slow down.The US mission in Iraq is far from accomplishedRebuilding can only be successful if the bitterly divided factions can reconcile, which requires further American funding and supportMost Thais ignorant of the turmoil in SouthOn Thursday The Nation reported on peace walkers who walked all the way from Bangkok to the Central Mosque in Pattani.Code of conduct over the South China SeaFor Asean, the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) - signed by all Asean foreign ministers and Chinese Special Envoy Wang Yi in Phnom Penh on November 4, 2002, on the sidelines of the 6th Asean-China Summit - has always been a regional framework for cooperation between Asean and China on issues of contention and confidence-building in the South China Sea.Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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