http://www.mail.com/locations/15408-bangkok.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/15408-bangkok.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2092432-oil-gains-to-96-investors-eye-us-economy.html The price of oil rose to near $96 a barrel on Friday ahead of the release of Conference Board's index of leading indicators for the U.S. economy. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for June delivery was up 45 cents to $95.61 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 86 cents on Thursday. The Conference ... Fri, 17 May 2013 11:42:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2092432-oil-gains-to-96-investors-eye-us-economy.html 2013-05-17T11:42:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2078990-world-grapples-with-rise-cyber-crime.html LONDON (AP) — International law enforcement agencies say the recent $45 million dollar ATM heist is just one of many scams they're fighting in an unprecedented wave of sophisticated cyberattacks. Old-school robberies by masked criminals are being eclipsed by stealth multimillion dollar cybercrime operations which are catching companies and investigators b... Sat, 11 May 2013 15:55:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2078990-world-grapples-with-rise-cyber-crime.html 2013-05-11T15:55:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1992316-oil-steady-us-manufacturing-growth-slows.html BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil was steady Tuesday after data showed U.S. manufacturing growth slowed in March. Benchmark oil for May delivery was up 3 cents to $97.10 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 16 cents to close at $97.07 a barrel on Monday. Bu... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:51:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1992316-oil-steady-us-manufacturing-growth-slows.html 2013-04-02T09:51:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1990114-oil-falls-string-gains.html BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil fell Monday as traders took profits following a recent run-up in prices. Benchmark oil for May delivery was down 40 cents to $96.87 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 65 cents to close at $97.23 a barrel on Thursday. The market was closed ... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:24:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1990114-oil-falls-string-gains.html 2013-04-01T09:24:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be accosted by protesters after they landed. For a Vietnamese businessman who helped the U.S. government, a rising sense of panic set in as the last combat troops left the country on March 29, 1973 and he began to contemplate what he... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html 2013-03-29T03:44:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979324-chimps-gorillas-apes-lost-to-trade.html BANGKOK (AP) — The multibillion-dollar trade in illegal wildlife — clandestine trafficking that has driven iconic creatures like the tiger to near-extinction — is also threatening the survival of great apes, a new U.N. report says. Endangered chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos are disappearing from the wild in frightening numbers, as private ow... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:58:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979324-chimps-gorillas-apes-lost-to-trade.html 2013-03-26T06:58:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1978204-us-challenges-laos-missing-activist.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is challenging Laos over the disappearance of a prominent social activist who went missing 100 days ago. The case has put a rare spotlight on the authoritarian nation's murky governance and human rights record. The State Department said Monday it is also monitoring the case of a former ethnic Hmong rebel leader who is reportedly... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:19:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1978204-us-challenges-laos-missing-activist.html 2013-03-25T19:19:28Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1939970-us-proposes-musical-instrument-passports.html BANGKOK (AP) — Musicians, take note: Next time you travel abroad, you might need a passport — for your instrument. Delegates attending a global biodiversity conference in Bangkok this week are debating a U.S. proposal to streamline international customs checks for travelers with musical instruments that legally contain endangered wildlife products like ex... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:18:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1939970-us-proposes-musical-instrument-passports.html 2013-03-08T07:18:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1935386-ivory-trade-nations-face-threat-sanctions.html BANGKOK (AP) — Top conservation organizations warned Wednesday that the illegal ivory trade is hastening the decline of Africa's already endangered elephant population, and said they are ready to punish nations that are lax in fighting the problem. "Globally, illegal ivory trade activity has more than doubled since 2007, and is now over three times larger... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:21:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1935386-ivory-trade-nations-face-threat-sanctions.html 2013-03-06T15:21:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1932638-online-ivory-trade-threatens-africas-elephants.html BANGKOK (AP) — Conservationists say there's a new threat to the survival of Africa's endangered elephants that may be just as deadly as poachers' bullets: the black-market trade of ivory in cyberspace. Illegal tusks are being bought and sold on countless Internet forums and shopping websites worldwide, including Internet giant Google, with increasing freq... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:52:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1932638-online-ivory-trade-threatens-africas-elephants.html 2013-03-06T03:52:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931854-group-google-shopping-ads-fuel-ivory-trade.html BANGKOK (AP) — A conservation group claims that Google has something in common with illicit ivory traders in China and Thailand: It says the Internet search giant is helping fuel a dramatic surge in ivory demand in Asia that is killing African elephants at record levels. The Environmental Investigation Agency, a conservation advocacy group, said in a stat... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:08:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931854-group-google-shopping-ads-fuel-ivory-trade.html 2013-03-05T11:08:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1927966-thailands-prime-minister-vows-to-ivory-trade.html BANGKOK (AP) — Facing the possibility of sanctions, Thailand's prime minister vowed for the first time to work toward ending her country's trade in ivory. But she gave no timeline for implementing a domestic ban, and conservationists warned that the unprecedented slaughter of elephants in Africa would continue until she does. Thailand's internal ivory tra... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:57:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1927966-thailands-prime-minister-vows-to-ivory-trade.html 2013-03-04T00:57:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1926634-ahead-cites-pressure-to-ban-thai-ivory-trade.html BANGKOK (AP) — You can buy it freely in urban markets and rural stalls set up at elephant shows in Thailand every day: ivory, carved into everything from intricate statuettes of the pachyderm-headed Hindu deity Ganesh that go for more than $1,000 a piece to tiny tusk pendants worth less than $10. But the thriving trade here, conservationists say, is helpi... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:13:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1926634-ahead-cites-pressure-to-ban-thai-ivory-trade.html 2013-03-02T11:13:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921122-thailand-muslim-militants-agree-to-peace-talks.html KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Thailand's government signed a breakthrough deal with Muslim insurgents for the first time ever Thursday, agreeing to hold talks to ease nearly a decade of violence in the country's southern provinces that has killed more than 5,000 people. The agreement was announced in Malaysia's largest city, Kuala Lumpur, between Thai aut... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:35:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921122-thailand-muslim-militants-agree-to-peace-talks.html 2013-02-28T11:35:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1920950-oil-becalmed-92-us-inventories-rise.html BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil was little changed Thursday as an increase in U.S. inventories kept demand in check. Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 15 cents to $92.61 a barrel at midafternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 13 cents to finish Wednesday at $92.76. Cr... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:00:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1920950-oil-becalmed-92-us-inventories-rise.html 2013-02-28T08:00:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899322-round-the-world-uk-cyclists-killed-thailand.html LONDON (AP) — A British couple's round-the-world cycling odyssey ended in tragedy when both of them were killed in a road accident in Thailand. Peter Root and Mary Thompson, who had been chronicling their journey in a blog, died Wednesday when they were hit by a pickup truck in a province east of Bangkok, Thai police said Monday. The couple, both 34 and f... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:29:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899322-round-the-world-uk-cyclists-killed-thailand.html 2013-02-18T16:29:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1887896-thai-marines-kill-16-militants-who-attacked-base.html NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AP) — Marines fending off a militant assault on their base in Thailand's violent south killed 16 insurgents in an overnight shootout, authorities said Wednesday. It was the deadliest toll the Muslim guerrillas suffered since more than 100 died in a single day nearly a decade ago. Thailand's military has struggled to control the insur... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:14:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1887896-thai-marines-kill-16-militants-who-attacked-base.html 2013-02-13T12:14:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839608-editor-10-years-jail-thai-royal-insult.html BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Thai activist and magazine editor was sentenced to a decade in prison Wednesday for defaming Thailand's monarchy, a verdict rights groups condemned as the latest affront to freedom of expression in the Southeast Asian country. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk was convicted of publishing two articles in an anti-establishment magazine that m... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839608-editor-10-years-jail-thai-royal-insult.html 2013-01-23T15:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1826404-oil-falls-to-94-us-supply-report.html BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil fell to $94 a barrel Thursday amid ample supplies as traders awaited the latest reading on growth in the Chinese economy. Benchmark oil for February delivery was down 24 cents to $94 per barrel at early afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 96 cents to close at $... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1826404-oil-falls-to-94-us-supply-report.html 2013-01-17T05:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1818776-oil-rises-94-china-us-recovery-hopes.html BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices rose to near $94 on Monday, supported by signs of economic recovery in the U.S. and China. Benchmark oil for February delivery was up 33 cents to $93.89 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped 26 cents to finish at $93.56 a barrel in New York on Fri... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1818776-oil-rises-94-china-us-recovery-hopes.html 2013-01-14T08:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810858-thai-government-ordered-to-clean-up-polluted-creek.html BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday ordered the government to clean up a lead-polluted creek and pay nearly $4 million in compensation to local villagers as part of a legal battle that lasted almost a decade. Over the past 15 years, toxic waste from a lead mine and treatment factory established in 1967 have contaminated water, soil and aquatic animals... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810858-thai-government-ordered-to-clean-up-polluted-creek.html 2013-01-10T10:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1787956-thai-yellow-shirt-leaders-charged-2008-rally.html BANGKOK (AP) — Protest leaders in Thailand were indicted Thursday for storming the prime minister's office compound and sealing off Parliament during massive anti-government rallies in 2008 at the height of political turmoil, which left the country deeply divided to this day. Prosecutors filed charges against Sondhi Limthongkul, Chamlong Srimuang and othe... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1787956-thai-yellow-shirt-leaders-charged-2008-rally.html 2012-12-27T08:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1778260-thailand-to-extradite-italian-accused-mob-ties.html BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday ordered the extradition of a fugitive Italian banker found guilty of laundering money for some of Italy's top mobsters through New York pizzerias in the 1970s and '80s. Handcuffed and dressed in an orange prison uniform, Vito Roberto Palazzolo told a judge, "This is not the rule of law!" Guards then escorted him to ... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1778260-thailand-to-extradite-italian-accused-mob-ties.html 2012-12-20T07:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1747616-ex-thai-pm-will-face-murder-charges-crackdown.html BANGKOK (AP) — Investigators say they plan to file murder charges against Thailand's former prime minister and his deputy in the first prosecutions of officials for their roles in a deadly 2010 crackdown on anti-government protests. The protests and crackdown left more than 90 people dead and about 1,800 injured in Thailand's worst political violence in d... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1747616-ex-thai-pm-will-face-murder-charges-crackdown.html 2012-12-07T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741388-flight-attendant-job-facebook-remark.html BANGKOK (AP) — A Cathay Pacific flight attendant is out of a job after writing on her Facebook page that she wanted to throw coffee in a passenger's face because she happened to be the daughter of someone she dislikes intensely: ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The flight attendant caused a stir in the Thai online communities last week for p... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741388-flight-attendant-job-facebook-remark.html 2012-12-04T06:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1728014-rapper-psy-wants-tom-cruise-to-gangnam-style.html BANGKOK (AP) — The South Korean rapper behind YouTube's most-viewed video ever has set what might be a "Mission: Impossible" for himself. Asked which celebrity he would like to see go "Gangnam Style," the singer PSY told The Associated Press: "Tom Cruise!" Surrounded by screaming fans, he then chuckled at the idea of the American movie star doing his now ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1728014-rapper-psy-wants-tom-cruise-to-gangnam-style.html 2012-11-28T23:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1725414-thai-inmates-gangnam-style-psy-concert.html BANGKOK (AP) — A day before South Korean rap sensation PSY brings his "Gangnam Style" to Thailand, scores of inmates have danced to the hit behind barbed wire and bars in a Bangkok prison. Seventy out of 4,500 prisoners at Bangkok Remand Prison put on a show Tuesday for the media and corrections department executives after competing in a "Gangnam Style" d... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1725414-thai-inmates-gangnam-style-psy-concert.html 2012-11-28T00:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1719544-thai-anti-government-protesters-clash-with-police.html BANGKOK (AP) — Protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down rallied in the heart of Bangkok on Saturday, clashing with police in the first major demonstration against the government since it came to power last year. Organizers had spoken of mobilizing hundreds of thousands of supporters. But only around 10,000 turned up, and... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1719544-thai-anti-government-protesters-clash-with-police.html 2012-11-24T12:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1713026-courting-asia-obama-finds-that-world-intrudes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the attention wrenched elsewhere in recent days — on new violence in the Middle East, the "fiscal cliff" back home — President Barack Obama's speedy trip to Southeast Asia achieved a major goal: It was clearly seen in the region as a validation of Asia's strategic importance as the U.S. refocuses its foreign policy to counter China's clout. ... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1713026-courting-asia-obama-finds-that-world-intrudes.html 2012-11-21T06:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709152-obama-taste-thailand-buddhist-temple.html BANGKOK (AP) — Leaving behind chants of "Obama, Obama" by adoring crowds on the streets, the president of the United States stepped into the serenity of Thailand's most famous temple compound to marvel at its centerpiece — a gigantic, golden statue of a reclining Buddha propped up on one elbow before passing into nirvana. The Temple of Reclining Buddha, f... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709152-obama-taste-thailand-buddhist-temple.html 2012-11-18T23:55:00Z