May 14, 2012

City seal title with injury time fightback | Bangkok Post: news
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/293130/amazing-city-seal-premier-league
Sergio Aguero's 93rd-minute goal secured Manchester City a 3-2 victory over QPR as his side scored twice in injury-time to win their first league championship in 44 years at the expense of neighbours and defending champions United.


Syria violence kills four even as UN mission grows | Bangkok Post: news
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/293005/un-observer-mission-boosted-as-another-23-die-in-syria
Violence in Syria killed four civilians on Saturday, one of them a woman, a rights watchdog said, even as a UN mission charged with overseeing a battered truce neared half its planned strength. An image from the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network, ...


Greece in final attempt to form emergency coalition | Bangkok Post: news
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/293078/limited-optimism-after-greek-crisis-talks
Greece's president will meet political party chiefs Sunday in a final attempt to forge an emergency coalition, and avoid fresh polls, amid heightened fears of a eurozone exit following inconclusive elections. Greek Socialist Party leader Evangelos ...


Yahoo! CEO to resign over credentials flap: report | Bangkok Post: tech
http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/computer/293138/yahoo-ceo-to-resign-over-credentials-flap-reports
Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is expected to step down from his post following the controversy surrounding his allegedly inflated resume, in the latest blow to the struggling Internet giant, a leading industry website reported Sunday. Yahoo!


Ah Kong's legacy is to inspire a wider debate | Bangkok Post: opinion
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/293155/ah-kong-legacy-is-to-inspire-a-wider-debate
... does not want to touch the lese majeste law _ Section 112 of the Criminal Code _ following the sudden death by liver cancer of convicted lese majeste offender Ampon (Ah Kong) Tangnoppakul, alias Uncle SMS, in Bangkok Prison Hospital on May 8.


N. Korea warned amid fears of nuclear bomb test | Bangkok Post: news
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/293117/n-korea-warned-amid-fears-of-nuclear-bomb-test
China, Japan and South Korea warned North Korea Sunday they will not tolerate further nuclear tests, the South Korean president said, amid fears that Pyongyang is preparing a third atomic blast. A North Korean missile Taepodong class is displayed ...


37 bodies dumped on Mexico highway: officials | Bangkok Post: news
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/293123/mexican-police-find-49-bodies-in-north-officials
At least 37 mutilated bodies were found dumped in black plastic bags near the northern Mexico city of Monterrey, law enforcement officials said Sunday, in an apparent flare up of brutal drug violence. Mexican Federal police block the road between the ...


Fire breaks out in Williams F1 garage | Bangkok Post: news
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/293133/16-hurt-in-williams-garage-blaze
A fire broke out in the victorious Williams team garage at the Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday just hours after Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado had won the Spanish Grand Prix. Racing team crews try to extinguish a fire in the Williams racing pit stand at ...