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PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - Sept 9

Mon Sep 8, 2008 9:33pm EDT
BANGKOK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Thai newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TOP STORIES

- Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's fate will be decided this afternoon when the Constitution Court rules on whether he violated the charter by hosting commercial television shows while in office (THE NATION)

- People Power Party MPs have promised to rally behind Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and vote him back in as leader of the government if the charter court disqualifies him for hosting cooking shows on commercial TV (BANGKOK POST)

BUSINESS

- Transport operators are planning to sue the Port Authority of Thailand and its union next week, demanding they compensate businesses for losses of up to 300 million baht caused by the closure of Bangkok's port last week (BANGKOK POST)

- Thailand's tourism industry is forecast to lose 32 billion baht, or about 5 percent of the year's estimated earnings, if the current political standoff is prolonged into the fourth quarter of this year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

- Passenger traffic at Suvarnabhumi airport has plunged since the state of emergency was declared in Bangkok on Sept. 2 (THE NATION)

** Looking for more information from local sources? Factiva.com has eight Thai sources including the Bangkok Post and The Nation. (Reporting by Bangkok Newsroom)


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