PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - Aug 7

BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TOP STORIES

- United States President George W. Bush has vowed to "seek an end to tyranny" in Myanmar and called on the regime to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a copy of a speech he will deliver in Bangkok (BANGKOK POST)

- Bush praised Thailand as a regional leader and saluted the Kingdom for humanitarian assistance to neighbouring Myanmar (THE NATION)

- Thailand and Cambodia must bury the hatchet in their dispute over the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said, further easing fears the spat would escalate into military confrontation (BANGKOK POST)

- Thaksin Shinawatra has a tentative plan to sell Manchester City, a year after he bought the premiership football club, the UK Daily Mail said on its website (BANGKOK POST)

- The opposition Democrat Party is exploring the possibility of filing a lawsuit against the government in the Administrative Court following the appointment of Virabongsa Ramangkura as the prime minister's chief economic adviser (THE NATION)

BUSINESS

- Commerce Minister Chaiya Sasomsab pledged to convince manufacturers to delay raising product prices for another six to eight months to help consumers deal with inflation (BANGKOK POST)

- Chaiya plans to take over rice management policy from Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and has declared he will further promote the export growth rate to above 15 percent and contain inflation at 6 percent (THE NATION)

- PTT PTT.BK is hopeful that this week's 26th Asean Energy Ministers's meeting will pave the way for further business cooperation among Asean energy companies, many of which gathered in Bangkok on the sidelines of the official meeting (THE NATION)

- Developer Quality Houses QH.BK has shifted to the lower-priced housing segment and is now developing townhouses priced at 2.3 million baht a unit to be sold in mid-2009 (BANGKOK POST) ** Looking for more information from local sources? Factiva.com has eight Thai sources including the Bangkok Post and The Nation.