Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

[Mailbag] Petronas: World’s least transparent?

A Little Bird wrote to me, providing substantial analysis on the latest survey of the "World’s Most Sustainable and Ethical Oil Companies 2006" conducted among 15 major oil companies by a Spanish-based ethics rating firm, where Malaysia’s Petronas is ranked last.
From: Little Bird
To: SK <skthew@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:02:55 +0800
Subject: re: Petronas – World’s [...]

Anti-Thaksin: Thousands in a truly peaceful rally

"Thaksin get out!" the protestors shouted in unison, as they marched towards the streets of Bangkok to the Government House.

Thousands of people massed peacefully outside the office of Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday, vowing to stay until he quit but Thaksin warned he would impose emergency rule in Bangkok if continuing rallies turned [...]