<p class="rteleft">Akeyuth Anchanbutr, owner of Thaiinsider.com, called Yingluck a &ldquo;stupid bitch&rdquo; who was brazen enough to take her position and should reconsider what job is suitable for her.&nbsp; He said uneducated, lazy and stupid women from the north were likely to become prostitutes. This prompted a demand from groups opposing Akeyuth for an apology.&nbsp; </p>

<p>On 1 Nov, Deputy Spokesperson of the PM&rsquo;s Office Chalitrat Chantarubeksa told reporters that the Office of the Council of State had rejected amendments to the 2007 Print Registration Act as proposed by the Ministry of Culture and approved by the Cabinet on 18 Oct.</p>

<p>The Mekong Migration Network (MMN) is deeply concerned for the well being and safety of the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in the flooded provinces of Thailand. Member organizations based in Bangkok and surrounding areas are trying hard to provide relief and support to migrant workers from Burma, Lao and Cambodia, but are finding it impossible to reach all the migrants affected. Many of the industrial estates where migrants worked are now flooded and the factories closed. </p>

<p>Trying to downplay the government's nightmare scenario for the capital and to lessen panic, Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra invited 500 business leaders for an hour-long lecture at a hotel yesterday (Thursday) afternoon telling them that he finds it &quot;inconceivable&quot; that the whole of Bangkok would be heavily inundated to the point that the whole population will have to be evacuated.</p>

<p>The younger sister of Italian photojournalist Fabio Polenghi, who was killed during the government crackdown on red shirts in May last year, continues her search for a man appearing in photographs of her brother&rsquo;s last moment and believed to have taken his camera, in the hope that images stored in the camera might solve the mystery of his death.</p>

<p align="left" style="text-align: left; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;" class="MsoNormal">The arrested Myanmar male migrant worker (one of 3), aged 27, worked with his wife at aluminium factory for 2 months in Rangsit, Pathum Thani. When the water from floods level reached to chest, &nbsp;the factory was officially closed on 12^th October 2011.</p>

<p>We, the undersigned Malaysian academics and researchers, as well as colleagues from other countries researching on Malaysia, wish to record our serious concern and objection to the recent actions taken against Professor Abdul Aziz Bari of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).</p>

<p>Patrick Fuller, Asia Pacific Communications Manager of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC) talks to Prachatai about the media's role in reporting natural disaster events and its potential to help mitigate the impacts.</p>

<p>On 18 Oct, Bangkok North Municipal Court acquitted Pol Sr Sgt Maj Santivej Phutree, who was arrested and charged under the Emergency Decree during the political unrest last year when he was trying to look for his daughter.</p>

<p>After the cabinet meeting on 18 Oct, Minister of Culture Sukumol Kunplome told reporters that the cabinet had approved amendments to the 2007 Print Registration Act as proposed by the Ministry.</p>

<p>The yellow shirts&rsquo; mouthpiece ASTV went off the air late on the afternoon of 17 Oct after it failed to clear debts owed to a Dutch satellite-operating company, but it still can be viewed on the internet and listened to on radio.</p>

<p>Wanchai (family name withheld), about 60, has received combined sentences of 15 years in jail for disseminating leaflets deemed offensive to the monarchy in 2009.</p>