BANGKOK - THAILAND'S 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-serving monarch, has been hospitalized after suffering from a fever and fatigue, the palace announced on Sunday.
A statement from the Royal Household Bureau, read on the evening television news, said the king was taken to Siriraj Hospital on Saturday night on the advice of his doctors.
BEIJING - CHINA on Sunday warned a city in Taiwan not to harm cross-strait ties after it said it would show a controversial documentary about exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, state media reported.
'We firmly oppose this,' a spokesman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency.
BANGKOK - THAILAND'S prime minister called for peace and reconciliation on Sunday, a day after a nationalist group provoked clashes with police and villagers during a march to the Cambodian border.
'We can express different opinions but please don't hurt each other. Don't hurt our own people,' Abhisit Vejjajiva said.
BEIJING - PRESIDENT Hu Jintao said on Sunday that China's rapid development faced 'a series of new problems' including maintaining social stability, in a speech 10 days ahead of the sensitive National Day.
As authorities make exhaustive preparations to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China on October 1, Mr Hu also said that Western-style democracy was not an option for the Asian giant.
