BANGKOK, Nov 23 (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 - Human Rights activists and lawyers are confident they have strong cases to prosecute deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on crimes against humanity for his role behind the killing of drug suspects and alleged Muslim insurgents from 2003 to 2006 (THE NATION) - Thailand has ended the cosy, commercial relationship with military-ruled Myanmar that developed under the Thaksin government, Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram said (BANGKOK POST) - Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's claim that "Tom Yum Kung" restaurants in Malaysia had been pressed into funding insurgents in the far South was too hot to swallow in Malaysia, where officials and Muslim leaders said the allegation was baseless and would harm the Thai business (THE NATION) - Vaccination of fowl against bird flu has been tabled for consideration again as part of the government's bird flu control policies amid warnings by experts about the country's lack of readiness to handle such a programme (BANGKOK POST) - The government pledged to suspend the confiscation of indebted farmers' land mortgaged with state-run financial institutions, as part of its debt-relief efforts (BANGKOK POST) BUSINESS - BankThai <BT.BK> signed an agreement with U.S. based equity firm TPG/Newbridge to take a 31 percent in the bank (BANGKOK POST) - Thailand's industrial sentiment index fell more than a full point from 96.8 in September to 95.3 the previous month due to a strong baht, continuing high oil prices and the flooding that affected many parts of the country (THE NATION) - Market leader Bangkok Bank <BBL.BK> said it might miss its loan-growth target this year in common with other large banks due to economic uncertainties (THE NATION) - The Commerce Ministry will propose the cabinet scrap the post-coup order to freeze all product prices before the end of the year, saying it has proper mechanisms in place to monitor prices (BANGKOK POST) - Thailand's growing grape wine industry could suffer irreparable damage from the new ban on alcoholic beverage advertising, the Thai Wine Association said (BANGKOK POST) - In anticipation of a "tremendous change afoot", Microsoft <MSFT.O> said it has laid out an aggressive plan to increase its on-line business in Thailand, where the Internet is beginning to boom (THE NATION) ($1=36.54 Baht) ** Looking for more information from local sources? Factiva.com has eight Thai sources including the Bangkok Post
