Bangkok - Thailand's sacked prime minister Samak Sundaravej confirmed that he will no longer try to regain the post he lost this week for hosting television cooking shows, news reports said Saturday.

Theerapol Nopparampa, a close aide to Samak, has confirmed that Samak will no longer seek a renomination as prime minister and may also shed his post as leader of the People Power Party (PPP) - the countruy's largest political party, the Bangkok Post newspaper said.

Narathi, Thailand, Sept 12 : A small remote-controlled bomb exploded in Thailand''s predominately Muslim deep south on Friday, killing a suspected bomber and wounding four policemen, police said.

The police officers were escorting a group of teachers home when the 5-kg (11 lb) bomb exploded on a road in Narathiwat, one of the four provinces where more than 3,100 people have been killed in four years of violence.

"The militants were speeding away after detonating the bomb and one of them was hit by shrapnel and killed," a policeman at the scene told Reuters.

Singapore - Thai Beverage and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings will be dropped from the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) starting September 22, the Singapore Exchange said on Friday.

Extremely low trading volumes were cited for Thai Beverage and plunging market capitalization for Yangzijiang.

They are to be replaced by plantation firm Golden Agri-Resources and Jardine Matheson Holdings, which owns properties across Asia.

The changes follow a six-month review of the index.

Bangkok - Thailand's Parliament on Friday postponed a vote on a new prime minister after a court sacked premier Samak Sundaravej this week for moonlighting as a television cooking show host.

Samak had been renominated for the job he lost Tuesday, but the failure by many of his own People Power Party (PPP) members to show up for Friday's vote demonstrated the strong opposition to his reinstatement.

Bangkok- Thailand's largest political party on Thursday nominated ousted prime minister Samak Sundaravej to retake the premiership after he was sacked just days ago by a court ruling.

Samak, 73, has accepted the nomination, meaning that the end of Thailand's political crisis is nowhere in sight, according to analysts.

Phnom Penh - Cambodia is content to wait for as long as it takes Thailand to settle its political upheavals and resume talks over disputed border territory, its government said Thursday.

Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said by telephone that it was the least Cambodia could do to give Thailand breathing room to get its internal affairs in order.

"The dispute over the border has been around 100 years," Kanharith said. "A few more weeks can't hurt."