PAGE ONE COVERAGE OF THAKSIN VERDICT

A number of Saturday's newspapers from around the world featured Friday night's decision by the Supreme Court to seize US$1.96 billion of assets belonging to the former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Regional and global print publishers opted to report the news on page one, including newspapers in Dubai, Singapore, the Philippines, Macau and, surprisingly perhaps, The New York Times which included a small teaser headlined 'Blow for former Thai PM' alongside a small image of crying red-shirt supporter holding a picture of Thaksin.