41.   Top Italian motorcycle rider Loris Capirossi signed a three-year contract with Aprilia on Thursday.

42.   Officials said security had also been tightened around bus stands, airports and other public places and a ban had been imposed on motorcycle riders carrying passengers.

43.   Phaibul said a law making it mandatory for motorcycle riders to wear crash helmets has hit the prime supply source of kidney donors -- people killed in traffic accidents.