1.  A Thai opposition leader who is the favorite of investors and business executives announced Friday that he had gathered enough support in Parliament to form a new government.

2.  THAI MARKETS HEARTENED Markets in Thailand rose after a Thai opposition leader announced that he had gathered enough support in Parliament to form a new government.

3.  The audit, leaked to the Thai opposition, sent banking shares tumbling.

4.  The Thai political opposition said the deal would in essence have used public funds to clean up Nakornthon for a foreign buyer.

5.  He is the third Thai opposition MP linked by the United States to alleged drug trafficking in the last two months.

6.  A former Thai opposition member of parliament wanted in the United States on drugs charges surrendered to the Bangkok Criminal Court here Friday, a court official said.

7.  A former Thai opposition member of parliament wanted in the United States on drug charges surrendered to the Bangkok Criminal Court here Friday, a court official said.

8.  The United States has refused a visa to Thai opposition MP Mongkol Chongsuthamanee because of suspicion he was involved in drug trafficking, the US Embassy said Friday.

9.  Thai opposition leader and former prime minister Chuan Leekpai was scheduled to pay a courtesy call on the president late Wednesday afternoon.