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An election official uses ballot box as a shield as rain hit Nakhon Si Thammarat province after the polling closed at 3pm.
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Winners beaten by "No" vote "don't deserve seats" : Abac poll

Winning candidates who receive less than the number of "no votes" cast in their constituencies should not become MPs, said respondents to the latest Abac poll in Bangkok and surrounding areas.



Booth change upsets many voters

Many voters, including exprime minister Anand Panyarachun, have complained about the Election Commission (EC)'s decision to change the position of polling booths for Sunday election.



All media invited to a gathering against press harassment

Four major Thai media associations have jointly called for editors and publishers to join a gathering against the government's attempt to gag press on April 5 and to discuss to find a common strategies to counter press harassment.






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GENERAL ELECTION
All set for contentious vote

Turnout expected to be same as last year, amid heightened security; results due on Wednesday, says Election Commission






Army chief slams absent Sondhi over royal remark
Army commander-in-chief General Sonthi Boonyaratklin yesterday lashed out at Sondhi Limthongkul, a key leader of the anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy, for making a remark deemed "insulting" to His Majesty the King.






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BANGKOK AIRWAYS
Firm to build Khmer airport

Bangkok Airways Co plans to put a Bt400-million airport on Cambodia's Kong Island in its first such venture abroad.



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Thais call off strike in Taiwan
Thai workers hired by the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp (KRTC) returned to work yesterday after going on strike the previous day complaining about poor quality food, increased medical insurance payments and various other problems, the Central News Agency reported.



Bt1 billion lost in shoe factory fire


Boy electrocuted


Blast seriously wounds two marines

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Time for the Thai girls to steal the thunder down under
Playing on the intimidating Royal Adelaide Golf Club's seaside course is a trial by fire by any standards, but the Thai women's team is not going down under with a prayer on their lips.



Cricket fever to erupt in Thailand


Three Thais into Asian Championship finals

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EDITORIAL
A day to act for your country

As we are called upon to cast our ballots, we must not forget the other essentials of democracy



Voters have the chance to write off dictatorship today


They came, they shouted, we compromised


Popular notions of healthy eating need to be reassessed

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The Nation Poll

New poll posted on Thursday

Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?

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