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SENATE ELECTION Nitiphum top-vote earner in Bangkok Nittiphum Nawarat has become the top-vote earner in the Bangkok senatorial election Wednesday after the ballot counting was done Thursday morning. UPPER HOUSE ELECTION Senate: New faces, same old ties Candidates thought to have links with Thai Rak Thai out in front Polling officials quit after Wed southern violence Sunday's MP polls in Narathiwat and Yala could be hampered by a lack of manpower after explosions and shootings on Senate election day claimed three lives and wounded 31 people. Breaking News Headlines National Politics Business Regional Special Report Sports Technology Opinion Letter Cartoon Entertainment Around Town Auto Weekend Leisure Travel Your Campus Photo In The News Sunday Web Directory Community PDA format RSS Feed Attacks on polls, ballot convoys in South kill 3 Three people were killed and 17 others injured in a series of bomb explosions and shootings in the deep South yesterday, after weeks of relative peace. ANALYSIS Bangkok voters keep hopes of a free and independent chamber alive While the unofficial nationwide results of yesterday's Senate election show the Thai Rak Thai Party's "nominees" are likely to control the upper chamber, the race in the key battleground of Bangkok has kept hopes alive that at least some form of balance will be maintained over the next six years. EXPORTS Trade envoys meet to map new strategy Growth targets will be met: counsellors Foreign-domination regulations spark international outcry The mystery of good governance Amata keeps land-sales target at 2,000 rai UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE DEBACLE Finding unidentified test-takers will slow exam scores' release Education panel believes 1,000 students failed to fill in their ID numbers properly; could take until a week from Sunday to locate them all Software did not cause test fiasco, developer insists 'Police punched me until I confessed' Paradorn's feet of clay strike again Thai star Paradorn Srichaphan's hope of victory went up in a cloud of dust after he lost his first match on clay this season to France's Florent Serra in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters Series on Tuesday. EDITORIAL Lessons from a testing debacle The twofold failure of the NIETS to deliver accurate exam results must not compromise the level playing field Sorry, but none of Thaksin's nominees pass the test The Nation Poll	Breaking News World Hot News Discussion Forums Vietnam Deals With Graft Reinventing Skyscrapers WTO Head Ponders a Bold Step The Nation's E-cards Send free The Nation's online greeting cards to your friends & loved ones. ANN E-paper >> ANN brings you the latest news in the region. Also check out the ANN ePaper for a review of the week's top stories. Photo Gallery >> Every shot, every moment and event is captured here. Happiness, sadness, or achievement are told via photos on The Nation' Photos in the News. Horoscope   Read your free daily horoscope, and see what the stars have in store for you! check your horoscope here

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