
A first-class flight and good company

Election Commission chairman Vasana Puemlarp jetted out for Sydney one week ago today aboard Thai Airways flight TG995.
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Brief taste of freedom for Ly Tong

High-profile Vietnamese dissident Ly Tong got a brief taste of freedom yesterday after the completion of his jail term for hijacking a plane from Hua Hin to dump leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City five years ago.
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'Da Vinci Code' gets its ending restored

"The Da Vinci Code" will be screened in Thailand today without the final 10 minutes cut, as demanded by local Christian groups.
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Stand-off over arrest of cleric

More than 100 Muslim villagers, mostly women and children, held a stand-off with authorities for nearly three hours yesterday morning, demanding that officials release a detained religious teacher.
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More study of iTV issue

The PM's Office will consult the Attorney-General's Office on whether the free TV station iTV Plc needs to comply immediately with the Central Administrative Court's ruling delivered against it last week.
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Sanam Luang to be rid of hawkers

Fortune-tellers, street hawkers and other sidewalk vendors will be banned from Sanam Luang and nearby areas from June 1, Bangkok's Phra Nakhon district director Rerngsak Horareung said yesterday.
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Medical travel soars

Moves to make Thailand one of Asia's top medical hubs have gone well, with a more than 50-per-cent annual increase in the number of foreigners using health services here.
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People demand rail projects

The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) yesterday released the results of a survey conducted in Bangkok that showed people want priority given to five of 10 railway projects planned for the capital.
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Students complain Ubon Uni has cheated them

A group of students yesterday lodged complaints with Ubon Ratchathani University and demanded they be accepted to its Faculty of Medicine.
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