Elephant transfer cancelled after day-long blockade
A 25-hour blockade by wildlife activists and environmentalists in Kanchanaburi prevented eight young elephants from being sent to Australian zoos yesterday, when the plan was temporarily cancelled.
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231 Hmong refugees imprisoned
Another group of Hmong refugees fleeing oppression in Laos has been detained in Phetchabun's Khao Kho district for illegal entry, police said yesterday.
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Nod for subway
The Cabinet yesterday endorsed the construction of three subway lines that are part of the proposed mass-transit mega-project for Bangkok. It said the dark red, light red and purple lines would go ahead, reasoning that the time-consuming project cannot wait for the formation of a new government.
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Funeral for former MP Chuwong begins
A funeral for former Chat Thai party-list MP Chuwong Chayabutr, who succumbed to kidney disease at Chulalongkorn Hospital on Monday, began at Wat Thepsirintharawas in Bangkok yesterday.
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Police using Web cams
The Metropolitan Police Bureau is using a high-speed online network in its safety zone project to view surveillance-camera footage promptly across Bangkok, a senior officer said yesterday.
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Thieves kill police volunteer, injure 3
A group of suspected thieves yesterday killed a police volunteer and seriously injured three other people including a local news reporter in Chon Buri's Pattaya City before fleeing, police said.
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BMA to decide today on Austrian deals
A committee will today make a decision on whether the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) should accept "overpriced" fire-engines and fire-boats from an Austrian firm.
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Govt rehearses ceremony for Friday
The heads of the three branches of government yesterday attended a rehearsal of a ceremony to wish His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej well on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his accession to the throne.
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CNN, BBC reports honour HM
Europe, the Americas and East Asia to see documentary
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85 bogus doctors arrested last year
The number of fake doctors arrested at private clinics and hospitals increased last year, the Public Health Ministry said yesterday.
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Bad crash in Khao Yai
Five people were killed and 40 others injured yesterday after a bus plunged down a hillside in Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima province.
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BMA panel to decide on fire trucks this month
A committee set up by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will decide this month whether or not to recommend that the BMA formally accept 176 mini-fire trucks at the centre of a procurement scandal.
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Flood-relief package totals Bt2.4 billion
The Cabinet yesterday approved a Bt2.4-billion relief package for northern flood victims.
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