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Two contestants are busy with pumpkin carving in a food and beverage festival in resort island of Phuket on Thursday. The contestants were assigned to carve the vegetable under topic, “HM the King’s 60 th anniversary on the Throne.”//Photo by Yongyod Prueksarak

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FM protests Burma over border shooting

Foreign Ministry summoned Burmese ambassador on Thursday to express dismay over an incident over an incident in which a Thai army helicopter was shot at last weekend near the border.



Thailand and Malaysia start solving dual citizenship

Malaysia and Thailand have taken a significant step to form a joint panel to resolve the dual citizenship problem, which has been a long-standing thorn with both sides, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Thursday.



A man arrested on rape charge

Police arrested a man on Thursday they say raped the 13-year-old daughter of a suspected German gangster at his Pathum Thani home.





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Notes to leaders seen as embarrassing, self-serving
Criticism has ranged from a mild "cry baby" label to accusations that he "sold out national sovereignty".






CONTROVERSIAL CORRESPONDENCE
'Uncle Sam, I'm being bullied'

Thaksin attacks rivals in letters to Bush, Asian leaders; claims that he's being targeted in an undemocratic conspiracy






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STATE PLANNING BODY
New focus on stability instead of growth

NESDB calls for public debt limited to 45-48% of GDP



Credit-card defaults set to rise, issuers say


GFA set to ink new deals soon


BOI plans more lures to counter slowdown

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Elderly will make up 25% of the population within 30 years, institute predicts
The government must start now to plan social-welfare programmes for the elderly, who will number 16 million - or 25 per cent of the population - within the next three decades, according to Mahidol University's Population and Social Research Institute.



Senior Army officer hit with abduction charge


Medallists to pay homage


Documents for stateless teacher

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Strong field for Thai Open
[TENNIS] World No 4 Ivan Ljubicic and No 6 James Blake will lead a solid field in this year's US$550,000 Thailand Open, which will be missing the presence of two-time defending champion Roger Federer.


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EDITORIAL
Vigilance vital in anti-terror efforts

Repercussions of terrorism clear as Tuesday's bombings raise the spectre of increased India-Pakistan tensions



Why I think the 'Thaksin-Bush' letters were forged

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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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