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Questions raised about 11 anti-graft candidates

The Senate panel probing the background of 18 candidates for the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) has found 11 have questionable backgrounds.



SHIN TAX SCANDAL
Probe into suspect share sale to begin

Auditor-General investigators pressure Finance Ministry officials to explain how Thaksin's family managed a 'clean' profit



PM: Cattle, land grants 'not illegal'

Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra insisted yesterday that his plan to distribute cattle and land deeds among people in the North and Northeast this week would not violate the election law.





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Abhisit pressures PM to TV debate
Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday again challenged caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a live TV showdown - something Thai voters would love to see most, according to the latest opinion poll.






ANALYSIS
TRT on edge as they wait for Thaksin
For the Thai Rak Thai Party, the problem is not how to win the October 15 election but rather how to take over the executive branch again.















MASS TRANSIT
Siemens has whip hand over rail extensions
No other winning bidder would have specs to make new stretch compatible



Task force aims to curb re-exporting


Genie from the bottle


Sales aplenty as retailers struggle






BIRD FLU
Chicken sales drop as virus spreads
Stay of execution for fowl, but plans for more mass culling to go ahead if necessary



Thamarak assailed over South remarks


Cultural ties with Dhaka boosted


Asian Institute of Technology :Union cries foul over plan to hire more foreign employees





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Wiwat wins long race off Hua Hin
[SAILING] Wiwat Poonpat, fresh from winning the Super Mod title at the three-day Hua Hin Regatta, added another trophy to his cabinet yesterday by collecting the Perpetual Vega Rudder Royal Trophy after a 25-nautical mile race.







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Discipline needed in credit industry
The BOT is right in ignoring credit card companies' requests to maintain a low minimum repayment rate



Asean must take action on the rape of freedom in Burma


Can the Democrats learn from past mistakes?




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