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HM the King approved extraordinary parliament session

His Majesty the King has given royal approval to a request for an extraordinary parliamentary session beginning on Tuesday, Cabinet secretary general Rongphol Charoenphanthu said on Friday.



Warning to UK-bound Thai flyers

The Foreign Ministry yesterday recommended Thais with no urgent business in the United Kingdom postpone their trips after a plot to bomb aircraft shuttling between the United States and the UK was foiled.



Monk tells of inspiring Thaksin to be PM

Phra Boonma Apinantho, the person who reportedly inspired Premier Thaksin Shinawatra to seek the nation's top political post, recently had the chance to renew his call for the PM to work on behalf of the poor.





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