Youths walk to promote dhamma
More than 70 youths from all over Thailand have started a 24-day, 750-kilometre walk for religious understanding from Surat Thani province to Bangkok.
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Three more killed, six hurt in South
Three people, including one soldier, were killed and six others injured in a wave of bombings and shootings in the Muslim-majority South, police said yesterday.
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AOT officials get an earful
Although Suvarnabhumi Airport director Somchai Swasdipol has yet to take up the invitation to spend a night at Moo Baan Romreudee, the residents of the housing estate yesterday played host to airport officials who turned up to measure the noise levels of jets flying overhead.
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Airport traffic gridlocked
While plane departures and arrivals were running smoothly at Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday, down on the ground it was a different story with traffic around the vast site moving at a snail's pace.
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No clues found to school arson
The Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) yesterday urged those ordering or carrying out arson attacks on five local schools in Kamphaeng Phet province on Wednesday to surrender to make their expected harsh punishment a bit lighter.
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People flee in terror after earthquakes shake homes
Haunted by the 2004 tsunami, hundreds of people raced out of their homes early yesterday after earthquakes woke them in the middle of the night.
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Surin humbled 'but not a UN candidate yet'
Former Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan said yesterday he was interested in taking up an "international position" but declined to say what his decision would be if approached to succeed Kofi Annan as the United Nation's secretary general.
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Court agrees NBC selection 'illegal'
The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday endorsed a ruling by its lower court late last year that the controversial selection process for the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) was illegal.
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Riverside homes swamped
Authorities have been forced to release massive volumes of water from the brimming Pasak Jolasit Dam in Lop Buri, inundating more than 1,000 rai of land downstream.
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Healthcare programme needs more staff, funds
Panellists at a seminar on reform of the national healthcare programme expressed support yesterday for the Bt30-per-medical-visit scheme.
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LOTTERY OFFICE
Surasit quits as auditors begin probe
GLO chief said to be close to Thaksin
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