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Brazil's Gol Airlines plane missing near Amazon, 155 missing

Brasilla - Rescue teams Saturday searched for a Brazilian GOL airline Boeing 737-800 with 155 people aboard that went missing during a flight from the Amazon jungle to Brasilia, officials said.

A taxi slammed into a tank

A taxi driver was in critical condition Saturday after slamming his car into a tank in Bangkok's Royal Plaza to protest the military council that seized the power from Thaksin government.

US wary of army man as post-coup PM

WASHINGTON - The United States expressed unease over reports Friday that a former army chief had been chosen to run Thailand's government after the military ouster of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.


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		ANTI-GRAFT BODY Conflict puts assets probe in turmoil Jaruvan wants CDR to appoint former senators critical of Thaksin; Sonthi admits to 'headaches' over membership
		THAI executive pays the price Airline cracks the whip over baggage bungling at airport

POLL FINDINGS
Executives view coup in good light
Most expect rapid recovery for economy

		Investor confidence still low as production costs increase
		AIS fires opening salvo in new price war
		Siam Cement Group acquires new shares in PTT Chemical

COURT APPEAL
Chalermchai death sentence upheld
Capital punishment for two of the ex-major's accomplices also stays

		Floods take toll in North, Centre
		Avoid raw seafood
		CEO policy to be reviewed

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'BALL' back FROM THE brink
Paradorn rallies to see off Henman

		Wiradech for Italy
		OCT select squad of 489 for Doha

EDITORIAL
Learning from past mistakes
Society must reject the corruption-prone patronage system if democracy is to be restored and thrive in Thaialnd

		Escaping US President Bush's vision of the future

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?