Be selective, Chuwit tells Chat Thai chief
Chat Thai Party deputy Chuwit Kamolwisit yesterday warned party leader Banharn Silapa-archa not to repeat past mistakes by accepting all defectors from the Thai Rak Thai Party.
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Surakiart concedes defeat at UN
Former deputy premier Surakiart Sathirathai yesterday informed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont that he was withdrawing his candidacy for the post of United Nations secretary-general.
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New generation of diplomats sought
The Foreign Ministry is looking to create a new generation of diplomats with better political and cultural understanding of countries where Chinese, Arab and Russian languages are used because of the growing importance of these regions, deputy permanent secretary Charivat Santaputra has revealed.
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Courts to select tribunal judges
The country's two top courts will vote today to name a total of seven judges to sit concurrently on the bench of a tribunal to rule on constitutional cases until a new charter is drafted.
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AEC to file first charges Monday
The Asset Examination Committee (AEC) will on Monday file its first charges against those suspected of graft in government projects under the Thaksin regime.
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PROFILE
Long-time Thaksin foe gets day in court
The name of Sastra Toaon may not sound familiar to the public but in fact the law lecturer has kept close tabs on ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family since the first day the tycoon-turned-politician assumed the premiership.
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INTERIM GOVT
Good ministers are hard to find
Surayud struggles to get clean candidates without ties to former administration
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OCTOBER 6, 1976
'Hard to remember, yet difficult to forget'
The bloody military crackdown on students 30 years ago remains 'a thorn in the side of Thai history'
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Reinvigorated NCCC takes aim at four key targets, plus former PM
The anti-graft mechanism has finally started again after 16 months in limbo. And the new National Counter Corruption Commission has said four major schemes, including two overseen by the government of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, top the list for investigation.
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How the junta is tightening the screws
The truth about the allegations and scandals of the Thaksin regime looks more likely than ever to come out
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