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FLOOD CRISIS

Large areas 'needed for overflows'

Irrigation Dept wants up to 2m rai to take diversions from Chao Phya




Apirak pledges to build flood wall

After spending nearly a month in their flooded homes, hundreds of Bangkok residents at a riverside community yesterday complained that the floodwater was becoming too polluted.





Police launch probe into school blaze in Ubon

Police are investigating whether a fire at a school in Ubon Ratchathani was started deliberately.



AEC split on regulations

The Assets Examination Committee (AEC) ran into differences yesterday over the drafting of regulations to support its actions.



Provincial budgets set to rise to 35%

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula vowed yesterday to distribute 35 per cent of the government's total budget to local authorities during the 2007 fiscal year.



Economic policies to be spelled out

One of the economic chiefs of the new government yesterday assured foreign investors that the national policy framework would fit in with the global "free market".



Hospital loses appeal

A private hospital yesterday lost an appeal in a defamation case against a woman who accused it of botching a breast augmentation.



Alcohol advertising ban may be enforced next week

The ban on above-the-line alcohol advertising could come sooner rather than later - even next week - as the Public Health Ministry dusts off a law to issue a decree, while ad agencies mourn the loss of a prime source of billings.



Police told to assist

Metropolitan Police commissioner Wiroj Chantrarungsri yesterday ordered police to assist flood victims in the capital, especially with traffic flow and providing security.



Don't soil the water!

People affected by the flooding have been warned not to defecate in the water, as this could cause outbreaks of waterborne diseases, the Public Health Ministry said yesterday.






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