
Airport noise moves to be heard

Measures to cut noise levels at Suvarnabhumi Airport will be submitted to the Cabinet today, Environment Minister Kasem Sanidwong na Ayudhaya said yesterday.
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IN BRIEF

Boardroom coup: Premier defends appointment of military officers to state enterprises

Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont yesterday defended the decision to appoint military officials to the boards of state enterprises, after heavy criticism from former premier Chavalit Yongchaiyudh.
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No meet with Thai refugees

A group of Thai officials were denied a meeting with the 130 Thais who fled to Malaysia by the group's leader, an informed source said.
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UN supports 'just' policy in region

Ibrahim Gambari, the UN's under-secretary-general for political affairs, has praised Thailand's policy of reconciliation in dealing with the violence in the deep South, Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram said yesterday.
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Two shot dead, child wounded in South

A nine-year-old girl was among the victims yesterday in a string of shootings in the deep South in which two men died.
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Car-bomb plotters to face trial

National police chief General Kowit Watana yesterday signed an endorsement recommending four military officers be charged with trying to assassinate former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Bannaphot evaded tax on shares from Pojaman: AEC

An Asset Examination Committee (AEC) panel yesterday concluded that Bannaphot Damapong evaded paying personal income tax on Bt738 million worth of shares transferred to him by Khunying Pojaman Shinawatra in 1997.
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Stomach bug beating antibiotics

Experts yesterday warned against unnecessary prescription of antibiotics to treat Helicobacter pylori infections, because the bacteria is developing a resistance.
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ADMISSIONS POLICY

Top 430 schools given local quota

Favouritism only allowed for children of patrons that donated land, Wijit says
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