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Four undersea volcanoes founded near Phuket

A team of Thai and German marine geologists has found four volcanoes under the sea about 200 kilometres away from Phuket, the team leader announced Monday.

PROTEST AGAINST COUP
Junta 'curbing liberties'

Demonstrators demand end to martial law as police stop people joining rally

Tsunami detection buoy working well

A test of the first tsunami-detection buoy anchored to the west of Phuket in the Indian Ocean has found it to be functioning properly, the head of the National Disaster Warning Centre (NDWC) said yesterday.


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		TDRI urges laws to help lift economy, nullify graft The interim government should introduce key laws to direct economic development and lessen corruption, said participants at the 2006 Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) year-end conference.
		ALCOHOL ABUSE Breath-test kits aimed at curbing roads peril Free devices will help to combat danger of drunk drivers: activists

INFRASTRUCTURE
KTB banks on major projects to lift lending
Bank's loans to govt should rise 12-15% next year

		OTOPs by any other name …
		New loan scheme will rank farms' quality, efficiency
		Forgotten lullabies

Insurgents continue attacks
Three men were killed, two others injured and two schools set ablaze yesterday in the latest violence in the three southernmost provinces.

		Bank helps flood victims
		Doctor debunks rabies myths
		'Police beat me up to get confession'

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ASIAN GAMES
BRILLIANT BUABAN
Javelin's gold first in athletics

		Somjit in top form as Manus survives Sapiyev's onslaught
		Danai, Tamarine into the quarters
		Qatar too strong forThialand

EDITORIAL
Taking a break for drinks
The govt is reconsidering the ban on alcohol ads, which is a refreshing nod to the value of public opinion

		Thailand's cynical ploy on Burmese migrant workers
		The big sleep in Burma

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?