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Sun, December 31, 2006 : Last updated 23:34 pm (Thai local time)

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PM asks people to avoid crowded parties

Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has asked people to refrain from joining crowded new year party following capital bomb attacks.

Countdown celebrations cancelled in Bangkok and Chiang Mai

New year countdown celebrations were cancelled on Sunday following seven simultaneous attacks in Bangkok that killed two persons and injured 22 people.

Bomb victims identified so far

Officials have identified some of those injured and killed in the Bangkok bomb attacks as following:


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		2006: a year in transition 2006 was a year of huge change in the Thai politics.
		Key political developments of 2006 January :Protests against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra led by media firebrand Sondhi Limthongkul continue from the previous year.

YEAR-END SPECIAL: TOP 10 NEWS
2006 - the year of the rising baht
Central bank took on the speculators, record Shin Corp deal and retailers fought to stop the multinationals Capital control measures

		Turbulent year for the SET
		Dubai group takes a 25% stake in Raimon Land
		Exporters told to brace for tougher overseas trade measures

SOUTHERN VIOLENCE
Murder victim's wife slams scared villagers
Local people stood by and did nothing as two teachers were shot and burned by suspected militants in Yala

		Consumer rights bills ready for NLA
		Road toll rises to 109 dead

SOCCER
King's Cup Comes Home
Thailand ended the year in spectacular style by defeating arch-rivals Vietnam 3-1 to lift the coveted trophy in the final of the quadrangular 37th King's Cup tournament at the Suphachalasai Stadium yesterday.

EDITORIAL
Justice served with Saddam's death
Former tyrant's ignominious end should usher in a new era for Iraq and allow it to finally embrace democracy

		Thaksin's cronies resort to a smear campaign to save their boss
		Taxing tissue the most ethical solution to compensating donors
		A tumultuous year for the civic movement