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Fri, January 12, 2007 : Last updated 21:14 pm (Thai local time)

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A senior monk loves Thai Rak Thai

The Thai Rak Thai Party found a senior monk among its fans when former party MPs attended a religious ceremony to mark the New Year.

NCCC declares assets of two ministers in Surayud government

The national anti-graft agency has revealed the assets of two Cabinet ministers appointed in November.

Burma migrant workers high on 'Asean'

migrant workers in southern Thailand have begun concocting a new homemade drug that they call "Asean", made of heroin, amphetamines and milk, Thai police said Friday.


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		Global warming helps cholera Rising temperatures resulting from global warming is to blame for cholera bacteria becoming more widespread, an environmental biologist who has studied the bacterium said yesterday.
		Broadcasters stand firm against CNS 'gag'order Thai broadcast journalists said yesterday they were undeterred by the Council for National Security's (CNS) order to stop airing views from the deposed prime minister and his Thai Rak Thai Party and would continue to report the views of both sides.

Investors must be wary of NVDRs as they assess new law
There is one more jigsaw piece that foreign and Thai investors should watch out for as they try to solve the new puzzle created by the changes to the Foreign Business Act just approved by the Cabinet. That is the treatment of non-voting depository receipts (NVDRs) and treasury stock.

		Act should not affect logistics services
		Toyota ready to celebrate a treble as Thai market leader
		Back in good health

HEALTH THREAT
Alarm over rising cost from new TB cases
About 90,000 cases a year, with 12,000 deaths; WHO rates Thai treatment poorly

		Lotteries legal, says Varathep
		Science Avenue is educational, fun for children and families
		Court rejects MCOT petition

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GOLF
Seve unleashes aces
Dream pair of Thongchai, Thaworn to battle Swedes

		Cool Kiartisak makes a world of difference

EDITORIAL
Leadership needed from reluctant PM
Surayud's weak performance since taking office threatens to undermine his government's legitimacy to rule

		Good intentions have paved the way to economic uncertainty
		France and Asean: a lasting partnership
		Mathematics effective in helping children make sense of troubling times

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?