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HRW: Investigate disappearances

The military-installed government has failed to stop the use of "forced disappearances" as a tool against suspected Muslim militants in the deep South, a New York-based human rights group said yesterday.




US chamber urges talks on drugs

The Washington-based US Chamber of Commerce has called on the Public Health Ministry to re-establish dialogue with drug companies instead of breaking the patents on HIV/Aids drugs and a popular blood-thinning medication under the so-called compulsory licensing.





Plan to pool telecoms and utilities

The Council for National Security (CNS) and the state telecom agencies have agreed to create a "telecom network pool" after discussing ways to get maximum use out of the system and strengthen security.



Chat Thai party leader wants AEC term extended

Chat Thai Party leader Banharn Silapaarcha urged the governŽment yesterday to extend the one-year term of the Assets Examination Committee (AEC), which is probing numerous cases of alleged corruption by the deposed administration.



Bus firms will face tougher measures following bus inferno

The state-owned Transport Co, which operates the intercity bus service, will "get tougher" on all bus companies and will give Bt10,000 initial assistance money to each of the victims' families, a senior official said Wednesday.



Bomb scare on Bangkok-Delhi flight, drunk arrested

New Delhi - Indian police on Wednesday arrested a drunken passenger on a New Delhi-bound flight from Bangkok after he threatened to blow up the plane, an airline spokesman told AFP.



Singer sentenced to two years in jail for having sex with minor

Rock singer Ekkarat " Dak" Wongchalard was given a two-year suspended jail term on Wednesday for having sex with a girl under 18 years old.

BUS INFERNO/TRAGIC ACCOUNTS

"I don't know which body is my daughter, they are all unrecognisable from the burns,"

Urai Chasombat, 32, wept as she tried to identify her daughter, Manthana, 12, among the charred bodies in Siriraj Hospital on Wednesday. Thirty passengers were burnt to death on Tuesday after ill-fated bus caught fire in Saraburi.



PM visits Ingkayuth camp where suspects of massacre are held

Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont arrived in Pattani province on Thursday morning and headed to Ingkayuth army camp where suspects in brutal van massacre were held.

THAKSIN INVESTIGATION

Six lese majeste cases on track

Prosecutors examine evidence and legal angles beyond the 'impolite remarks'; police have completed three probes

NATION WEBLOG

Miss Thailand Universe 2007 contest

Lisnaree Vichitsorasatra, our fashion reporter, is covering the on-going Miss Thailand Universe 2007 activities in Trang. She has updated her weblog with story and photos.






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