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A PTV protester challenges police at Sanam Luang on Friday. Police tried to end the protest as Bangkok authorities did not allow them to use Sanam Luang.//Photo by Jessada Chuntraruk

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Passengers escape unhurt as bus catches fire in Khon Kaen

All 30 passengers escaped unhurt after their bus caught fire in Khon Kaen on Monday, just days after a similar incident on a Bangkok-bound coach in Saraburi left 30 passengers dead and dozens injured.

Chiang Mai Governor lifts disaster ban

Chiang Mai Governor Wichai Srikwan removed the "disasterzone" label from his province on Friday as the haze has begun to lift over this northern province.

Full gear police fail again to end PTV protest

Hundreds of full-gear police and city police attempted again on Friday afternoon to dismantle stage of controversial PTV in Sanam Luang Field.

Kosit seeks Bt4 billion to fight drought

Deputy Prime Minister Kosit Panpiemras will propose a Bt4 billion budget to tackle the drought crisis across the country.


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Suspicious bank deals linked to ex-minister
The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) had found suspicious money transactions to a company linked to former minister Watana Muangsook, who has been accused in a Bt82-million bribery scandal linked to the Ua Arthorn housing project, a source in the agency said yesterday.

Officer suspended over horrendous assault
A policeman based in Saraburi was yesterday suspended from duty pending an investigation into his alleged role in last month's attack on a woman whose arm was chopped off after she refused to share a table with him and two security volunteers at a local restaurant.

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EQUITIES
JP Morgan upgrades Thai market
Now is the time to buy, investment bank says

Srithai Superware bullish on future

Creating a home garden

Despite realty slump, strong baht, Rockworth eyes growth

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HEALTH FUNDING
Rejig for insurance fund
Third-party compensation money to be used to bolster universal medical scheme

Many Saraburi bus crash survivors still in critical condition

Democrats quiz Apirak over fire-truck scandal

Sulak fails to show

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BURNING ISSUE
Strange bedfellows at Sanam Luang
Anti-coup rallies draw Thaksin supporters and those who rallied against him together at Bangkok park

PTV rally 'to go ahead' despite lack of permit

TRT maintains edge over some

EC to hear from Chaturon

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Hi Tech are confident of title again
[BASKETBALL] Hot favourites Hi-Tech are confident of retaining the men's title for the third successive year in the King's Cup Basketball Championships, which will get underway this weekend at Siam University's Gymnasium.

Ongart emerges champion in opening leg

Paradorn retires with injury

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EDITORIAL
No easy out for river polluters
The cause of the pollution of a section of the Chao Phya river, which resulted in serious damage to some 100 penned-in fish farms in Angthong and Ayutthaya provinces earlier this month, remains a mystery almost three weeks after hundreds of tonnes of farmed fish died suddenly.

'Tribune' reporter's fallacy: Thai anti-foreigner sentiment

Thai public needs a better understanding of Japan and 'nihongo'

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