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Wed, April 4, 2007 : Last updated 23:22 pm (Thai local time)
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Songkran revelries to go on for five days
The Cabinet agreed yesterday to extend this year's Songkran festival, which was originally set down as a four-day break from Friday April 13 until Monday April 16, for an extra day.
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Big rate cut next week, and moves to help poor
The Finance Ministry issued no special measures to boost the property sector as expected yesterday, but asked the Bank of Thailand instead to further cut its policy rate to buoy the economy - and vowed to extend financial assistance to boost the grassroots economy.
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Siriporn bags WBC title
A jailbird flew high yesterday when convicted drug dealer Siriporn Thaveesuk, alias Samson Sor Siriporn, emerged victorious on points from a bout with Japan's Ayaka Miyano to clinch the World Boxing Council (WBC) female light-flyweight crown in a makeshift ring inside Klong Prem Central Prison.
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Thaksin's lawyer's accusation dismissed
The Council for National Security (CNS) spokesman, Colonel Sensern Kaewkamnerd Tuesday dismissed as "groundless" an accusation from a lawyer to deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra that a wife of the CNS chief took "kickbacks" from Channel 5's programming.
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Junta defends pay rise
The junta Wednesday defended themselves from a controversial pay rise saying that that the budget is allocated from the budget of the CNS.
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NATION WEBLOG
CNS and Surayud: inconvenient marriage
Kavi Chongkittavorn, Nation Multimedia Group assistant editor-in-chief who is a foreign affairs expert, has explained the sour relationship between Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and the junta.
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Thai PM seeks business leaders' help over Japan FTA
TOKYO - Thailand's army-installed premier on Wednesday urged business leaders to help persuade the Thai public of the benefits of a free-trade deal with Japan, which has been the target of street protests.
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