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Boris Yeltsin dead: Kremlin

Moscow - Russia's former president Boris Yeltsin has died, a Kremlin spokesman told AFP Monday. He was 76.

THIRD SEX POWER
Recognition of 'third sex' proposed for new charter

Homosexual rights groups are calling for an official recognition of the so-called "third sex" in the new Constitution that is currently being drafted.

INT'L CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM'S REGIONALISM AND MODERNISATION
Vietnam needs reforms : Vu Khoan

In spite of its rapid economic growth, Vietnam desperately needs administrative and educational reforms, an international conference has heard on Monday.


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		Unesco award for shadow puppet troupe A grand shadow puppet play troupe has won a prestigious international cultural award. Ratchaburi's Wat Khanon troupe won the Contest for Better Practices in Communities' Intangible Cultural Heritage Revitalisation awarded by the Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for Unesco.
		Grave flaws seen in draft constitution There are serious flaws in the draft constitution that could prove dangerous, National Legislative Assembly Speaker Meechai Ruchuphan warned yesterday

MASS-TRANSIT FUNDING
Officials confident of getting JBIC loan
Finance Ministry believes contract with Japanese agency will be signed in May

		The devil's in the details
		Drinking water marketed on feel
		Consultancy plan to boost SMEs

DEEP SOUTH
Minister backs amnesty plan
Boonrawd says he would support Army proposal if it could help restore peace to troubled region

		Police label reform plan 'too academic' and 'not feasible'
		Alcohol ban gets industry nod
		Patriarch ends role in amulets

Wolves win the Phuket Sixes title
[CRICKET] Two teams from Perth fought out a dramatic final at the Phuket International Cricket Sixes yesterday with the Joondalup Kinross Wolves pipping the Leeming Spartans with a mighty six off the last ball to claim the Sixes title.

EDITORIAL
AOT must clean up its act entirely
King Power's airport contracts may have been terminated, but there are more shady dealings to be tackled