
Life-saving drug prices could get cheaper

Representatives of the three pharmaceutical companies whose drugs face compulsory licenses in Thailand will meet with officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today in Bangkok and, officials say, the results will be "good news" for patients.
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World's mayors eye climate change at NY summit

New York - Mayors from more than 40 of the world's largest and most polluted cities are to open a summit here Monday in the hope to agree on ways to tackle climate change and promote the use of clean energy.
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The Central Administrative Court rejects Pol Gen Kowit's complaint against PM

The Central Administrative Court Monday refused to to take up a complaint filed by former national police chief Kowit Wattana, who claimed that Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's order to remove him from the post was unlawful.
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Traffic congestion throughout Bangkok on the first day of schools

Some Bangkok schools were reopened Monday morning, resulting to thick traffic jams on main roads. The traffic was packed especially the parts in front of famous private schools in Sathorn area, which saw a line of cars as far as the Taksin Bridge.
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LIFE SECTION

Still chasing

The Nation's Vipasai Niyamabha has an interview with double amputee Mark Inglis who climbed atop Mount Everest a year ago.
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INSURGENCY

Positive signals in the South, says Surayud

Talks with old separatists opens line of communication; dialogue possible as militants 'don't see an end game'
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