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Five detained in connection with latest Hat Yai bomb attacks

Hat Yai - Police arrested five young men from an apartment in Hat Yai on Thursday for questioning over the seven bombings last Sunday in Hat Yai that killed one and injured 12 others.

Exiled Thaksin apologises to supporters over party dissolution

Exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has urged his supporters to accept the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling that disbanded his Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) and revoked voting rights of the party's executives including him.

HISTORICAL RULINGS
TRT DISSOLVED

Furious Chaturon: Verdict is power through the barrel of a gun; Tribunal: TRT acted to advance its leader's fortune


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		Progressive Democratic Party to be disbanded In a solemn atmosphere yesterday in the courtroom, the Constitution Tribunal handed down an 89-page verdict explaining its acquittal decision for the Democrat Party before finding the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) guilty of electoral fraud.
		Shares rise as foreign investors boost SET Thai shares gained 1.32 per cent yesterday as foreign and local investors flocked to the market on expectations that no political party would be dissolved.

NEW CREDIT
Siam City Bank cuts loan target
Growth forecast falls amid uncertainty, but president expects investment rebound

		NTC urged to halve its licence fees
		Phayao retailers protest Tesco Lotus superstore plan
		Nok Air takes off for India

COMPULSORY LICENSING
We won't be pressured anymore: Mongkol
Health minister says humbleness and politeness in solving issue not working

		$1m Gates award for Meechai's NGO
		Time for peace in South: Zen master
		Dissolved party 'can use old name'

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Rush and Barnes to teach kids
A feast of football will be served up during the weekend's Tesco Lotus Bangkok Masters Football tournament, with two Liverpool legends Ian Rush and John Barnes featuring in the event.

		Tamarine goes down to Italian

EDITORIAL
Let the rulings heal the divide
Yesterday's verdicts should serve as a starting point from which a fractured Thai society can begin to repair itself

		So they think we are all suckers? Perhaps they're right
		Burmese junta fuelling democracy drive with Suu Kyi's detention

The Nation Poll

New poll posted on Thursday

Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?