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<title><![CDATA[Gold - the first stop in turbulent times]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The capital market in 2011 was marked by risks and uncertainties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Invest Thailand: Optimism rising fast after floods]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Reactivating confidence in Thai investors after last year's flood is one of the most crucial missions of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Populist spending will not fix our education woes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thai politicians still believe that throwing money at the problem will bring improvement in our schools, and help them line their own pockets]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Populist-spending-will-not-fix-our-education-woes-30175531.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Get in the correct line]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I refer to your article of February 7, "Britain plays down sub deployment", in which you describe Prince William as second in line to the British throne.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Just in time for the next flood]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After five months, the government finally has come to a basic reality that Thailand's water flow management requires one single overlord and not widespread government agencies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Who needs 'leaders' like this?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung's suggestion not to re-visit Article 112 of the Criminal Code is just another example of poor leadership.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Who-needs-leaders-like-this-30175527.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Thailand really want 'democracy'?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Robert Amsterdam has come in for some predictable criticism for his typically, and no doubt deliberately, provocative statement that the Army has a veto over government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In the Philippines, Oliver Twist is alive and unwell]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday was the 200th birth anniversary of one of England's most popular writers, Charles Dickens.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/In-the-Philippines-Oliver-Twist-is-alive-and-unwel-30175520.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amid chaos, we need unity more than ever]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A theatre of farce is being played out for all to see.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Amid-chaos-we-need-unity-more-than-ever-30175519.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Punish the cowards]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thirty years to the day that Hafez al-Assad's Syria began a massacre of at least 10,000 people in Hama, another one took place in Homs, and two of the world's most powerful countries did nothing to prevent a third.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Punish-the-cowards-30175514.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand must learn the lessons of Greek debacle]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Populist policies led the Greek govt into financial ruin; the same fate awaits us if this govt does not curb 
its extravagant spending plans]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Thailand-must-learn-the-lessons-of-Greek-debacle-30175438.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What makes the good keep going]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What do Robert Amsterdam and Chalerm Yoobamrung have in common?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/What-makes-the-good-keep-going-30175437.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Focus on solar energy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Nuclear power is neither renewable nor sustainable and can be devastating to human beings, nature and the environment. The process of nuclear fission, irrespective of the usage, poses unnecessary risks. The consequences of radiation exposure, especially from nuclear waste, are harmful to health, possibly causing cancer, abnormal growth or the ghastly effects of toxic meltdown. The biggest problem with nuclear energy is safety, pressing the need to take and reinforce proper safeguard precautions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The meaning is clear enough]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Re: "Say what you mean", Letters, February 5.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The voice of reason is the only way to bridge Thailand's divide]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With all the rage among various parties over the sensitive and potentially explosive issue of the amendment proposal to Article 112 of the Criminal Code, we all need to step back and try to find the voice of reason which may be found within us if we try hard enough.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/The-voice-of-reason-is-the-only-way-to-bridge-Thai-30175434.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hong Kong proves that good budgeting is still possible]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Financial Secretary John Tsang's fifth and last budget of the current-term Hong Kong government delivered last Wednesday was a model of fiscal design, the envy of most governments. Which government around the world can boast a surplus of HK$66.7 billion, against a forecast deficit for 2011 and 2012 of HK$8.5 billion amidst a year of crisis in Europe and global slowdown? Which government (perhaps with the exception of Singapore) can claim fiscal and foreign exchange reserves equivalent to 35 per cent of GDP or 22 months of government expenditure? And which government can claim to have pure government debt (excluding statutory body debt) of less than 2 per cent of GDP?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Hong-Kong-proves-that-good-budgeting-is-still-poss-30175433.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The super agency and the little people of Ayutthaya]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Cabinet on Tuesday set up a "super body" to integrate the activities of all 16 government agencies related to water, flooding and drought under a single command. That's a big story.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/The-super-agency-and-the-little-people-of-Ayutthay-30175432.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Remember public servants who put Thailand first]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today's bureaucrats and politicians should look to the values and achievements of two men who represented the country's interests rather than their own ambitions]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Remember-public-servants-who-put-Thailand-first-30175368.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Invite all to debate lese majeste law]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Burin Kantabutra's call for a public debate on the lese-majeste laws (Letters, February 6) is a welcome endorsement of the principle of free speech in the face of repeated attempts at suppression.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Invite-all-to-debate-lese-majeste-law-30175367.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The hole in the truth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The hallmark of an honest lawyer is that he applies the legal requirement to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in his statements.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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