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  • Chalerm wants drug postings abroad

    08/02/2012 : A proposal will be made to the cabinet next week to post drug suppression officials in four neighbouring countries for intelligence operations, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Wednesday.

  • Capital inflow boosts stock market

    08/02/2012 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index soared above 1,111 points on Wednesday morning, fuelled by foreign direct investment inflow, SET president Jarumporn Chotikasatian said.

  • Many illegal items found in Khao Bin

    08/02/2012 : More than 100 illegal items were discovered in Khao Bin Central Prison in Ratchaburi after police raided the compound early Wednesday morning, reports said.

  • SET up 0.63% at opening

    08/02/2012 : Thai stocks opened up 6.95 points at the start of trade Wednesday morning.

  • Gold prices for Wednesday

    08/02/2012 : The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying price at 25,029.16 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 25,400 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.

  • Gulf states to expel Syrian envoys

    07/02/2012 : The six Gulf Cooperation Council states have decided to expel Syria's envoys and withdraw their own from Damascus over the ``mass slaughter'' of civilians in Syria, a joint statement said.

  • Police seize fake steel bars

    07/02/2012 : The Department of Special Investigation has seized about 100 tonnes of uncertified and counterfeit steel bars – the biggest haul of its kind in recent years - after a raid on a factory in Samut Prakan’s Phra Samut Chedi district on Tuesday.

  • Orangutan 'exterminators' on trial

    07/02/2012 : JAKARTA : Three Indonesians and a Malaysian went on trial Tuesday for killing endangered orangutans and other protected primates as a means of pest control at a palm oil plantation on Borneo island.

  • SET rises 7.11 points

    07/02/2012 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went up 7.11 points or 0.65% to close at 1,101,12 points at the end of trading session on Tuesday Afternoon. The trade value was 30.40 billion baht, with 3.75 billion shares traded.

  • 221 drug convicts to be transferred

    07/02/2012 : An initial batch of 221 convicted drug dealers will be transferred from prisons throughout the country to Khao Bin Central Prison in Ratchaburi province, Corrections Department director-general Suchart Wong-ananchai said on Tuesday.

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