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  Historic royal visit

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• • Thailand's food industry show opens

• • Avoiding luxury car tax: Quick & easy money?

• • Agreement overturned

• • Anti-money laundering blacklist spells ...

• • Green light for 7,000 community radio ...

• • Tears turn to smiles (updated) and then to ...

• • Govt rice prices ignore global markets: Road ...

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Easier stuff

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  Mother has own son arrested

  It seemed like an ordinary break-in which Sunee Deedecha lost more ...

• • She’s here! (updated)

• • Happy ending

• • Ring of fire

• • The case of the golden foetuses

• • Facebook shares start trading

• • Historic riverfront area becomes "Asiatique"

• • BBC royal documentary rediscovered

• • Health hazard

• • Queen Elizabeth in wax

• • Aum's mystery guy

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Vocabulary

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• • expose

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Learning together

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• • “Get one free.” Sale fever in Bangkok

• • Blue boat blues

• • Learning English the Pisit way

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Education features

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  Firms ignore new graduates to save money

  Many entrepreneurs have refused to employ bachelor's degree graduates ...

• • Office faces funding shortfall for tablet PCs

• • Saint John's celebrates 50 years of ...

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• • New Zealand education

• • Bangkok Career Expo 2011

• • 794 graduate licences revoked

• • Bangkok English school flirts with Chinese ...

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Books

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  Easy English news, year 3

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• • Speak English clearly

• • Clashing colours: Thailand's political crisis ...

• • Easy English news, the second year

• • You can read the Bangkok Post

• • Easy English News

• • Understanding English verb forms

• • Quick, easy and fun ...

• • Ajarn Terry’s books from the learning ...

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• • Mun Mai Luem Concert

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