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  Grounded ship is Philippines' last line of defence

  23 May 2013 : A handful of marines living on a World War II-era ship that is grounded on a remote, tiny reef is the Philippines' last line of defence against China's efforts to control most of the South China Sea.

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  First China manufacturing shrinkage in 7 months: HSBC

  23 May 2013 : Manufacturing activity in China contracted in May for the first time in seven months, HSBC said Thursday, in another sign of the weakness of recovery in the world's second-largest economy.

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• Charter court role backed

  05 Apr 2013 : The Constitution Court still has a role to play in reviewing the exercise of legislative power, says former Administrative Court president Ackaratorn Chularat.

• B11bn tree project planned to stop floods

  05 Apr 2013 : Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi will seek 11 billion baht over five years to fund a tree-planting project which he says will ease the threat of serious flooding in river basins.

• Ikea says horsemeat found in local supply

  05 Apr 2013 : Horsemeat has been found in some samples of Ikea Thailand meatballs, the store said yesterday.

• LABOUR

  Alien workers get more time

  05 Apr 2013 : The Labour Ministry will seek cabinet approval to extend the verification period of the remaining unregistered 400,000 alien workers for another 120 days.

• CRIME

  Terror checks boost as FBI sounds alert

  05 Apr 2013 : The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) is preparing measures to thwart terrorist financing activities, secretary-general Seehanart Prayoonrat says.

• JUSTICE

  Teens first to try EM tags

  05 Apr 2013 : The Department of Probation plans to apply electronic monitoring (EM) devices to teenage parolees in a few months.

• OBITUARY

  Muay Thai legend Apidet passes away at age 72

  05 Apr 2013 : Apidet Sithiran, one of the greatest Muay Thai fighters of all time, passed away yesterday of lung cancer. He was 72.

• CRIME

  Fake broker sent to jail

  05 Apr 2013 : The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court has sentenced Ravi Pattiyawongse to two years in prison for running an unlicensed brokerage, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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  Landmark deal struck to protect Sumatran rhino

  04 Apr 2013 : Malaysia and Indonesia have struck a landmark deal to try to save the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, whose population stands at fewer than 100, the International Union for Conservation of Nature said Thursday.

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  US says sorry over FBI list, Prayuth claims

  04 Apr 2013 : Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has brushed aside a list by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that ranked Thailand as Asia's most likely target for terrorist attacks.

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