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Truck driver slain in Pattani
04/02/2012 : A ten-wheel truck driver was gunned down at a teashop in Pattani’s Muang district early Saturday morning, police said.
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Yaba haul 16m pills
04/02/2012 : Anti-drugs officials have seized more than 16 million methamphetamine pills, or yaba, and more than 500 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine over the past four months, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Saturday.
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33 provinces cold disaster zones
04/02/2012 : A total of 33 provinces have been declared cold spell disaster zones, Wibul Sanguanpong, director-general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, said on Saturday.
PM: Ready for the deluge
04/02/2012 : Construction of new floodwalls, waterways dredging will be completed before the coming rainy season, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Saturday.
Gold prices for Saturday
04/02/2012 : The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying price at 24,832.08 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 25,200 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.

CITY LIFE
Mapping out where to live and build
04/02/2012 : When the great flood of 2011 ravaged many districts of Bangkok, those affected realised they had failed to do one important thing when they built or bought their properties - to check city plans for flood zones.

In Print
Govt faces court challenge to get borrowing decrees scrapped
04/02/2012 : The Yingluck Shinawatra government is facing stiff opposition for issuing four emergency decrees to enable the Finance Ministry to borrow extensively for flood recovery, noted Post Today.

TECHNOLOGY
Talking robot gives kids crude lessons
04/02/2012 : One of the most popular techno applications in town at the moment is SimSimi and it's well loved by youngsters. But for state authorities, including the Culture and ICT ministries, it's a bit too naughty.

LESE MAJESTE
Thammasat ban under attack
04/02/2012 : Academics associated with Thammasat University have criticised its ban on the Nitirat group's activities on its premises as an abandonment of social responsibility.

ON the RECORD
Kasian warns hatred could get out of hand
04/02/2012 : Kasian Tejapira, a former student activist who went through the atrocity of Oct 6, 1976, in which state forces cracked down brutally on left-leaning students, gives his view of the controversy regarding the proposal to amend the lese majeste law and the order by Thammasat University, where he teaches, to ban political activities relating to the move from its campuses.

Dying woman gets last wish
04/02/2012 : With little time left to live and waiting to be sent home to spend her final days with her family, breast cancer patient Kung had what could be her last wish granted _ she married the man she loves.

CORRECTIONS
Prison officials, police launch major raid on Bang Kwang jail
04/02/2012 : Prison officials and police launched a major raid on seven zones at Bang Kwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi yesterday.
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