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• 1973 victims: What about us?

  25/05/2012 : Victims of previous political violence, including the incidents of October 1973, are waiting quietly but anxiously for the Yingluck Shinawatra government to agree with their request for 1.2 million baht each in compensation.

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  Gaga fans pack stadium for concert

  25/05/2012 : Fans of Lady Gaga began queueing early on Friday outside Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium where the pop superstar will perform as part of her "Born this Way" concert tour on Friday evening.

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• Crowds gather to welcome King's visit

  25/05/2012 : Tens of thousands of people flocked to Thung Makham Yong's vast paddy fields in Ayutthaya on Friday to await the visit of their Majesties the King and Queen late in the afternoon.

• Prayuth: No apologies to victims

  25/05/2012 : Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said he did not need to apologise to victims of the political vioence, as Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut accused the government of trying to silence the complaints of red-shirt supporters by paying them off with compensation.

• Weekly highlights

  25/05/2012 : Thai Airways International president Piyasvasti Amranand was sacked by THAI board, which was unable to give a clear explanation why he had to go. The government started paying compensation to relatives of victims of the April-May 2010 violence and of the violence in the deep South. But the joy of the nation appears to be HM the King's recovery and his first trip outside the capital in more than two years.

• Policeman slain in Narathiwat

  25/05/2012 : A police sergeant was shot dead and his pistol stolen in tambon Khok Khian in Narathiwat's Muang district on Friday morning.

• Exports down 3.67% in April

  25/05/2012 : Exports in April had a total worth of US$16.91 million, down 3.67 per cent from the same month last year, the Ministry of Commerce reported on Friday.

• Bangchak cuts gasohol price again

  25/05/2012 : Bangchak Petroleum late Friday Morning announced that it is cutting prices of all kinds of gasohol by another 0.10 baht a litre, effective from 5am tomorrow.

• Bangkok shuttle boat catches fire

  25/05/2012 : A shuttle boat filled with passengers caught fire on Friday morning in Bangkok's Saen Saeb canal, reports said.

• PTT, Bangchak cut pump prices

  25/05/2012 : PTT on Friday morning announced that it is cutting pump prices by 0.40 baht per litre for all kinds of gasohol, effective early tomorrow morning.

• Poll: No 111 members should return

  25/05/2012 : More than half of people polled recently in Bangkok wanted the House 111 politicians to return to active politics after their ban expires on May 30, according to opinion survey results released on Friday by NIDA Poll at the National Institute of Development Administration.

• Gold prices for Friday

  25/05/2012 : The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying prices at 22,906.76 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 23,250 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.

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