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Forsaking food for a cause

14/02/2012 : Panitan Prueksakasemsuk, a student who started a 112-hour hunger strike on Saturday in sympathy for his jailed father, is wondering whether he will follow in his father's activist footsteps.
Cabinet approves appointment of three provincial governors

14/02/2012 : The cabinet yesterday approved the appointments of three provincial governors as proposed by the Interior Ministry.

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Bank urges two-pronged flood policy
14/02/2012 : World Bank experts have urged the government to embark on a two-pronged investment drive for flood prevention infrastructure.
FLOOD AFTERMATH
Repairs bill daunts air force chief
14/02/2012 : The air force is struggling to get back on its feet after the government slashed its funding for flood repair and prevention work.
CAMBODIA
Thailand says keep politics out of dispute
14/02/2012 : Thailand has asked Cambodia to avoid making the border problem between the two countries a political issue amid signs the two nations look set to move forward with border demarcation.
Abhisit warns South conflict is escalating
14/02/2012 : Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has warned of an escalation in the southern insurgency if the government does not follow through with its promise to compensate victims of the violence.
CORRUPTION
DSI inquiry points finger at 11 officials
14/02/2012 : The Department of Special Investigation has recommended the indictment of 11 Education Ministry officials for alleged corruption in a 32-million-baht notebook procurement project.
LESE MAJESTE
Uni lifts ban on Nitirat group
14/02/2012 : Thammasat University has lifted its ban against the Nitirat group conducting its campaign against the controversial lese majeste law on its campus.
Minister issues water warning
14/02/2012 : Thailand could be inundated by up to 20 billion cubic metres of water this year but Bangkok will not be flooded, Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi says.
Charter bill in parliament next week
13/02/2012 : The government’s draft bill to amend the 2007 constitution will be put on the agenda of next week's parliamentary session, Parliament President Somsak Kiatsuranont said on Monday.
Thammasat lifts Nitirat ban
13/02/2012 : Thammasat University administrators on Monday gave the green light to the Nitirat group of lecturers to organise activities on the campus but warned they must be held as academic exercises.
10 rangers wounded by bomb in Yala
13/02/2012 : Ten paramilitary rangers were wounded by a bomb explosion while on patrol in Yala's Bannang Sata district on Monday afternoon.