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  • Rice farmers blast pledge price slash

    20 Jun 2013 : Rice farmers across the country are threatening to hold major rallies to protest against the hefty cut in the paddy pledging ceiling price approved by the cabinet.

  • RAMKHAMHAENG BOMBING Police won't rule out link to southern insurgency

    20 Jun 2013 : The bombing in front of Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok late last month might have been linked to the violence in the far South, police said yesterday.

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  • Marine slain in Pattani

    16 Jun 2013 : A marine was killed in a walk-up shooting in Pattani’s Mai Kaen district late Sunday afternoon, reports said.

  • Tankhun wins Don Muang by-election

    16 Jun 2013 : The Bangkok Election Commission has officially confirmed that Tankhun Jitt-itsra of the opposition Democrat Party has snatched Bangkok Constituency 12 (Don Muang) from the ruling Pheu Thai Party in Sunday's by-election.

  • Man held in huge meth pill bust

    16 Jun 2013 : A Hmong tribesman was arrested on charges of possessing 120,000 methamphetamine pills by Chiang Rai police on Sunday.

  • Monks accused of materialistic lifestyle

    16 Jun 2013 : The National Office of Buddhism has received many complaints about monks riding in luxurious cars and using brand-name items even as they are supposed to live a life of restraint and simplicity.

  • Masks face reds at Ratchaprasong

    16 Jun 2013 : A number of people wearing white masks are gathering in front of the CentralWorld mall at Ratchaprasong intersection, facing off against red-shirts who are rallying against them at Gaysorn shopping centre on the opposite side of the street, reports said.

  • Russian attacked by Pattaya bikers

    16 Jun 2013 : The Russian owner of a resort on Phangan Island was attacked by a group of bikers, including apparent transsexuals, in Pattaya because he "refused to let them park their motorcycles".

  • Yingluck "not siding with red shirts"

    16 Jun 2013 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is not taking sides with pro-government red shirts, Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said on Sunday.

  • Boy killed by rival teenage gang

    16 Jun 2013 : A 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed several times by a gang of teenagers at a bus stop near Kaset Nawamin intersection on Saturday night, police said.

  • Family split over murder inquiry

    16 Jun 2013 : The relatives of slain businessman Akeyuth Anchanbutr remain at odds over whether the investigation into his murder should continue, a lawyer representing the family has revealed.

  • Pheu Thai warns masked protesters

    16 Jun 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has warned anti-government groups, including the white-masked protesters, that the government will take legal action if their rallies turn violent.

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