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NRPC opts to slash pledge price

19 Jun 2013 : The National Rice Policy Committee (NRPC) has decided to slash the paddy pledging ceiling price to 12,000 baht a tonne from 15,000 for the current crop.
RAMKHAMHAENG BOMBING Confusion surrounds suspect's links to South unrest

19 Jun 2013 : A Narathiwat man has been arrested in connection with last month's Ramkhamhaeng bomb blast, but authorities are split on whether the suspect has ties to violence in the far South.

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Govt to promote amnesty to public
21 Apr 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has vowed to convey the benefits of the amnesty bill to the public while parliament is in recess.
Female medical student found dead in dormitory
21 Apr 2013 : CHON BURI : A 21-year-old Burapha University's medical student was found dead in a dormitory room yesterday morning.
Bangkok's bargain hunters snap up Low-Cost gold
21 Apr 2013 : Despite its price falling more than 10% in just two days earlier this month, demand for gold in Bangkok is on the up, as small-scale investors clamour to snap up a bargain.
Water diversion project under fire
21 Apr 2013 : Activists have voiced their opposition to Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi's plan to divert water from the Salween and Mekong rivers to feed the water-starved Northeast. The proposed projects are not the right solution to the drought problem in the region, they said.
Activists fear pollution from Laos power plant
21 Apr 2013 : Environmental advocates fear pollution from the Hongsa coal power plant in Laos' Xayaburi province will affect residents in the adjacent province of Nan in Thailand.
S Korea to build Thai navy frigate
21 Apr 2013 : The Royal Thai Navy has chosen a South Korean naval ship manufacturer to build a new frigate that will cost about 13 billion baht.
Amanda knox tells of prison abuse, Speaks out on murder in new memoir
21 Apr 2013 : While imprisoned in Italy for four years for the murder of her roommate, Amanda Knox fended off sexual harassment from guards and an overture from a cellmate. On the night of the killing, she was smoking marijuana and watching a movie with her Italian boyfriend. And those infamous cartwheels that she reportedly performed in the police station never happened.
No Thais injured in Sichuan
21 Apr 2013 : No Thai people living in the Chinese province of Sichuan have been reported injured following Saturday's earthquake in the region, the Thai consulate in Chengdu said.
5m boa caught eating rabbits
20 Apr 2013 : A giant boa constrictor snake was found eating rabbits in a house in Pathum Thani province on Saturday.
Red shirts force Democrats to move rally
20 Apr 2013 : SI SA KET - A blockade by red-shirt demonstrators forced the Democrat Party to move the site of a rally featuring leader Abhisit Vejjajiva in Si Sa Ket on Saturday evening.