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• PM denies blackout plot

  23 May 2013 : The massive blackout in the South on Tuesday night was not a deliberate act to justify building new coal-fired power plants in the South, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says.

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  WILDLIFE Monitor lizard finds home in parliament

  23 May 2013 : Parliament welcomed a surprise visitor yesterday _ a two-metre-long monitor lizard that made its home in an air duct.

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• Huge drug bust in Chiang Rai

  14 May 2013 : Soldiers of the Pha Muang force early Tuesday morning seized 1.66 million methamphetamine pills and 43 kilogrammes of crystal meth, or "ice", with a total estimated street worth of one billion baht.

• Netizens complain about traffic

  14 May 2013 : Lat Phrao intersection is infamous for its almost impenetrable traffic during rush hours, and a Facebook user on Monday uploaded a photo showing just what makes the congestion even worse.

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  P-Move protesters rally at Govt House

  14 May 2013 : Members of the People's Movement for a Just Society (P-Move) on Tuesday morning rallied at the gates of Government House, demanding that measures to improve the lives of displaced people be discussed by the cabinet.

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  Gold prices up 100 baht

  14 May 2013 : The Gold Traders Association this morning announced buying prices at 19,905.08 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 20,200 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.

• Women 'smuggled pills in privates'

  14 May 2013 : KALASIN - Three Lao women were charged with drug trafficking on Monday after they were found with 4,000 speed pills stashed inside their genitals and rectums, police said.

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  ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

  Seers predict good harvest

  14 May 2013 : Traditional soothsayers are predicting good harvests and plentiful water for the year ahead after the Royal Ploughing Ceremony at Sanam Luang yesterday.

• ECONOMY

  Central bank puts off policy rate decision

  14 May 2013 : The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is unlikely to hold a special meeting on the policy interest rate, and will wait to assess first-quarter economic data before deciding whether it needs to be cut.

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  WATER SUMMIT

  Activists scoff at Plodprasop arrest threat

  14 May 2013 : Environmental activists have shrugged off Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi's threat to arrest anyone who protests outside the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Chiang Mai.

• SOCIAL JUSTICE

  Human rights plan draws experts' fire

  14 May 2013 : Critics have blasted the process behind the drafting of the national human rights master plan, as well as its contents.

• 'Pretty' busted in naked photo shoot

  13 May 2013 : A manager and a "pretty" product promoter were arrested on Monday for arranging nude photo sessions for clients through an internet website, police said.

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