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  Yingluck 'lures' Japan to megaprojects

  22 May 2013 : TOKYO - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is banking on close ties and mutual trust to entice Japanese investors to support the Dawei deep-water port and other megaprojcts.

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  Police reveal suspected arsonists

  22 May 2013 : The Metropolitan Police Bureau on Wednesday released photographs of two men suspected of setting fire to the CentralWorld department store on May 19, 2010, and have obtained pictures of six others they believe were involved in the destruction that day.

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  Abundant food, plentiful water predicted

  13 May 2013 : Traditional soothsayers predicted good harvests, abundant food production and plentiful water at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony at Sanam Luang near the Grand Palace on Monday morning.

• Abbot collars cat-killer dog (pic)

  13 May 2013 : The abbot of a popular temple in Mukdahan province penalised a dog that killed a kitten by hanging the dead cat around its neck, reports said on Monday.

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  Gold prices down 150 baht

  13 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.

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  Inmate's plight spurs petition bid

  13 May 2013 : A Supreme Court ruling against a man charged in connection with the southern violence has provoked insurgent prisoners in Pattani to petition against the justice system.

• SCHOOLS

  Merger list to be known by May 31

  13 May 2013 : The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) will finalise by May 31 the number of small primary schools that will be shut down and merged with larger ones.

• THAI RATH

  Attack probe centres on petanque balls

  13 May 2013 : Police are seeking information from the Petanque Federation of Thailand as they gather evidence about Saturday's attack on the Thai Rath newspaper.

• Northern reds to remember May 19

  12 May 2013 : Red-shirts from 17 provinces in the North on Sunday announced they would join their colleagues in Bangkok to mark the third anniversary of the Bangkok clashes on May 19, 2010.

• Shackles off on Bang Kwang death row

  12 May 2013 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been invited to preside over a ceremony to remove the shackles from convicts on death row at the Bang Kwang Prison in Nonthaburi province on Wednesday, according to Pol Col Suchart Wong-anantachai, director-general of the Corrections Department.

• Sukumpol: No transfer of army chief

  12 May 2013 : Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat on Sunday denied a rumour that army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha would be transferred, saying the government and the armed forces still enjoy strong ties.

• Bang Saen beach ruined by debris

  12 May 2013 : Bang Saen beach in Chon Buri is rapidly losing its appeal to beach-goers and holiday-makers as it becomes increasingly filthy from rubbish and debris, and dead fish wash up on the shore, according to a Khao Sod report.

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