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PT turns up heat on Abhisit
18 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has repeated its call for Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to take responsibility for the violent end to the red-shirt protests in 2010.
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Prayuth's job safe, PT insists
18 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has rebutted reports that army commander Prayuth Chan-ocha could be transferred during the coming military reshuffle season.
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Infrastructure bill sails through
30 Mar 2013 : After two full days of heated debate, the House of Representatives last night voted to approve the first reading of the government's 2-trillion-baht infrastructure loan bill.
CITY HALL
Governor makes 'work only' pledge
30 Mar 2013 : Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra began the first day of his second term at City Hall yesterday by calling on staff to put aside political differences.
INFRASTRUCTURE
PM says train remarks 'distorted'
30 Mar 2013 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday accused her critics of distorting her remarks about high-speed trains and their potential benefits for farmers.

INFRASTRUCTURE
Govt takes exhibition flak
30 Mar 2013 : The Democrat Party yesterday blasted the government for commissioning the son of the prime minister's chief adviser to organise a 15-million-baht exhibition to promote its infrastructure investment programme.
ABOUT POLITICS
Battle to be city boss drags on
30 Mar 2013 : Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra of the Democrat Party could be excused for feeling frustrated with efforts to block him at almost every turn from becoming city governor for a second term.

POLITICS
The last thing we need now is another red mobilisation
30 Mar 2013 : With the anniversary of the April-May 2010 red-shirt protests looming, can colourful demonstrations and incendiary street brawls be far away?
GPO rebuts corruption claim
29 Mar 2013 : The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) defended its vaccine factory construction project on Friday but the Department of Special Investigation plans a further inspection next week.

B2-trillion bill months away from passage
29 Mar 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party is in no hurry to get approval for its 2-trillion-baht borrowing bill, which could be four to five more months away from becoming law.

PM clarifies 'high-speed veggie trains'
29 Mar 2013 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has clarified her explanation to parliament of the benefits of developing a high-speed train network and the gains for farmers, in a post on her Facebook page Friday.

Govt expects 310 votes for loan bill
29 Mar 2013 : Government chief whip Amnuay Klangpa expects 310 MPs to vote in favour of passing the two-trillion-baht loan bill for infrastructure megaprojects when the House first-reading debate ends later today.
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