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  • Chalerm, Sukhumpol: No coup

    10/02/2012 : Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat on Friday rejected the claims of red-shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan that the military is planning another takeover, insisting that there will not be another coup.

  • More illegal items found in Khao Bin

    10/02/2012 : More than 800 packets of cigarettes, pornographic magazines, cell phone chargers, gambling accessories and sharp improvised weapons were discovered during a police raid on Khao Bin Central Prison in in Ratchaburi province on Friday morning.

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  • Clash on border, unconfirmed

    25/01/2012 : A Thai soldier was wounded in an exchange of fire between Thai and Cambodian soldiers on the border near Prasat Ta Kwai temple in Surin province this afternoon, reports said.

  • Army slams anti-monarchy scholars

    25/01/2012 : National army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has expressed concern for the royal institution over the call by a group of academics for a change in the lese majeste law.

  • Submarine purchase plan to be refloated

    25/01/2012 : Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat yesterday vowed to re-examine the navy's plan to buy submarines.

  • Village chief slain in Narathiwat

    24/01/2012 : A village headman was killed in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat’s Rangae district on Tuesday morning, Pol Capt Nares Phumkaew, duty officer at Rangae police station, said.

  • Sukumpol: Stop asking about coup

    24/01/2012 : The media should quit asking about the chance of another coup as no one wants to get involved and it would not be easy anyway, new Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat said on Tuesday.

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    Army chief says insurgents want international spotlight

    24/01/2012 : An attack on a naval outpost in Pattani, and another on reinforcement soldiers on their way to the camp, could have been an attempt to bring the insurgency to the international stage, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said.

  • 3 slain in Yala, 6 wounded in Pattani

    23/01/2012 : Three people were killed in two separate attacks on Sunday night in Yala province.

  • SOUTH

    Widow shot dead at husband's graveside

    21/01/2012 : PATTANI : A widow was shot and killed while she was reading the Koran by her husband's grave in Sai Buri district yesterday.

  • Atris swears he's innocent, accuses Mossad

    20/01/2012 : The detained Lebanese Hezballah terrorist suspect told a Swedish journalist that he is totally innocent and accuses the Israeli secret service of being behind the large cache of explosive materials uncovered by Thai police earlier this week.

  • Prayuth: No problem with new boss

    20/01/2012 : There will be no problems in working with new Defence Minister ACM Sukampol Suwannathat, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Friday.

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