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  1. 1. news | 14 Apr 2013

    Charupong cracks whip over road toll

    By Saritdet Marukatat

    » Interior Minister Charupong Ruangsuwan has ordered officials to put more effort into reducing the death toll from accidents during the Songkran holiday, as revellers will soon be on the roads again on their way back home...

  2. 2. news | 18 Apr 2013

    Songkran road death toll 321

    By Online Reporters

    » A total of 321 people were killed and 3,040 others injured in 2,828 road accidents nationwide during the “seven dangerous days” (April 11-17) of the Songkran holiday, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department rep...

  3. 3. opinion | 11 Apr 2013

    Road toll tallies only tell half the holiday follies

    COMMENTARY

    By Kamolwat Praprutitum, Newspaper section: News

    » We're now only a heartbeat away from Songkran, and like Christmas (at least in the southern hemisphere), that means it's time to rejoice in the baking heat.

  4. 4. opinion | 19 Apr 2013

    Crack down on bad drivers all year

    COMMENTARY

    By Ploenpote Atthakor, Newspaper section: News

    » By the close of the Songkran festival on Wednesday the road death toll had climbed to 321.

  5. 5. news | 14 Apr 2013

    Songkran road death toll 173

    By Online Reporters

    » Seventy-two people were killed and 688 injured in 656 accidents on Saturday, the third of the "seven dangerous days" of Songkran (April 11-17), the Interior Ministry's road safety centre said Sunday.

  6. 6. news | 17 Apr 2013

    Songkran road toll reaches 285

    » A total of 30 people died and 344 were injured in 291 road accidents on Tuesday, the sixth day of the "seven dangerous days" of Songkran, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Wednesday.

  7. 7. news | 13 Apr 2013

    Songkran road toll rises to 101

    By Online Reporters

    » A total of 62 people were killed and 496 injured in 465 road accidents nationwide on Friday, the second of Songkran's "seven dangerous days" (April 11-17), the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported o...

  8. 8. news | 12 Apr 2013

    Songkran first day road toll 39

    By Online Reporters

    » A total of 39 people were killed and 342 injured in 326 road accidents throughout the country on Thursday, the first of the “seven dangerous days” (April 11-17) of Songkran, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Depart...

  9. 9. opinion | 11 Apr 2013

    Alcoholic holidays? It's a no-brainer

    THINK BOX

    By Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Newspaper section: Life

    » The Songkran festival runs from tomorrow until next Wednesday. This gives us a longer-than-usual holiday to have fun with the Thai New Year celebrations this year.

  10. 10. learning | 21 Feb 2013

    Villagers just asking for simple road repairs

    About the floods

    By Jon Fernquest

    » After the 2011 floods villagers just needed their road repaired (not a mega project) but they are still waiting more than a year later.

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