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  • PM urged to clarify unity bill stance

    29/05/2012 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra must clearly state whether she and her government support the reconciliation bill, Democrat Party and opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva says.

  • Govt says WEF not threatened by protests

    29/05/2012 : The government is confident that this week's World Economic Forum on East Asia will proceed smoothly despite the spectre of mass street protests tomorrow.

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  • No worries over Thein Sein no-show

    29/05/2012 : President Thein Sein's no-show at the World Economic Forum in Bangkok this week is unlikely to undermine the friendly relations forged between his government and the Yingluck Shinawatra administration.

  • US envoy to get Gaga complaint

    29/05/2012 : The Intellectual Property Department will submit a letter to the US ambassador in Bangkok voicing its concern over pop princess Lady Gaga's tweet about buying a fake Rolex in the city.

  • Girlfriend killed for 'borrowing' B4000

    28/05/2012 : AYUTTHAYA - Police on Monday arrested a man of Vietnamese descent who allegedly murdered his Thai girlfriend for 'borrowing his money' and then hurled her from a bridge into a river.

  • Surachai jailed on fifth lese majeste charge

    28/05/2012 : The Criminal Court on Monday formally convicted and sentenced Red Siam core member Surachai "Sae Dan" Danwattananusorn on a further charge of lese majeste, adding two-and-a-half years to his current prison term.

  • WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

    Thein Sein delays Thailand visit

    28/05/2012 : Myanmar president Thein Sein has postponed his trip to Thailand until a few days after the World Economic Forum East Asia in Bangkok, the WEF's senior director and Head of Asia Suchant Palakurthi Rao said on Monday.

  • Gen Sonthi to 'tell all' on Tuesday

    28/05/2012 : Matubhum Party leader and former coup leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin said he will on Tuesday explain why he has proposed the controversial reconciliation bill.

  • Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein met last year.

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    Thein Sein pulls pin on visit to Thailand

    28/05/2012 : YANGON: Myanmar President Thein Sein has cancelled a trip to Thailand for an international economic forum that also invited opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, officials said Sunday.

  • Kittisak Prokati, Thammasat University legal scholar

    Sonthi bill labelled as unconstitutional

    28/05/2012 : The reconciliation bill is full of legal ambiguities and risks which violate the constitution, an academic says.

  • Govt told to let markets do their work

    28/05/2012 : The government should stop intervening in the market as its actions cause more harm than good, a corporate leader said.

  • Cops open suitcase, world of black magic

    28/05/2012 : There appeared to be nothing out of the ordinary when police questioned Briton Choe Hok Kuen, 28, in Bangkok in his hotel room after guests on the same floor had complained about babies crying in his room.

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