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Minister issues water warning

14/02/2012 : Thailand could be inundated by up to 20 billion cubic metres of water this year but Bangkok will not be flooded, Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi says.
POLITICSCabinet sets charter rewrite draft in motion

14/02/2012 : The draft amendment of Section 291 of the 2007 constitution received the green light from the cabinet yesterday, marking the first step in the highly controversial rewriting of the charter.

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Political amnesty law on way, says Chalerm
01/02/2012 : The Pheu Thai-sponsored draft legislation seeking to provide a blanket amnesty to political offenders since the 2006 coup is on the way, says Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung.
Insurers baulk at fund framework
01/02/2012 : Authorities insist local insurers will not be required to participate in the insurance fund initiated by the government to cover flood-related calamities.
Govt officials’ salary hike approved
31/01/2012 : The cabinet on Tuesday approved an increase in state officials' minimum base salaries at an estimated budget cost of 5.6 billion baht.
Panel to investigate Pattani shooting
31/01/2012 : A provincial level inquiry has begun into Sunday's controverial shootings in Pattani, as a prominent human rights activist demands Deputy Prime Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa take responsibility for giving out inaccurate information about the killing of people. travelling in a pick-up by paramilitary rangers.
Chalerm: Reconciliation law aids Thaksin
31/01/2012 : The government will not push for an amnesty but will instead enact a national reconciliation law which will cover fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Tuesday.
Another fatal shooting of the innocent?
31/01/2012 : It seems likely that at least some of the dead and injured on the pickup truck fired on by paramilitary rangers in Pattani on Sunday night are innocent people.
South shooting sparks outrage
31/01/2012 : The military is backing rangers who shot dead four Muslims and injured four after angry locals claimed innocent people had been targetted.
LESE MAJESTE
Thammasat bans Nitirat activity on uni grounds
31/01/2012 : Thammasat University has banned the use of the university's compound as a venue for any activities related to the lese majeste law.
Gambling den bribe claims irk journalists
31/01/2012 : Rak Thailand Party leader Chuvit Kamolvisit claims some gambling den operators gave journalists computer notebooks as New Year gifts.
FLOOD RELIEF
B15bn terms tweaked for industrial estates
31/01/2012 : The Finance Ministry is looking to assist companies in the seven industrial estates inundated late last year by revising the terms of 15 billion baht in soft loans, with two-thirds of the money given away and the rest offered at near-zero interest.