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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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Whitney Houston found dead in Los Angeles hotel
12/02/2012 : LOS ANGELES : Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.
Chiang Mai warning
12/02/2012 : The Chinese Consulate General has issued a strong warning about travel to Chiang Mai, following a series of attacks on tourists including the recent brutal mugging of a woman at a temple.
PM's flood trip 'set to be washout'
12/02/2012 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's five-day flood trip is likely to be futile as it is aimed at boosting the government's popularity rather than seriously looking into flood problems, critics say.
Zoos still suspected over dead tigers
12/02/2012 : Wildlife authorities are still convinced two male tigers slaughtered by a backyard butcher in Bangkok recently were supplied by a zoo.
With attitude and tattoos, hope is delivered to inmates
12/02/2012 : Heather Luna-Rose works 12 hour days, driving taxis around a small island off the west coast of Canada. She does this every day for eight months, just so she can spend the rest of her year in Thailand talking to foreign men in prison.
Myanmar's rising drug trade
12/02/2012 : Professor Des Ball pushes plates of what is left of a roast duck and barbeque prawn dinner to the side as he spreads a large map across the dinner table and stabs his finger at a point where northern Thailand meets Myanmar.
Gala makes baby step to heal divide
11/02/2012 : Political reconciliation may have taken a small step forward last night as privy councillors mingled with cabinet ministers in a carefully staged 10-million-baht gala dinner orchestrated by the government to give thanks to those assisting last year's flood efforts.
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Gold fever hits northern river
11/02/2012 : LAMPANG : Gold prospectors are roaming Wang Nua district of the northern province of Lampang, hoping to strike it rich as gold deposits have been discovered there. Activities are now being planned to promote the little-known district as a new tourist attraction.
Court orders 5-star hotel pulled down
11/02/2012 : City authorities will move to demolish the Aetas Bangkok Hotel in Soi Ruam Rudi if the hotel operator ignores an order from the Administrative Court that the building is illegal.
Kasikorn makes global bet with Macquarie
11/02/2012 : Macquarie Group, a global banking and financial group, has partnered with Kasikornbank Group (K Group) to strengthen its securities business in preparation for the upcoming Asean Economic Community (AEC) slated for 2015.