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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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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.
Ekkayuth's attacker 'not one of PM's bodyguards'
10/02/2012 : Well-known businessman Ekkayuth Anchanbutr was attacked, but not by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's security personnel, inside a five-star hotel on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said Friday.
Weekly highlights
10/02/2012 : The violence escalated in the far South after security forces killed four innocent Malay Muslims in Nong Chik of Pattani in late January. In Ayutthaya province, totally unexpected flooding in Sena and Pak Hai districts caused panic in the riverside communities. Politically, the country appears to be heading for more conflict as the drive for constitutional amendment has started in earnest.
Passenger van hits truck, 8 killed, 3 injured
10/02/2012 : Eight Cambodians were killed and three others injured when a passenger van they were in slammed into the back of a parked six-wheel truck near the 59 kilometre marker on Kanchanaphisek ringroad in the On Nut area on Friday morning, police said.
BMA under fire over illegal hotel
10/02/2012 : The Administrative Court has found a hotel building in Soi Ruam Rudi was built illegally and ordered Bangkok Metropolitan Administration authorities who allowed its construction to enforce compliance with the building control law.
DEEP SOUTH
Massive car bomb hits Pattani
10/02/2012 : PATTANI : A car bomb killed one and injured 13 people in downtown Pattani province yesterday morning.
HEALTH
Defining 'fake' before it kills
10/02/2012 : Tolomeo Almonacin is suffering from prostate cancer. His fever symptoms did not die down in spite of having medication prescribed by the hospital. The doctor later found out the medicine was fake. The video then cut to a shot of police searching pharmacies as part of a process to stamp out the counterfeit drugs trade in Peru.
Monthly rise in diesel price seen
10/02/2012 : The price of diesel will be raised gradually by five baht through September as the Excise Department prepares to resume excise tax collection to meet the normal rate within this fiscal year, said director-general Benja Louichareon.
Ekkayuth attacked, asks govt to clarify
09/02/2012 : Ekkayuth Anchanbutr, a real estate businessman, claims he was attacked by a man at a coffee shop at the Four Seasons Hotel after a meeting with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thurssday.
Army challenged to give 'no coup guarantee'
09/02/2012 : Pheu Thai party-list MP Jatuporn Prompan has challenged national army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha to make a public announcement that the army will not stage a coup in April, and said there will be a red-shirt rally this month.