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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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Police decide not to charge man who burned B1m in cash
07/02/2012 : CHON BURI : Police will not press charges against a man who admitted to destroying 1 million baht worth of 1,000-baht notes in a fit of of sibling jealousy.
POLITICS
Charter court agrees to hear decrees case
07/02/2012 : The Constitution Court has agreed to analyse the constitutionality of two executive decrees issued recently by the Yingluck Shinawatra administration as requested by an opposition MP and a senator.
THE SOUTH
Prayuth denies failing to curb insurgency
07/02/2012 : The army chief has hit back at claims the army is doing little to solve the insurgency problem in the deep South.
Army advises Nitirat to shut up
06/02/2012 : The seven Thammasat law professors known as the Nitirat (enlightened jurists) group, have been warned to stop calling for a change in the lese majeste law by national army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha.
Democrats slam govt 'thank you' party
06/02/2012 : The Democrats have attacked the government for planning a party to thank members of the Flood Relief Operations Command and others who battled last year's crisis, saying tens of thousands of flood victims have yet to receive promised assistance.
Charter court agrees to rule on legality of decrees
06/02/2012 : The Constitution Court on Monday accepted for consideration petitions filed by parliamentarians seeking a ruling on the constitutionality of two post-flood financial executive decrees.
Giants win Super Bowl
06/02/2012 : INDIANAPOLIS : Eli Manning engineered a scoring drive capped by an Ahmad Bradshaw touchdown to give the New York Giants a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI on Monday.
Thammasat to reconsider ban
06/02/2012 : Thammasat University's executive committee will reconsider its decision to prohibit the use of the campus for activities related to the lese majeste law.
Tunnel vision approach to war on drugs
06/02/2012 : The Narcotics Suppression Bureau is going hi-tech in its efforts to detect drugs in transit through the two northern provinces of Phrae and Lampang _ a major transportation route.
Doctors rebel against B30 patient scheme
06/02/2012 : The Rural Doctors Society has called on state community hospitals to defy new government policy to collect 30 baht from patients who seek treatment under the universal healthcare scheme.