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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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The prolonged saga
06/02/2012 : Who could have imagined that the violence in the troubled South would have reached the point that it has today? It seems to be dragging on for a long time, but hopefully not forever.
DSI backs bid for prison phonetaps
05/02/2012 : The Department of Special Investigation has seconded a government proposal to tap the phones of prison inmates suspected of dealing drugs from behind bars.
Nana thugs strike fear into elderly store owners
05/02/2012 : A family running a clothing store in Bangkok's Nana area say they are being intimidated by thugs in a dispute over pavement space.
Thai to the bone, But still just Second-Class
05/02/2012 : Take a walk through villages on the other side of the Tanao Sri mountain range separating Thailand and Myanmar and it's like you've never crossed the border. Everyone is speaking Thai.
COMMENTARY
Will there be blood?
05/02/2012 : In 2012, the question most often put to me is not "Voranai, how are you?" Or, "Hey there, may I have your pin number?" Nope, it's "Will there be violence?" I'm not clairvoyant but I do know that fate is inexorable, so let's consider this.
Govt places flood battle before crops
04/02/2012 : Flood prevention will take priority over crop irrigation in setting water management strategies for this year, the government announced yesterday.
CORRECTIONS
Prison officials, police launch major raid on Bang Kwang jail
04/02/2012 : Prison officials and police launched a major raid on seven zones at Bang Kwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi yesterday.
Dying woman gets last wish
04/02/2012 : With little time left to live and waiting to be sent home to spend her final days with her family, breast cancer patient Kung had what could be her last wish granted _ she married the man she loves.
LESE MAJESTE
Thammasat ban under attack
04/02/2012 : Academics associated with Thammasat University have criticised its ban on the Nitirat group's activities on its premises as an abandonment of social responsibility.
Two killed in far South
03/02/2012 : A woman was shot dead in Pattani and an illegal oil vendor was killed in an ambush in Narathiwat on Friday morning, in attacks police blamed on insurgents.