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• Thailand concedes rights abuses raised by UN rapporteur

  24 May 2013 : Thailand has conceded to issues raised by a UN special rapporteur as alleged malpractice regarding freedom of expression and migrant labour, and to the fatal harassment of human rights defenders.

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  Japan eyes high-speed rail bid

  24 May 2013 : Japanese investors are keen to invest in Thailand's high-speed train project, a flagship scheme of the Yingluck Shinawatra government, the prime minister's secretary-general Suranand Vejjajiva says.

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  Obama deals with two scandals

  14 May 2013 : WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama tried to swat down a pair of brewing controversies Monday (US time).

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  Fall of a New Zealand drug lord

  14 May 2013 : New Zealand has been riveted lately by the tale of a drug kingpin who built a methamphetamine empire on precursor drugs smuggled from Thailand, only to be brought down by his adultery with several wrong women.

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  Yuranunt firms as poll frontrunner

  14 May 2013 : Pheu Thai Party list-MP Yuranunt Pamornmontri has emerged as the party's frontrunner to contest the June 16 by-election in Don Muang district, a party source says.

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  2 men slain execution-style in far South

  14 May 2013 : Two men were shot dead at point-blank range in a house in Narathiwat's Rangae district Monday, in what police believe is a drug-related murder.

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  WATER SUMMIT

  Activists scoff at Plodprasop arrest threat

  14 May 2013 : Environmental activists have shrugged off Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi's threat to arrest anyone who protests outside the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Chiang Mai.

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  Campaigner criticises 'pricey' panda deal

  13 May 2013 : Friends of the Asian Elephant foundation has urged the government to back off from young giant panda Lin Ping's new 15-year loan agreement that is to cost around 660 million baht.

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  Tankhun gets second shot at Don Muang, Sudarat says no

  13 May 2013 : The Democrat Party on Monday resolved to field Tankhun Jitt-itsara as its candidate in the June 16 by-election in Bangkok's Constituency 12 (Don Muang), party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said.

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  Miss Tiffany winner enters monkhood

  13 May 2013 : The winner of the Miss Tiffany Universe 2009 contest, Sorrawee "Jazz" Nattee, entered the monkhood on Sunday at a temple in the southern province of Songkhla, it was reported on Monday.

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  Abundant food, plentiful water predicted

  13 May 2013 : Traditional soothsayers predicted good harvests, abundant food production and plentiful water at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony at Sanam Luang near the Grand Palace on Monday morning.

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  Inmate's plight spurs petition bid

  13 May 2013 : A Supreme Court ruling against a man charged in connection with the southern violence has provoked insurgent prisoners in Pattani to petition against the justice system.

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