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Kasit, PAD leaders charged
05/07/2009 : People's Alliance for Democracy leaders and other key supporters have been charged with aviation law breaches for closing the city's two airports, Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi, during their drive to oust the government last year.
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Face to face with a hired killer
05/07/2009 : To say I was a little bit nervous would be an understatement. After all, I was going to be taken to a lonely shack in the middle of the jungle to interview a man who claims to have killed a dozen people and would be carrying a sack full of the weapons of his unseemly trade.
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Noppawan wins Wimbledon crown
04/07/2009 : London - 18-year-old Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn won the girls' singles championship at Wimbledon, the first Thai ever to take a title at the fabled championship.
UN chief chides Burma over Suu Kyi visit
04/07/2009 : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered a stern rebuke to Burma's junta Saturday after the country's military ruler refused to let him meet detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
SOUTH
Army beefs up security ahead of holidays
04/07/2009 : The army has beefed up security across the deep South to ensure that festivals marking two of the most important days on the Buddhist calendar run smoothly next week. Asarnha Bucha Day on Tuesday and Buddhist Lent Day on Wednesday, both public holidays, are two of the four most significant annual Buddhist festivals.
Man, aged 30, becomes sixth H1N1 fatality
04/07/2009 : A 30-year-old man has been confirmed as Thailand's sixth A (H1N1) influenza fatality.
ELEPHANT EXPLOITATION
Governor vows jumbo-free city in a year
04/07/2009 : Elephants caught roaming city streets will be released back into the wild within a year if City Hall's campaign urging jumbo lovers to buy them for release into their natural habitat pays off.
Balls of life revive ailing eco-systems
04/07/2009 : Ancient seafolk wisdom is being used to help restore the richness of Thai marine and river life.
ENERGY
PTT: Oil to average $70 per barrel in H2
04/07/2009 : The oil conglomerate PTT has increased its average oil price projection for the second half of this year to US$70 per barrel, driven by higher consumption from India and China and a weaker US dollar, says Buranin Rattanasombat, strategic retail marketing department division manager.
PM, senators denounce petition for royal pardon for Thaksin
03/07/2009 : Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday condemned as inapproriate the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship's (UDD) campaign to collect a million signatures of support for a petition requesting royal clemency for fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
PM's planned visit to Buri Ram upsets Suthas
03/07/2009 : The Democrat Party has never even thought about conceding the Northeast region to Bhumjaithai in the next general election, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Friday.
