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POLICE Region 2 chief shunted to inactive post

10/02/2010 : The chief of Police Region 2 has been transferred to an inactive post following allegations that he accepted bribes from officers in return for their promotion.
Lawyers finalise Thaksin case

10/02/2010 : The prosecution has presented its closing statement in the case of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's 76 billion baht in frozen assets.

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New Year revellers will be pretty in pink
10/02/2010 : A campaign to urge people in Yaowarat to wear pink clothes to celebrate Chinese New Year is receiving a mixed response from locals.
POLITICS
Coalition in 'dust-free' roads dust-up
10/02/2010 : A government plan to review the "dust-free" roads project has enraged members of the Bhumjaithai Party.
TECHNOLOGY
Science at the gate: GT200 and what
10/02/2010 : About two to three years ago, I was approached by a then member of a subcommittee for human rights protection under the National Human Rights Committee. He wanted to seek my opinion on a seemingly mysterious instrument used then by the Institute of Forensic Science, under the Ministry of Justice, to scan for traces of explosive substances on suspect individuals in the far south of Thailand.
UDD: One million reds will show up
09/02/2010 : More than one million red-shirts will certainly take part in a mass rally aimed at bringing down the government, United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader Jatuporn Promphan claimed on Tuesday.
Rift between Democrat and Bhumjaithai parties re-emerges
09/02/2010 : The rift between the Democrat Party and its major coalition partner Bhumjaithai re-emerged on Tuesday when a spokesman demanded the prime minister's party explain just why it wants to review his party's dust-free roads project.
EC may forward donation case to Constitution Court
09/02/2010 : The Constitution Court is likely to be asked to decide on the 258 million baht donation case against the Democrat Party, Election Commission chairman Apichart Sukhagghanond said on Tuesday.
Suwat wishes for peace, capable government
09/02/2010 : Veteran politician Suwat Liptapanlop, a key figure in the Ruam Jai Thai Chart Pattana Party, turned 55 on Tuesday and said all he wanted for his birthday was a peaceful end to the turmoil and a government that can settle the country’s problems.
Hun Sen lets fly at Abhisit
09/02/2010 : A fresh onslaught of insults by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen directed at Abhisit Vejjajiva is widening the diplomatic gulf between the two countries.
MAP TA PHUT
Abhisit looks to Japan for pollution solutions
09/02/2010 : Thailand will adopt the success and experience of Japan in solving the Map Ta Phut industrial estate impasse, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says.
POLITICS
Asset ruling spurs security hike
09/02/2010 : The government is stepping up security ahead of Feb 26, when the Supreme Court is due to bring down its ruling on the Thaksin Shinawatra assets seizure case.