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• Cannes report: Festival favourites

  26 May 2013 : After 11 days of hits and misses, of expectations fulfilled and dashed, the 66th Cannes Film Festival will announce the Palme d'Or winner on Sunday.

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  Invasion of the job snatchers

  26 May 2013 : The tourism boom in Phuket over the past decade has seen a dramatic increase in Russian and Chinese visitors and also growing resentment from local tour guides who say illegal foreign workers are stealing their jobs.

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  Young monks struggle with gender issues

  26 May 2013 : Despite being born a boy, 28-year-old Deer has never accepted her masculinity. She is, she said, and has always been, female.

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  South hit by more bombs

  25 May 2013 : Thirteen people, including 10 security officers, were wounded in a wave of bomb blasts that struck Yala and Narathiwat provinces Saturday.

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  Pheu Thai 'won't back' Chalerm bill

  25 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party Saturday criticised the Democrat Party for trying to mislead the public into thinking the government intends to sponsor the unity bill proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung.

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  5G tests under way in New York

  25 May 2013 : Tests have begun in New York City of 5G wireless broadband, but it could be 2020 before the lightning-fast technology - at least one gigabit per second - becomes a reality.

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  Klity cleanup making little progress

  25 May 2013 : The Pollution Control Department (PCD) is facing increased pressure to prove to villagers around Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi that it is serious about cleaning up the lead-contaminated environment.

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  Blasts hit Narathiwat and Yala

  25 May 2013 : Five soldiers were injured when a roadside bomb sent their truck flying through the air on Saturday in Narathiwat. They were among 13 people hurt on another violent day in the troubled South.

• Mahathir says talks a good start

  25 May 2013 : TOKYO : The government's negotiations with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) are a good start, but more action is needed to bring peace to the far South, Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad says.

• Chalerm vows Thaksin will be home this year

  25 May 2013 : Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has vowed to bring ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra home a free man before the New Year.

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  CITY LIFE

  Breaking through the disability barriers

  25 May 2013 : In Wang Lang market in Phra Nakhon district, city life hums and throbs and commuters and residents rush about their daily chores. It's a typical everyday scene.

• Aunt disputes 'rescued' girl's story of forced prostitution

  24 May 2013 : A 17-year-old girl who was helped to leave South Korea after contacting a policeman on Facebook and complaining of forced prostitution will be brought in for further questioning after her aunt gave a different account of events, Pol Maj Gen Pol Maj Gen Chawalit Sawaengphuet said on Friday.

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