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  Reconciliation bill comes under fire

  19 May 2013 : The reconciliation bill sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung is facing growing opposition as it would exonerate those responsible for the crackdown on the 2010 red shirt protests.

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  Opposition demands water management scheme rethink

  19 May 2013 : The Democrat Party has demanded the government review its water management scheme after the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) pointed to several alleged irregularities in some projects.

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  Thailand pushes for train project in Laos

  19 May 2013 : CHIANG MAI - Thailand has offered to convene a meeting with Laos and China on the high-speed train project linking the three countries, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Sunday.

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  'Patriots' ordered out of Sanam Luang

  19 May 2013 : City Hall has threatened Alliance of Thai Patriots protesters with legal action if they do not call off a demonstration at Sanam Luang.

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  Minister to press on with school plan

  19 May 2013 : LOP BURI : Merging small schools with larger ones is a proven way to improve students' academic performance and reduce teachers' workloads, says Education Minister Phongthep Thepkanchana.

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  The great Cambodia land grab

  19 May 2013 : Ask Sreap Samoen where are the communal grazing lands? Where can local villagers fish and grow crops? The 50-year-old woman with a weather-beaten face points into the distance and says: "It's all gone. The company has it now."

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  Britons abroad test diplomats' ingenuity

  18 May 2013 : LONDON - Silencing a noisy cockerel, supplying Olympic tickets and providing contact details for Sir Paul McCartney's wife are all part of a day's work for British diplomats abroad.

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  Red shirts wary of 'wholesale' amnesty

  18 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party's decision to back a "wholesale" amnesty for all sides involved in the May 2010 violence has upset some of its red-shirt supporters as well as critics of the government.

• Prisoner caught after 12-hour escape

  18 May 2013 : PATHUM THANI – An accused rapist who escaped police custody remained at large for 12 hours before being recaptured following a massive manhunt.

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  Cannes report: 'A Touch of Sin' an early favourite

  18 May 2013 : Good year? Bad year? Average year? The question is common, extraneous, and yet on everyone’s lips after three days into the 66th Cannes Film Festival.

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  NACC warns of graft in flood prevention project

  18 May 2013 : The government's 350-billion-baht water management and flood prevention project is susceptible to corruption, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) says.

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  Ministers sign deals to bolster trust

  18 May 2013 : Thailand and Cambodia have signed four new agreements focused on bolstering trust and maintaining security.

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