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People wait eagerly for their trains at Bangkok Railway Station on Tuesday as they are heading home to celebrate Songkran Festival./Photo by Supachai Petchtewee

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Today's Highlight

Chiang Mai moat ready for water fun

Chiang Mai has prepared for Songkran by purifying its murky moat water before its canals fill with holiday crowds.

A woman fells to death after a quarrel with boyfriend

A woman was suspected of jumping to her death from the eighth floor of an apartment in the Suan Luang district of Bangkok on Tuesday morning after having quarrelled with her boyfriend.

Bhokin outlines tentative charter amendment process

Thai Rak Thai Party deputy leader Bhokin Bhalakula Tuesday outlined a tentative process for constitutional amendments and vowed to keep his party out of the rewriting.


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POST-ELECTION IMPASSE
Can we get out of this jam?
Constitution experts say only way to sort out mess is to nullify April 2 result and call fresh general election in 120 days

Police to dig for more graft at airport
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will interrogate individuals involved with WFS-PG Cargo Joint Venture Co Ltd, the concession operator of free-zone warehouses in the Suvarnabhumi International Airport, to look for more evidence of collusion in the 2003 bid for the contract.

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EXPORTS
Rising baht hurting traders
Strong currency may start cutting into competitiveness

PTT vows to shed pipeline network

iTV share price spirals ahead of court ruling

Thai products set to go on sale in Chinese department stores this year

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IN BRIEF
Endangered Species: More than 100 kinds of fish protected
Fishing for more than 100 kinds of fish off six southern provinces on the Andaman Sea will be prohibited once a new ministerial regulation takes effect in the near future, a senior official at the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry said yesterday.

No glue, no nails, no paint: BMA

O-Net, A-Net results online from today

Fire breaks out at CP Tower

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VEENUS' VISION: Sexual-harassment scourge worth more than a soundbite

AMATEUR BOXING
THE CROWNING GLORY
Thai team win their 12th King's Cup

Two Thai teams into semi-finals

SEA Games award for the King

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EDITORIAL
Free media must become a reality
A democratic society cannot expect to be governed well without the free exchange of information and ideas

Thaksin still casts a long shadow over Thai politics

A tale of unrealised global ambitions

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Samak says govt opponents jeopardised Thai-Cambodian relations by playing up Preah Vihear issue

Samak says injunction on Preah Vihear case undermined administrative power

Samak denies he started rumours of plot to arrest him at airport

Samak says fruit exporters embarrassed him

ICOMOS opposed to listing of Preah Vihear

Survivor reality show shooting on Tarutao will not affect environment: deputy governor

American, Thai woman arrested with 'ice', ecstasy pills in possession

Chamlong vows to stay put despite court order

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