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Fire fighters hose down a burning building on Bantatthong Road on Tuesday. Photo by Supachai Petchtewee

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UN to honour HM the King

HM the King has won this year's United Nations Development Programme Award for his decades-long dedication to the country's development through royal works and many royally initiated projects.



Southern violence continue as two men killed

Two men were shot dead and a team of security details assigned to guard election officials was ambushed on Tuesday as 300-strong security forces raided a village and arrested three suspected militants believed to be behind the ongoing violence in the restive south.



Libel suit against PAD is a political tactic : Somkiart

One of the People's Alliance for Democracy leaders, Somkiart Pongpaiboon, on Tuesday said malicious law enforcement was the real reason he had not reported to police for questioning about allegations that the PAD was looking to overthrow democratic rule.






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NIETS head quits over test scoring debacle
The chief of the executive board of the National Institute of Educa-tional Testing Service (NIETS), Khunying Sumontha Promboon, resigned yesterday as a gesture of responsibility for the O-Net and A-Net scores fiasco, which has left about 300,000 12th-grade students in limbo.






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PTT wants to use reserves to ease shortage

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ECONOMIC EXPANSION
Turmoil failed to dent growth

Finance Minister says GDP fattened better than expected



Boom time for fixed deposits


Deal inked by July


Songkran hotel bonanza

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COUNTING THE COST OF SONGKRAN
Festival lives up to its grim reputation for road carnage

Phitsanulok has most accidents with 20 killed



New software for exam scores


Shoot-out and bombing in deep South


Call to end the violence

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Pawina: I want to go to Doha
[WEIGHTLIFTING] World champion Pawina Thongsuk, who is recuperating from a nagging injury to her right knee, declared she would be going to the Asian Games in Doha this December after all.



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Enforce traffic laws all year long

The reduction in Songkran road accidents should be duplicated on the other days as well



Tomorrow need not be an exercise in political futility

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