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Tan Yawila, 67, shows a picture taken in 1961 which showed HM the King and the Queen travel by boat with then King and Queen of Denmark in Chiang Mai. Tan was the skipper of the boat.//Photo by Ekkapong Praditpong

Today's Highlight

No more election please : Trang People's Assembly

A local chapter of the anti-Thaksin campaign petitioned on Monday the Election Commission not to organise a third round of voting for 13 Thai Rak Thai candidates who ran unopposed in southern constituencies.

DSI expect to finish investigation on BMA's fire trucks in May

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said on Monday it expects to release the findings of its investigation of a multibillionbaht deal to buy firetrucks and fire boats for Bangkok by next month.

BMA may draw money from road projects to extend Skytrain

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) may dump some of its 16 planned road projects worth Bt20 billion in favour of extending the Skytrain lines.


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SECOND POLL
Voters foil TRT again
Ten ruling party candidates fail to clear minimum 20%; Election Commission says third round unlikely

Southern voters tear up ballots
The tearing up of ballot papers created a sensation in the southern provinces as 17 voters registered protests against the Thaksin administration and the Election Commission during the second round of voting yesterday.

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CURRENCY MOVEMENTS
Baht expected to keep rising
Bank treasurers see Asian upswing on US weakness, fund flows into region

Monetary authorities must remain vigilant

Digging his own garden

Price control slapped on 20 more items

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SKYTRAIN
BMA to foot bill for line extension
City to spend Bt9 billion on setting up Onnuj-Bang Na stretch, rather than wait for government to provide money

Debacle has students yearning for previous admission system

BMA may draw money from road projects to extend Skytrain

Two killings blamed on insurgents

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TAEKWONDO
it's GOLD AT LAST
Two Thais win Asian titles for the first time

Triathlon set for holiday island

NMG to promote basketball

Suchanan pulls off shock Fed Cup win

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EDITORIAL
Many dangers to economy ahead
Stronger currency may partially offset rising oil prices, but vigilance against inflation is crucial

US changes tone and approach on Asean policies

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New poll posted on Thursday

Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?

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Chiang Mai red-shirt leader faces arrest warrant for making bomb threat against PM

Udon red-shirt leader disagrees with holding rally before HM's birthday

Abhisit affirms his plan to visit Chiang Mai next Sunday

PM predicts 3% growth next year

74-year-old woman killed in karaoke shop fire

Northern police chief confident of security measures for PM

Chiang Mai red-shirt leader threaten to rally 40,000 protesters against PM

Well-known acrobatic rider John Isram dies

Editor's Choices

	Monetary authorities must remain vigilant
	PM off to tell leaders truth about Thailand
	Complex procedures cut down to byte-sized chips
	Few confident outcome will be successful

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