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Soldiers guard at Pattani railway station on Saturday. Security has been intensified after about 40 bomb attacks rocked the south on Thursday and Friday.//Photo by Kunlaphun Sirimamporn

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Kazakhstan support Surakiart for UN top post : Thaksin

Kazakhstan has expressed support for Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai to replace outgoing United Nations (UN) chief Kofi Annan, caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinwatra said.

We are not the bogeyman : Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur - Thailand should stop using Malaysia as a scapegoat for the insurgency in the southern provinces, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said.

SHRINKING CABINET
Wissanu signals he is set to resign

Legal specialist who helped steer govt through crises may step down once visiting royals leave


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LIGHT FANTASTIC
Hi-tech fireworks never before seen in the Kingdom planned for tonight
If you thought last week's pyrotechnics were wonderful, wait till you see what's in store in the finale, with 8,000 fireworks against three 15-metre-by-22-metre water screens and a fountain.

Court win for the disabled
A civil court yesterday ordered the management of a condominium project to return a parking space for disabled people to a foreign occupant with prosthetic legs.

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GLOBAL STOCK PLUNGE
Sell-off likely to continue
BOT ready to tackle capital-outflow pressure on baht

Somkid backs new tax break

Realty World to sell unused homes for property developers

Bualuang fund Part 8

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SOUTHERN VIOLENCE
Seven injured as stations bombed
Suspected planners of Thursday's explosions arrested

Heed King's timeless wisdom, says Prem

A humble fruit appeals to royal taste

Pathum thani: Mother, 14, 'unwittingly' kills baby

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IN BRIEF
Boonsak wins
Thailand's Boosak Ponsana advanced to the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open with a 21-17 21-14 victory over China's Chen Hong in Kuching yesterday.

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EDITORIAL
Bashir's values pose a challenge
The supposed head of Jemaah Islamiyah must not be allowed to export his radical vision elsewhere

Plant the cultural seeds to benefit generations to come

Philippines sets an example for Thailand

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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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Court rejects request for arrest warrant against Chiang Mai red-shirt leader

Saxena charged in court

Frozen dew happens on Doi Inthanon

Suthep to ask Cabinet to enforce ISA from Nov 28 to Dec 14

Suthep holds meeting of military, police chiefs

Thai shares open 0.44 per cent lower

Over 20 schools in Narathiwat closed because of floods

35 Songkhla schools closed because of floods

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