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Flash floods hit Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai - Dozens of Chiang Mai residents had to scramble out of their windows to escape raging flash floods Monday that ravaged their hometown for the second time this month.



Fireworks factory explodes, 2 killed

SONGKHLA - A powerful explosion at a Sadao district fireworks warehouse Monday morning left two dead and another three seriously injured.



SOUTHERN VIOLENCE
Three killed in shop attack

Eleven wounded, three critically; Army hopes next month's amnesty will convince insurgents to lay down arms





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Gift sets get babies off to stimulating start
Before his wife gave birth to their first child, Sanan Wong-khamlao, 28, a salaried worker in Bangkok, had no idea what he should do to raise the boy to be intelligent and happy.






Al-Qaeda's UK leader thought to be in custody
Security sources believe that a man arrested in last week's anti-terror raids in Britain is al-Qaeda's leader in the country, a report in Britain's Sunday Times said.















CONSUMER LOANS
June data show huge increase in lending
30% annual jump; BOT not planning any specific action



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Wilder business ideas often pay off


Agencies in bid to beat the pirates






EDUCATION
Kids with learning disabilities 'neglected'
More funds, trained teachers needed: educators



Southern strife weighs on public


Farmers oppose destruction of dykes


Payao, Kingdom's first Olympic hero, dies at 50





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Korean fires
South Korean veteran Chung Hee-seok won his first title of the year when he upset top seed Chen Ti of Taiwan in the final of the US$10,000 PTT Bangkok Open Men's Futures 4 event at the Rama Gardens Hotel yesterday.







EDITORIAL
Playing up the big divide
Thaksin's attempts to woo his rural base by blasting Bangkok may be the best story he can sell



Thai sea power and the Kra Isthmus canal project




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