School 'uncooperative' over drowning of three students
Staff at the Military Techno-logical Training School, where three students died while performing an underwater welding drill, had not been cooperative in providing information, Phaho-lyothin police said yesterday.
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Victory for HIV carriers as Glaxo drops patent bid
After being pressured by Thai and international activists for years, GlaxoSmithKline has withdrawn its patent application for a key anti-retroviral drug in Thailand and India.
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Hunt for Jones killer 'hindered'
Red tape is preventing UK police from questioning witnesses to the murder six years ago of a backpacker in Thailand, officers were reported as telling London's Daily Telegraph yesterday.
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'Harmony' in Bangkok
The capital's latest slogan - Bangkok: Harmony of Life - and its new logo will be unveiled tonight at a press conference at Siam Paragon.
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Chumphon villagers evacuated as flooding worsens
Flooding in Chumphon province yesterday spread from three to five districts, with Muang Chumphon residents evacuating in panic Tuesday night.
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SSO to give amnesty to 'non-payers'
The Social Security Office plans to pardon at least 200,000 workers cut off from benefits because they failed to make contributions for three months in a row.
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'Ice' men nabbed
Narcotics Suppression Bureau officers yesterday arrested two people on suspicion of being members of a ring that sold the drug "ice" and purported aphrodisiacs, mainly to patrons of night spots along Ratchadaphisek Road.
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Mobile phones 'warping cultural values'
Thai cultural values have been warped, with half the population "dependent" on cell phones, the National Culture Commission said yesterday.
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