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Tue, September 26, 2006 : Last updated 20:28 pm (Thai local time)

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Avoid Sukhumvit roadworks : BMA

One outbound lane on Sukhumvit Road will be closed from Sunday onward to allow construction work to extend the Skytrain.

Former British ambassador defends coup

Former British Ambassador to Thailand , Derek Tonkin, has expressed his support for the coup, suggesting the ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is to blame for fostering conditions that led to his ouster.

Political change not a coup : Lt Gen Winai

One of the generals behind the coup described their seizure of power last week as a "political change rather than a coup."


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		Supachai 'to discuss terms' for PM's post Former WTO chief has tentatively accepted invitation to lead an interim government
		STORMS RAGE Central and lower north hit hardest Warnings also for Northeast and South

LOOKING FORWARD
BOT upbeat on economy after coup
'Investor confidence remains strong'

		Asian focus
		Tatung to export TVs
		Dragon One plans takeover

SECRETARY-GENERAL POST
UN Big Five see Supachai as apt
Unctad head a front-runner who is also now touted as possible PM

		Progress in search for 'bird-flu herbs'
		Princess to write first Royal blog about English
		Suvarnabhumi airport :Panel to oversee Thurs opening

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PARADORN CONFIDENT
Local star looking for a victory

		World's best to play in Phuket

EDITORIAL
Corruption must be cut off at its roots
Seizure of corrupters' ill-gotten assets will serve as an effective deterrent to would-be cheaters

		CDRM must not mistake support for licence to control media
		There were democratic alternatives to the staging of a military takeover

The Nation Poll

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?