
A filial duty in rescue of 97-year-old

A Sing Buri woman waded through flood water up to her neck in a desperate bid to seek help for her 97-year-old mother-in-law, a volunteer disclosed yesterday.
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Mun River floods threaten religious sites

The overflowing Mun River yesterday submerged three districts in Nakhon Ratchasima and threatened to flood the Prasat Hin Phimai, Thailand's largest Khmer sandstone religious sanctuary.
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Severed head 'used as lure'

Muslim insurgents are suspected of beheading a Burmese labourer and using his head to lure local officials to a bomb in the latest episode in the ongoing violence in the deep South.
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Media figures cautioned

The Campaign for Popular Media Reform yesterday cautioned media figures who have been invited to join the National Legislative Assembly that their professionalism could be corrupted by serving in the body.
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IN BRIEF

Plea to deputy pm

Adviser seeks confirmation that Village Fund will not be scrapped
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DEEP SOUTH

We could host peace talks: KL

Thai officials non-committal after offer by Malaysia's deputy PM
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CMU team in HIV test-kit breakthrough

A Chiang Mai University team has successfully developed a highly accurate test kit to curb drug-resistance problems among HIV-infected patients taking life-saving antiretroviral drugs.
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Ban on alcohol advertising to start on December 5

The proposed alcohol advertising ban will come into effect on December 5, His Majesty the King's birthday, rather than next week as had been reported, to give all parties 45 days to prepare.
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