enlarge A ranger carries Serm Theerachote, an elderly paralysed woman from her house in Santi 2 Village in Yala’s Thanto district on Friday. Serm was left behind as most of villagers in the village abandoned their houses to take shelters in a temple in Muang district for fearing that Muslim insurgents may attack them.//Photo by Charoon Thongnual
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Military officers needed in board for check and balance : Sonthi
General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, chairman of the Council for National Security (CNS), brushed off criticism on Friday of the CNS for having senior military officials sitting on the boards of state enterprises and drawing salaries for doing so.
One in four residents in Angthong suffer post-flood illness
The floods now receding from Angthong have left one in four residents suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and nearly one in 10 depressed and suicidal, the Public Health Ministry said Friday.
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In the first major economic forum since the Thaksin upheaval, economic ministers of the interim government are to come together on Friday morning to spell out short and longterm plans and visions for politically turbulent Thailand.
Diarrhoea life-savers win 2006 Mahidol Award
Four medical professionals - three Americans and one Indian - were yesterday awarded the prestigious Prince Mahidol Award 2006 for work that led to an inexpensive but effective treatment of severe diarrhoea.
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A ranger carries Serm Theerachote, an elderly paralysed woman from her house in Santi 2 Village in Yala’s Thanto district on Friday. Serm was left behind as most of villagers in the village abandoned their houses to take shelters in a temple in Muang district for fearing that Muslim insurgents may attack them.//Photo by Charoon Thongnual
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