
Women can help us to be united: Chulanont

Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont yesterday urged greater participation by women in striving for political reconciliation and national unity.
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Volunteers wanted

The government has asked the Civil Service Commission to devise a package with incentives to attract officials to take up posts in the newly reopened Southern Border Provinces Administration Command (SBPAC), Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said yesterday.
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2006-SOUTH ROUNDUP

No end in sight to deadly violence

Successive govts and ministers have vowed to end the conflict but failed
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DEFAMATION CHARGE

Former rector sues historian over book

Complaint regarding comments made about Pridi Banomyong seen as a threat to press and academic freedom
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Tests on genetic link

Thai researchers will conduct whole genome scans on 3,000 blood specimens from tsunami survivors in a bid to determine whether there is any link between genes and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Film festival deferred

The Bangkok International Film Festival 2007 (BKKIFF) that had been scheduled for late next month has been postponed until July, according to its organiser, the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The event was to have taken place from January 26 to February 5.
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Nursery ordered closed down

The governor of Phrae was yesterday told to close down the nursery whose worker was caught on a videoclip physically punishing a one-year four-month-old girl.
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King orders relief for storm victims

His Majesty the King is very concerned about villagers in Nakhon Si Thammarat and nearby provinces affected by storms and has ordered relief assistance to be ready for emergency delivery, a senior official of the Royal Household Bureau said yesterday.
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