
Teachers in plea to end South crisis

Teachers asked state agencies to resolve the unrest in the South during a ceremony to celebrate National Teacher's Day yesterday.
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Pollution 'causing increase in cancer'

Air pollution from the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate is undeniably a key factor behind the increasing incidence of cancer among local people, an adviser to the National Cancer Institute said yesterday.
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Mahouts versus Rambo

Chiang Mai mahouts claim the filming of a Hollywood movie invaded part of a forest conservation area without legal permission and also barred villagers from entering the forest, an informed source said yesterday.
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Killer's parents may face charges

Police yesterday said they would charge the parents of the vocational college student - who on Sunday shot dead his ex-girlfriend in a jealous rage and also attempted to kill her young sister - if it was found they helped to conceal the victim's body.
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Bone DNA 'not a match with lawyer'

DNA extracted from a bone fragment - retrieved from the Mae Klong River in Ratchaburi's Ban Pong district last March - was initially found to not belong to the missing Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit, a senior official said yesterday.
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Adultery law move

Men will be able to demand compensation from their wives' lovers if the National Legislative Assembly gives the green light today to three legal drafts being proposed by the Justice Ministry.
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Human gene bank to open in capital

Thailand's first official bank of human genetics - the largest source for medical and scientific studies and new-drug testing - will be opened within six months.
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