Father charged for beating son, 14, to death
A construction worker in Bangkok's Klong Toei district beat his 14-year-old son to death with a metal pipe and then claimed he had to kill the boy because he could not afford to raise him, police said yesterday.
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Bomber's lost arm?
The left arm of a man discovered yesterday behind a petrol station mini-mart in Yala town might have been blown off by a bomb that exploded prematurely, police said.
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Inheritance tax proposed
The Constitution Drafting Subcommittee yesterday floated an ambitious proposal to impose an inheritance tax and land tax as part of an effort to bridge income disparity.
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AEC to charge 46 over 2- and 3-digit lotteries
The Assets Examination Committee (AEC) yesterday moved to incriminate 30 political office-holders and 16 officials for causing the state to lose Bt15 billion in taxes from the two- and three-digit lotteries.
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Nitya soothes Japanese community
The military-installed government has promised the Thai people they will enjoy a better and more democratic environment when they cast their ballots in a general election before the end of this year, Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram told foreign correspondents here yesterday.
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Compensation pay-outs to rise
A wide variety of social-welfare benefits will soon increase after an ongoing legal amendment is approved, Social Security Office (SSO) secretary-general Surin Jirawisit said yesterday.
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Lao girl, 16, critical with bird-flu virus
Test results have found that a 16-year-old Lao girl in Nong Khai Hospital has the deadly H5N1 virus.
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Phrae villagers rally against dam
Some 700 villagers from Tambon Sa Eiab in Phrae's Song district protested yesterday against the plans to proceed with the Kaeng Sua Ten Dam as a long-term solution to droughts and floods in the North.
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Complete Tripitaka reading in honour of HM the King
All 84,000 chapters of the 100-year-old Tripitaka are being recited for the first time in Thailand during the Makha Bucha festival that started yesterday at Sanam Luang as part of celebrations for His Majesty the King's 80th birthday this year.
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