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BUS INFERNO/TRAGIC ACCOUNTS
"I don't know which body is my daughter, they are all unrecognisable from the burns,"

Urai Chasombat, 32, wept as she tried to identify her daughter, Manthana, 12, among the charred bodies in Siriraj Hospital on Wednesday. Thirty passengers were burnt to death on Tuesday after ill-fated bus caught fire in Saraburi.

Bus firms will face tougher measures following bus inferno

The state-owned Transport Co, which operates the intercity bus service, will "get tougher" on all bus companies and will give Bt10,000 initial assistance money to each of the victims' families, a senior official said Wednesday.

Chat Thai party leader wants AEC term extended

Chat Thai Party leader Banharn Silapaarcha urged the govern¬ment yesterday to extend the one-year term of the Assets Examination Committee (AEC), which is probing numerous cases of alleged corruption by the deposed administration.


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		HRW: Investigate disappearances The military-installed government has failed to stop the use of "forced disappearances" as a tool against suspected Muslim militants in the deep South, a New York-based human rights group said yesterday.
		US chamber urges talks on drugs The Washington-based US Chamber of Commerce has called on the Public Health Ministry to re-establish dialogue with drug companies instead of breaking the patents on HIV/Aids drugs and a popular blood-thinning medication under the so-called compulsory licensing.

TELECOMS
DTAC plans IPO to raise Bt7 billion
Company intends to make share-swap offer for Ucom stock

		Ucom shares jump 18% on swap deal
		European Food targets 25% growth
		Tenth AP AdFest lauded as the 'Cannes of Asia'

NORTHERN SMOG CRISIS
Authorities to get tough on outdoor burning
Evacuation mulled for those in hard-hit areas; fire-fighters rounded up to assist

		Cabinet approves cash aid for affected fish farmers
		Applicants swamp popular high schools
		Bt42m for Tak Bai

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Tamarine in final of qualifiers
[TENNIS] Her first serves consistently failed to land in the desired places but that did not deter second-seed Tamarine Tanasugarn from vanquishing Croat Ivana Lisjak 6-4 6-2 and advancing to the final qualifying round of the US$6.9 Million Sony Ericsson Open at the Tennis Centre at Crandon Park in Miami on Monday.

		Students are ready for the away fight

EDITORIAL
Hopes of first six months dashed
The military council must not leave without having reconciled the rural masses and the urban middle class

		Shin up! Reasons why we should remain positive
		Southern crisis reaching point of no return

The Nation Poll

New poll posted on Thursday

Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?