enlarge Pranai Suwannarat, chief of Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre, makes a gesture during a meeting with Muslim leaders in Pattani province on Tuesday. The meeting was part of the government's attempt to ease the daily violence in the deep south.//Photo by Charoon Thongnual
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Cabinet to boost vetting of key bills
The Cabinet resolved on Tuesday to speed up the vetting of key draft bills and boost publicity about its performance in order to shed an image of ineptitude.
Japan, Thailand ink controversial trade pact
Tokyo - Japan on Tuesday signed a controversial free trade deal with Thailand, which hopes to hearten foreign investors unnerved since the kingdom's coup.
Vietnamese dissident walks free after seven year in detention
The Appeals Court freed Vietnamese-American dissident Ly Tong on Tuesday after denying a Hanoi request to try him for airdropping anticommunist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City seven years ago.
Row festers over website seeking to oust Prem
Police have rejected an appeal to charge activists, who launched a website to collect signatures in a bid to oust Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda, for insulting the monarchy, the head of the Special Branch said yesterday.
Schools urgently needed in E Bangkok
About 10,000 secondary students in the east of Bangkok have failed to secure admission to schools for next academic year.
Bangkok Bank A too good for Raknamjai
[BASKETBALL] Bangkok Bank A continued their winning ways with a third straight victory, a 116-22 demolition of Raknamjai, in the women's preliminary round of the 47th King's Cup Basketball Championships at Siam Univ-ersity yesterday.
Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?
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Pranai Suwannarat, chief of Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre, makes a gesture during a meeting with Muslim leaders in Pattani province on Tuesday. The meeting was part of the government's attempt to ease the daily violence in the deep south.//Photo by Charoon Thongnual
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