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Mock funeral staged for brand-new car

PATHUM THANI - A civil servant was so frustrated by problems with a brand-new Toyota car she had bought that as a protest she staged a mock funeral with some 200 guests in black in front of a showroom in Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi district Saturday.

7 killed, villagers stage road blocking

YALA - A father and his two young children were among the seven latest victims of violence in the deep South, where Malay Muslim villagers blocked a road for a third day to demand the release of suspected insurgents, police said.

Govt plays down anti-coup protest in London

The junta-backed government is playing down an anti-coup protest on Friday by some 100 expatriates in London.


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		Plans for new Somkid-led party sealed in Hong Kong Three political veterans met in Hong Kong earlier this week and agreed to form a new party designed to replace the former ruling Thai Rak Thai Party and become a force capable of forming the next government.

INDUSTRY MINISTRY
Model scheme aims to increase GDP
Bt1-billion project seeks to boost manufacturing productivity and efficiency

		Chiang Mai Initiative to be discussed
		Teens tune in to ethics
		Apai focuses on workplace

COMPULSORY LICENSING
Mongkol: 'We can't give in with lives at stake'
Health minister heads to US as pressure mounts in patent row with drug firms

		Officials ban eating raw pork as swine infection increases
		Let people choose the lottery numbers: vendors
		Muslim, Buddhist protesters block roads in South

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Cedar Swan off to a very strong start
[SAILING] The Top of the Gulf International Regatta served up an exciting contest at yesterday's opening as good conditions allowed the races to get off to a fine start.

		Boonsak downs the world No 1

EDITORIAL
Thai democracy needs a backbone
The judiciary's wish to stay above politics must be respected, and its principle should be learned from

		If it isn't the censors, it's the special interest groups
		Manufacturing scientific uncertainty

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?