Five killed as rocket explodes

Five men were killed and 12 people injured on Friday when a large home-made rocket exploded during the Krathin merit-making celebration in Roi Et's Pho Chai district.

Uproar over lecturers' dismissals
Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University was in turmoil yesterday after the contracts of 14 lecturers were terminated in a move seen by students as driven by internal politics ahead of an election for university rector.

Female smokers risk premature menopause
Women who smoke are at risk of ovarian failure and premature menopause, the Public Health Ministry said yesterday.

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Sexual violence on the rise in Thai society
Thai newspapers have reported nearly 7,000 rapes and more than 4,000 cases of sexual violence over the past decade, a recent study revealed yesterday.

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S&P cookies to be FDA tested
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is studying samples of raw materials and cookies collected from S&P's factory for melamine contamination after Swiss authorities found a high concentration of melamine in S&P milk cookies from Thailand.
Snippets from a day of chaos
Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul's husband Santisuk Sophonsiri sneaked into the House yesterday when he saw People Power MPs walking towards his wife and abusing her after she protested about the injured demonstrators and called on the government to show responsibility by dissolving the House.
UN chief to call Thai PM over Sudan
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to telephone Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat yesterday evening about dispatching troops to Sudan, said Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat.
Floods have killed 18 so far
The death toll from heavy flooding throughout the country has risen to 18, health authorities said yesterday, while nearly 190,000 people have fallen sick.

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Environment

Parks to be environmentally friendly
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is planning to turn Khao Yai and Phang Nga national parks into environmentally friendly compounds within one month.

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Health&Science

Alcohol advertising laws flouted, say industry critics
The Alcohol Watch Network and its allies rallied in Samsen Road yesterday to draw attention to

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Education

Parents revise for college
More than 600 adults in their 40s were among 132,209 applicants for the GAT (General Aptitude Test) and PAT (Professional and Academic Aptitude Test) exams, a senior official said yesterday.

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Metro/Crimes

Porn mags hardly educational, study finds
More often than not, porn magazines promote the fantasy that men with a bigger appendage can have any woman, while the topic of safe sex is rarely even mentioned, a recent survey revealed yesterday.