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<title><![CDATA[Vietnam, Cambodia vow stronger ties]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to promote friendly cooperation between their two armies in the fields of human resource training, search and rescue, and building a border of peace, cooperation, friendship and development.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysia Airlines shrinks losses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia Airlines registered a loss after tax of 171 million ringgit (Bt1.71 billion) for the first quarter ending March 31, a significant 29-per-cent reduction from the RM242-million loss for the same period last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cambodia expects rice surplus of 2.78m tonnes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Hun Sen has said Cambodia expects a rice surplus of 2.78 million tonnes this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vietnam urged to ready for EU pact]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Country's exporters set to benefit if they can switch focus away from raw materials]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asean looks to protect its craft-making traditions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Inabel and binakol, the weaving traditions of the north Philippines, served as take-off points of discussion in a forum tackling the plight of weavers and craftsmen in Southeast Asia and China.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Asean-looks-to-protect-its-craft-making-traditions-30182580.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysia's venture capital industry poised to bounce back]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia's venture capital industry is expected to reverse its declining trend this year and is looking for 25-per-cent growth by year-end from the current 5.4-billion ringgit (about Bt54.3 billion) of total assets under management.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Malaysias-venture-capital-industry-poised-to-bounc-30182579.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Board must explain dismissal of Thai Airways president]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The national carrier has fired its chief executive, but now it has to explain in proper detail to staff, shareholders and the public why he had to go]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Board-must-explain-dismissal-of-Thai-Airways-presi-30182569.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ban them from public-sector jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I wonder what the Pheu Thai banned politicians have been doing for the last five years, apart perhaps from a few jaunts to Dubai.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Campaign targets only the small fry]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Re: "Yingluck launches anti-corruption campaign", May 19.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Religions can and should co-exist]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Buddhists in Ban Pong Namron, Wiang Pa Pao, Chiang Rai, are protesting against local Muslims' plans to build a mosque to serve the 200,000 Muslims who pass through the area yearly, as many Muslims have invested in rubber plantations in Chiang Rai.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Religions-can-and-should-co-exist-30182566.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thanks for the ride, but now I'll go my own way]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thaksin Shinawatra wants peace, seemingly at least.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Thanks-for-the-ride-but-now-Ill-go-my-own-way-30182561.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Made in the image of Thailand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We refer to the letter in the Sunday Nation of May 6, from Dr Subin Pinkayan, former foreign minister of Thailand and highly respected alumnus of the "first batch of AIT alumni".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deja vu in Thailand: rising prices and high inflation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rising prices and high inflation is the hot topic in Thailand these days.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Deja-vu-in-Thailand-rising-prices-and-high-inflati-30182488.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The sanctions game still has a role to play]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Myanmar has done well so far in its reforms, but the world should still use some sanctions as a tool to ensure the process continues]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/The-sanctions-game-still-has-a-role-to-play-30182481.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Support opposition to red villages]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Your editorial view that a democratic society should tolerate political expressions such as the creation of "red villages" presupposes that red villages are democratic in nature.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Support-opposition-to-red-villages-30182479.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Put the needs of AIT first]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I served as Sweden's ambassador to Thailand from 2000 to 2004 and was vice chair of the Board of Trustees, then chair of the Executive Committee of AIT, not because of any particular qualifications but because Sweden has been one of AIT's biggest donors over the years, and was a founding member of the AIT as an inter-governmental organisation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can the world's defence industries still innovate?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Innovation is generally seen as critical, if not central, to military modernisation.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Can-the-worlds-defence-industries-still-innovate-30182474.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A lengthy road to travel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Myanmar's slow but sure transition to a more open political system may bring democracy, or could legitimise the long-ruling military regime.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/A-lengthy-road-to-travel-30182469.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Indonesia aims to issue bonds in renminbi, won in 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Move to attract more cross-border investment in region]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Indonesia-aims-to-issue-bonds-in-renminbi-won-in-2-30182426.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[M'sia's Felda expected to be next world player]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysian company Felda has taken its first steps in establishing a global presence in conjunction with its initial public offering (IPO), seen as Southeast Asia's third-largest so far.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Msias-Felda-expected-to-be-next-world-player-30182424.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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