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<title><![CDATA[Thaksin 'hasn't abandoned reds']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pheu Thai MP Vorachai doubts authenticity of online criticism of ex-premier]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Power supply is a hot topic in Myanmar]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Power shortages in Myanmar could become a political concern and a threat to ongoing reforms in the country if the government wrongly addresses the issue by politicising it and trying to blame armed ethnic groups.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pheu Thai MP for Udon Thani in bunfight with key red shirt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Pheu Thai MP for Udon Thani has blamed Kwanchai Praipana, a local red-shirt leader, for the party being defeated in Udon Thani's mayoral election.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pay compensation tomorrow or we will protest, nurse's brother says]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Akkahad family announced yesterday they would camp overnight at Government House if compensation payments - for death and injury in the 2010 military crackdown on the red-shirt protest - were postponed again.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Populist policies imprudent and payouts to reds unwise: Wissanu]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Former deputy prime minister Wissanu Kruengam lambasted the government yesterday on two issues - imprudent implementation of populist policies and paying Bt7 million compensation per red-shirt victim without a legal mandate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PM's hotel meeting 'appropriate']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ombudsman Siracha Charoenpanij said yesterday he did not think Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had been involved in anything indecent when meeting with businessmen at a Bangkok hotel in February.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EC reviewing petitions to disband PT, Democrats]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Election Commission has completed one check and is investigating three other complaints, which could lead to the disbandment of the Pheu Thai Party.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/EC-reviewing-petitions-to-disband-PT-Democrats-30182608.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gov't at risk on compensation payments: Wissanu]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Former deputy prime minister Wissanu Kreangam on Tuesday lambasted the government on two issues - unprudent implementation of populist policies and paying Bt7 million compensation per red-shirt victim without legal mandate.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Govt-at-risk-on-compensation-payments-Wissanu-30182554.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:14:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reds want amnesty for royal insult]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A group of 100 red shirts on Tuesday petitioned the government to grant an amnesty to all prisoners serving sentences for royal insult under Article 112 of the Criminal Code.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Reds-want-amnesty-for-royal-insult-30182548.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:25:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thaksin a loyal friend of reds: Natthawut]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Deputy Agriculture Minister Natthawut Saikua on Tuesday criticised the Democrats for trying to drive a wedge between the red shirts and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Thaksin-a-loyal-friend-of-reds-Natthawut-30182545.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 12:43:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget debate "going well": chief coalition whip]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Coalition and opposition whips on Tuesday voiced satisfaction at the orderly conduct of MPs from both benches yesterday, the first day of the budget debate.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Budget-debate-going-well-chief-coalition-whip-30182537.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:40:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EC continues to investigate complaints against parties]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Election Commission has completed one check and is investigating three other complaints, which could lead to the disbandment of the Pheu Thai Party.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/EC-continues-to-investigate-complaints-against-par-30182534.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:37:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thaksin at odds with reds over call for justice]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The message on reconciliation from former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is crystal clear but the outcome of any such efforts is still in a state of flux.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Thaksin-at-odds-with-reds-over-call-for-justice-30182524.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Some red shirts feel it's time to go it alone]]></title>
<description><![CDATA['Self-centred' Thaksin speech leaves some feeling leaders are out of touch]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Some-red-shirts-feel-its-time-to-go-it-alone-30182521.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reconciliation bill 'just for Thaksin's benefit']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday questioned the merit of a reconciliation law being pushed by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobumrung for amnesty for fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Reconciliation-bill-just-for-Thaksins-benefit-30182520.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re-election bid comment was a joke: Sukhumbhand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said yesterday he was only joking when he announced to the US media that he would contest the next Bangkok governor election.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Re-election-bid-comment-was-a-joke-Sukhumbhand-30182519.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spending plan is balanced, not 'wasteful' : Finance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong yesterday defended the government's spending plan, saying that it would not lead to a hike in taxes, even though the opposition has been expressing concerns about the administration's huge off-budget borrowing plan.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Spending-plan-is-balanced-not-wasteful-Finance-30182515.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget fails to target living costs, poverty: Abhisit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday assailed the government-sponsored Budget Bill for fiscal 2013, saying that it failed to address concerns about living conditions and poverty.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Budget-fails-to-target-living-costs-poverty-Abhisi-30182513.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yingluck kicks off 2013 budget bill debate]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Monday kicked off the 2013 budget bill debate by defending the government's planned spending, saying that most of the budget would be spent for improving social and economic mechanisms and developing the country's infrastructure in the long term.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Yingluck-kicks-off-2013-budget-bill-debate-30182456.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:48:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thai Rak Thai's 111 played key roles for red shirts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The ruling Pheu Thai Party has adopted a "two legs strategy" of dual politicking inside and outside of Parliament since its former lives as the Thai Rak Thai and People Power parties.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Thai-Rak-Thais-111-played-key-roles-for-red-shirts-30182446.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 1:00:00</pubDate>
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