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. Abhisit also said the estimated economic growth of 5.5 to 6.5 per cent in fiscal 2013, which starts on October 1, was based on “an illusion of many...
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‘Self-centred’ Thaksin speech leaves some feeling leaders are out of touch Red shirts from various factions reached by The Nation reacted differently yesterday to Thaksin Shinawatra’s speech, via video link on Saturday evening – marking the second anniversary of the bloody crackdown on red shirts which led to 91 deaths. Some suggested it’s...
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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. On Saturday, Sukhumbhand gave an interview to the US press while on an official visit to Washington DC saying that he was ready to join the...
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The Education Ministry has told Bodindecha (Sing Singhaseni) School to accept 57 students it earlier rejected and ordered a probe against the director for bribery. The move ended the hunger strike of four students outside Government House which started on Friday in an attempt to pressure the authorities. The ministry’s order came after...
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An inquest into the death of Reuters cameraman Hiroyuki Muramoto began yesterday with his younger brother making an appearance in court. Yusuke Muramoto, 43, the younger and only brother of the slain cameraman flew in for a day to give his testimony. “We would like to know about the facts. What happened then...
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City Hall signs memorandum with three local institutes of higher education – Asian University, Rakhamaeng University and Pra Jom Hlao Technological University - to promote research in science, technology and robot learning. The three fields are seen as vital in the unfolding academic world of the 21st century. They also agreed to promote...
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Competitive race marks 8th Top of the Gulf Regatta HEADING into the last day at the 2012 Top of the Gulf Regatta, tensions were high. Protest room action the evening before meant the top two in the Platu Class were equal on points with a two-race finale planned, while in other classes places...
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Police were called to a club on Walking Street when a French tourist fell down clutching his stomach. Sawangboriboon volunteers rushed him to hospital whilst officers arrested Iranian Seyedmoha Madmegagi, 28, who had allegedly wielded a weapon. The Iranian did not speak English or Thai, so police were forced to await the arrival...
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US President Barack Obama said the world backed his plan to end the Afghan war in two years, as President Hamid Karzai promised a NATO summit his bloodied state would no longer be a “burden.” Leaders of the 28 NATO nations stood in solemn silence as a bugler’s lament recalled the heavy cost...
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A rocket-propelled grenade exploded near a team of UN observers in a Damascus suburb, the military said, as dozens of people were killed in violence while clashes raged between regime troops and armed rebels. At a NATO summit in Chicago, alliance chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen voiced concern about the violence, but said NATO...
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CHICAGO : Protesters streamed into downtown Chicago Sunday for one of the city’s largest demonstrations in years – a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic Nato summit. The largest demonstration of the summit weekend ended late Sunday with a tense scuffle between protesters and police, with officers wielding batons and...
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Prommin Lertsuridej, praised by his boss, fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as the brains behind the now defunct Thai Rak Thai Party, has vowed not to seek any political position once the five-year political ban on him and 110 other TRT executives ends on May 30. “I won’t return as a political...
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Thousands of people in Lat Yao district in Nakhon Sawan and nearby areas will join a public hearing today to learn about an environmental and health impact assessment (EHIA) linked to the Mae Wong Dam. The event, held by the Royal Irrigation Department, aims to reveal final results of the EHIA and seek...
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Governing party urged to improve performance Thai Rak Thai Party’s banned former foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai says the government needs to do a better job of handling challenges such as national reconciliation and violence in the deep South. But the deputy leader of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party has ruled himself out...
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KANCHANABURI : The cabinet yesterday approved 203 projects worth over 30 billion baht to support the development of a deep-sea port and an industrial estate in Dawei city of Myanmar. The government also approved short-term measures to curb the cost of living. Acting government spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard said the mobile cabinet meeting approved...
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Supporters of Bangkok’s Leng Noei Yi Temple will stage a short march Monday to show their opposition to the Station1@China Town project. The project is developing a building on a land plot adjacent to the famous Chinese temple. To the temple’s management and staunch followers, the project appears set to include a hotel,...
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Supporters say their idol is acting selfishly Red-shirt supporters have expressed dismay over ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s call for them to set aside their anger and frustration over social and legal injustices for the sake of national reconciliation. Pansak Srithep, father of a 17-year-old boy who was killed on Ratchaprarop Road on...
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Enjoy “the craic” plus a cracking good curry! by Mick and Di, The Food Lovers thefoodloverspattayatoday@msn.com Every night of the week there is something happening at Dicey Reilly’s Pub & Eatery on Second Road. Insightful management has created a dynamic destination resonating with new ideas and promotions. From Monday to Sunday there are...
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A perspective on the current Asian flashpoint Recently, world news organizations such as CNN, BBC, Reuters and AFP returned their lenses to Asia. Nope, not to report on Asia’s continuing rise as an economic powerhouse again, but rather to a more ballooning event that may turn the lives of the billions of people...
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Putahracsa Hua Hin is special THE Putahracsa is a low-rise villa-style resort set majestically on the eastern coastline of Hua Hin, yet less than a 10-minute drive to the modern city centre.? The original owner of the land on which the resort was built was the current owner’s grandmother, Khun Ying Supatra Singholaka,...
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Performing before a full house, Garden International School students showed off their musical talents brilliantly at the GIS Spring Concert and Ceilidh. The splendid rendition of HM's the King's Anthem by the school choir Entertainment began with the school choir singing HM the King’s Anthem, and the tenth grade IGCSE (International General Certificate...
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Panga Vathanakul (center), managing director of the Royal Cliff Hotels Group, with executives of T.N World Supply Co. Ltd., during the company’s dealer meeting and seminar dinner at the Pattaya resort. Kiti Chungsawanant, TN managing director, said, “Royal Cliff totally exceeded our expectations. From the moment we arrived right through to depart, everything...
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The Sukosol comes alive with the sounds of music next month with the return of the Asia International Guitar Festival and Competition. Now in its sixth year, the festival is one of Asia’s biggest and most vibrant events for classical guitar aficionados and music lovers. This year’s agenda includes master classes, guitar exhibits,...
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On his promotion to director of administration at Chonburi police station, Colonel Kreetha (right) of the anti-trafficking division was honored by monks at a making-merit ceremony.
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Pattaya Mayor Itthipol Khunplome (sitting third from right) is guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the British Chamber of Commerce Thailand (BCCT). Seen sitting are Simon Landy (fourth from left), BCCT chairman, and David Cumming (third from left), general manager of Amari Orchid Pattaya.
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Petch Pattaya Development Co., Ltd. has named Jones Lang LaSalle sole sales agent for Prima Wongamat Phase II, a prime resort condominium project in Pattaya. “Prima Wongamat Phase II followed the successful launch of Prima Wongamat Phase I, a low-rise resort-style condominium project which has now enjoyed a sales rate of over 90...
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Foie gras is a popular and well-known luxurious delicacy in French cuisine. Its flavor is described as rich, velvety, meaty, buttery and delicate and historically it was cooked and eaten as a pate or terrine and served cold. The last decade has seen the ways in serving foie gras change with such creations...
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From 1943 to 1950 a terraced house at Rillington Place, Notting Hill, was the scene of up to eight grisly murders by an invoice clerk and part-time volunteer policeman named John Reginald Halliday Christie. Unsuspected by his neighbours, Christie specialized in strangling prostitutes and having some sort of sexual experience in their presence...
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Dr. Sucana Chavanich, first Thai female scientist in the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 51, is seen here with P-1 to P-5 students of Oxford Junior School. The youngsters heard from the Chulalongkorn assistant professor on her adventures studying climate change in Antarctica.
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Ultra Bespoke Interior, BMW Twin-Turbo V12 + Suicide Doors by John Lindgren Editor-in-chief: carsanook.com My name is Ghost. My esteemed family name Rolls-Royce. I was born in 1904 in Crewe, England. I am 108 years old, 1.5-meter tall, 5.5-meter long and my weight is 2,400 kilograms.
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