Thailand Live Saturday 9 Apr 2011

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Thailand Live Saturday 9 April 2011

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Thai Govt To Face Bt39.8 Million Lawsuit On Last Year's Bloodshed

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Thaksin To Draft Econ Policies For Pheu Thai

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Thai Airways To Raise Fuel Charge For International-Flight Passengers

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Pheu Thai MPs To Meet Thaksin In Dubai

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UPDATE

Red complaints lead to textbook revisions

Catholic schools have agreed to remove controversial content from history textbooks after complaints by the anti-government red shirts.

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DSI uncovers graft at two state hospitals

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Bangkok all set for the Super Giant

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Cluster bombs not used in border clash: Sihasak

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Thank you, Thailand

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EDITORIAL

You are to blame for Thailand's appalling politics

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Chalerm's son to contest for a House seat

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UPDATE

Thaksin intends to guide economic policy if Pheu Thai forms govt

Published on April 9, 2011

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Four southern Thai provinces still flooded as waters subside in six

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Indonesia to push ahead with Thailand-Cambodia peace plan

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Appointed senators have been selected: EC

By Prapasri Osathanon

The Nation

The senator selection committee has finished choosing appointed senators to fill 73 vacant seats, Election Commission (EC) secretary-general Suthiphon Thaveechaiygarn said yesterday.

Suthiphon said EC chairman Apichart Sukhagganond had scheduled a special meeting of the EC on Tuesday to approve lists of selected senator candidates.

"The EC meeting on April 12 will be in the morning. The EC will approve the selection result for the 73 senator candidates. The selected candidates can retrieve the document of approval and report themselves to the Senate secretariat by April 19," Suthiphon said.

He said EC staff would provide service during the Songkran holidays until all the successful candidates received their documents.

The lists have been sent to Apichart but have yet to be announced, he said.

-- The Nation 2011-04-09

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Prae hit by hailstorm; South still sees rain; other regions see thunderstorm and strong wind /TAN_Network

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PM Abhisit: Thai consumers feel the pinch of rising goods prices

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Good news! US Congress passes budget for US Govt. US Embassy BKK and US Consulate Chiang Mai will be open for business as usual on Monday. /via@KristieKenney

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THAI offers fare discounts on Songkran

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Thai Govt concerned media will be used as a tool in upcoming elections

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Songkran revellers start leaving for home

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AFP: Cambodia disappointed with Thailand in border row

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Four shot dead in Thai south: police

YALA, April 9, 2011 (AFP) - A suspected gunman killed in a shoot-out with security forces was among four people shot dead in violence across Thailand's troubled deep south, police said Saturday.

The 47-year-old Muslim man died in the firefight after 70 police officers and army troops surrounded a house in Yala province on Saturday following a tip-off that militants were hiding in the property.

Police said the victim was wanted on several arrest warrants related to security issues including shootings and bombings. Two others are thought to have escaped.

Also in Yala province, a 47-year-old Buddhist deputy village headman and a 20-year-old Muslim security volunteer were shot dead as they rode on a motorbike on Friday afternoon.

In a another incident on Friday in nearby Pattani province a 52-year-old Muslim government employee was gunned down as he drove to collect his pay.

Insurgents have waged an uprising in Thailand's southernmost region bordering Malaysia since early 2004, leaving more than 4,500 people dead -- both Buddhists and Muslims -- according to police figures.

Many Muslims who are considered "traitors" to Islam for cooperating with Thai authorities have been killed.

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2011-04-09

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Deputy PM Suthep says he is unworried over UDD rally on Sunday, believes demonstration will be held lawfully;police to deploy 22 companies to ensure safety /MCOT

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Public Health Minister: Death toll from flood in 7 southern provinces hits 63; 81,000 with illness; 119 cases of stress, 177 of depression /MCOT

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to be continued

Thailand Live Monday 11 April