Thailand Live Saturday 24 November 2012

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Bangkok on rally alert

The Nation

Hundreds of crowd-control police are assembled outside Government House yesterday for a drill, as part of the preparation for today

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Police check trucks, vans heading into Bangkok

Kwanhatai Malaikarn,

Anuparp Nakkham

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Police manned checkpoints along all major roads leading to Bangkok yesterday ahead of a major anti-government rally scheduled for today.

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Traffic police to keep a close eye on rally

Supinda Na Mahachai,

Patinya Iamtan

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Traffic Police Division says it will keep a close eye on today's anti-government protest to determine whether more roads should be closed. For instance, an extended march by demonstrators might force police to take extra measures.

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EDITORIAL

Popular soap defies Thailand's social reality

The Nation

Female viewers may admire the attitude and methods of the heroine, but such attitudes off-screen may still be a long way from being the norm

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Senate launches debate attacking rice-pledging policy

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Senators launched a motion against the government's rice-price pledging policy yesterday saying that it is only allowing corruption and not really helping farmers.

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Sanan in hospital after breathing problems

The Nation

Sanan

BANGKOK: -- Chart Thai Pattana Party chief adviser Sanan Kachornprasart ended up in hospital yesterday after suffering a severe emphysema attack.

He was initially rushed to Nonthavej Hospital before being referred to Siriraj Hospital's Respiratory Care Unit, Prof Dr Udom Kachinthorn, dean of the Siriraj Medical School, said. He added that the patient was not allowed any visitors, though Sanan's son, Deputy Agriculture Minister Siriwat Kachornprasart, was allowed to see his dad.

Sanan's personal secretary, Thanonsorn Lertritsirikul, said the politician had been suffering from emphysema for a while now and had to be taken to hospital because he had trouble breathing after a coughing fit.

Thanonsorn said doctors expect Sanan to be discharged in a few days.

-- The Nation 2012-11- 24

Industrial confidence down for fifth month, FTI finds

TINNAKORN CHAOWACHUEN

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- The Industrial Confidence Index fell for the fifth consecutive month in October, to 93 points, the lowest level since last December.

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AIR TRAFFIC

Airport expansion ahead of AEC

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Thai airports have enjoyed a 10 per cent increase in passengers each year, but a bigger increase is anticipated when the Asean Economic Community starts.

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RT @RichardBarrow: 7:15am Picture from the rally site at the Royal Plaza. People still arriving (Pic @noppatjak) http://twitpic.com/bfua6f

RT @RichardBarrow: 8:04am View from the police side of the barricade at Royal Plaza. I'm in the no-go area http://thai.vi/UXzdPg

Thai police fire tear gas at political protest

BANGKOK, Nov 24, 2012 (AFP) - Thai police on Saturday used tear gas at an anti-government protest in the capital Bangkok, the scene of several outbreaks of violent unrest in recent years.

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RT @RichardBarrow: 9:37am Protesters starting to move some of the concrete barricades http://thai.vi/T4p82x

RT @RichardBarrow: All the razor wire has been pushed away. Concrete barriers remain between protesters & police. Beyond is Makkawan Bridge

RT @terryfrd: At Pitak Siam rally site, chants are variation of red-shirt cries, e.g., Yingluck leave, Yingluck leave -- Yingluck the tyrant

Pitak Siam leader to decide in three hours whether to continue rally

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Pitak Siam leader Gen Boonlert Kaewprasit said he would wait three more hours before evaluating the situation whether to continue the rally following a scuffle between police and protesters.

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RT @tulsathit: Nation TV was first to break footage of turmoil. There were reports of cameramen's equipment seized by police.

RT @RichardBarrow: 10:18am Protesters lining up. About to push forward any minute now http://thai.vi/T4wfIl

RT @tulsathit: Reporters on scene describe situation as "still very tense", with protesters demanding police open way for their movement.

Four protesters wounded from tear gas, 132 detained

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Police have arrested 132 protesters gathering at Makawanrangsan Bridge after firing tear gas at them. Four protesters were reportedly injured from the tear gas.

-- The Nation 2012-11- 24

RT @tulsathit: Protest leader has threatened to seek help from soldiers if police "intimidation" continues. #psiam

RT @veen_NT: Police said they have announced that they would fire tear gas. #Psiam

Dallas star Larry Hagman dead at 81

From: News Limited Network

Larry Hagman 2010. File photo, source: wikimedia

DALLAS star Larry Hagman has died at the age of 81.

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RT @terryfrd: More red rhetoric from Pitak stage, this time from Kaewsan: "We want democracy back" Tells Obama to take note of what happened today.

RT @tulsathit: Thai PBS: Royal Plaza increasingly crowded. Tension still high. #psiam

RT @RichardBarrow: Police confronted both north & south - RT @forestmat: Behind police lines situation still tense at Makkawan http://thai.vi/10tFGr5

RT @tulsathit: RT @gunnerthai: PM Yingluck has cancelled her official activities today. #ThaiPBS #PSiam

Confrontation at Makkawan Rangsan Bridge continues

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Some 500 protesters still confronted police at the Makkawan Rangsan Bridge at 10:40 am Saturday, trying to break through the police barricades to join the rally at the Royal Plaza.

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UPDATE

Tensions flare at political rally in Bangkok

by Anusak Konglang

BANGKOK, Nov 24, 2012 (AFP) - Thai police fired tear gas as tensions flared at an anti-government protest Saturday in the capital Bangkok, the scene of several outbreaks of violent unrest in recent years.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa....75#entry5873676

Deputy Interior Minister Pracha says Boonlert fails to control demonstrators

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Interior Minister Pracha Prasopdee attacked Pitak Siam leader Gen Boonlert Kaewprasit of lacking control over the protesters, allowing them to provoke police's use of force.

He said the clash the two intersections showed that Boonlert had no measures to control the crowd to be in order.

Pracha said the people might be used as tools to create violence.

He said demonstrators who want to go home can have a free ride at the Sanam Luang from 2 pm to 3 pm.

-- The Nation 2012-11- 24