Thais pour out opinions on charter change

By Digital Media

BANGKOK, Dec 11 – Sixty per cent of Thai people are aware of the government’s move to amend the constitution but 90 per cent admit to not having any knowledge about details of the proposed changes, according to a poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA).

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NARATHIWAT

Baby among five killed in teashop shooting

The Nation

Photo : Charoon Thongnual

NARATHIWAT: -- Violence continued in the deep south province of Narathiwat's Rangae district on Tuesday as insurgents fired bullets into a tea shop, killing four including a 11monthold baby and injuring four others.

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Thai youth win 2 golds at International Junior Science Olympiad

By Digital Media

BANGKOK, Dec 11 - Thai contestants won two gold, three silver and one bronze medal at the 9th International Junior Science Olympiad which ended yesterday in the Iranian capital of Tehran.

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Thai students poor in math, science.

BANGKOK, Dec 11 - Thai students fare poorly in mathematics and science mainly due to the teaching method of rote learning rather than by comprehension and analysis, according to a senior educator.

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A school director and a teacher gunned down in Pattani Tuesday

Insurgents opened fire on teachers having lunch in a school in Pattani, killing two.

-- The Nation 2012-12-11

RT@191Thailand: Four die, 30 hurt in bus accident Mae Sot-Tak highway (Bangkok Post)

Two Men Shot Dead At Printing Shop In Chonburi

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Red Shirts told to avoid DSI Thursday

By English News

BANGKOK, Dec 11 – Deputy Commerce Minister and Red Shirt co-leader Nattawut Saikua today called on pro-government activists to refrain from rallying at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Thursday when two opposition Democrat Party MPs appear to acknowledge criminal charges against them.

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RT @RichardBarrow: British Ambassador opens new UK Visa Application Centre in Bangkok http://thai.vi/TN9IAo

AFP: Baby, teachers among six dead in Thai shootings

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Tour Bus Crash Kills 4 Including A Norwegian Tourist

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Nelson Mandela suffers recurrence of lung infection, tests show

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CABINET

Police to get new armoured personnel carriers for use in South

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Cabinet yesterday approved Bt66 million from the central budget to buy 33 armoured personnel carriers for police to use in the southern border provinces.

Government spokesman Tossaporn Serirak said Tuesday that police had requested 210 vehicles costing Bt420 million.

The 33 new units will replace 27 that are over eight years old and another six that were badly damaged during security operations in the southernmost provinces.

The vehicles each weigh over a tonne and come with a diesel engine, double cab and fourwheel drive.

The Budget Bureau has told the National Police to use its annual budget to procure the other 177 vehicles.

Police said armoured personnel carriers help reduce casualties and boost the morale of security officials working in the restive South.

-- The Nation 2012-12-11

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