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  Nationwide prayer for peace on Apr 18
  
  11 Apr 2014 : Temples, mosques and catholic churches nationwide will organise a mass prayer for peace in the country next Friday.

• Songkran specials

  11 Apr 2014 : Hopefully, the political heat and tensions will move to the sidelines as Thais across the country celebrate Songkran, which starts this weekend.
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  thai new year

  Embassy gets in groove for Songkran with YouTube hit

  11 Apr 2014 : Different foreign envoys have different ways of impressing the Thai people, but the US embassy is seemingly never short of creative new gimmicks for achieving this goal.

• Refugees

  Palestinians rally at UNHCR

  11 Apr 2014 : A group of about 30 Palestinians gathered in front of Bangkok's United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office yesterday, imploring officials to speed up processing certificates that will enable them to seek permanent resettlement in a third country.

• Thai New Year

  PM pushes Songkran road safety

  11 Apr 2014 : Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has put road safety on the national agenda in a bid to combat traffic accidents during the Songkran festival.
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  Rivals mourn clash victims

  11 Apr 2014 : Pro- and anti-government demonstrators have held separate ceremonies to mark the fourth anniversary of the crackdown on demonstrators in Bangkok on April 10, 2010.
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  Abhisit, PM trade court case taunts

  11 Apr 2014 : A war of words has broken out between caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva over the premier's criticism of the Constitutional Court's decision to rule on her status.
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  Yala bombings leave locals demoralised

  10 Apr 2014 : Entrepreneurs and local residents have admitted that morale is low following a recent spate of bombings in downtown Yala.

• Woman jumps off MBK, survives

  10 Apr 2014 : A woman described as mentally ill by her mother jumped from the sixth floor of MBK Centre in Pathumwan district on Thursday afternoon, injuring herself badly.
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  Thailand to export 8.7m tonnes of rice

  10 Apr 2014 : Thailand will export about 8.7 million tons of rice this year, ranking it the second largest exporter after India, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Thursday.