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• CORRUPTION

  
  Broader vision urged for NACC

  15 Apr 2014 : The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will train its staff in law and economics to help them assess the damaging effects of corruption in a broader sense.
  

• Myanmar
  Court jails six Thai gamblers

  15 Apr 2014 : Nineteen people, including six Thai gamblers, were yesterday convicted in an illegal gambling case by a court in Myanmar's Tachilek border town, a source said.
  

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  PDRC guard shot dead

  15 Apr 2014 : An anti-government protester guard was shot dead shortly after midnight on Monday.

• Grieving mum vows to sue son’s ‘killers’

  15 Apr 2014 : PICHIT: The mother of a 14-year-old electrocuted at a Songkran celebration organised by the Pichit municipality has vowed to bring harsh legal action against those responsible for the death of her son.
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  Thai New Year

  Songkran death toll ‘worrying’

  15 Apr 2014 : The number of road accidents over the first three days of the "seven dangerous days" of Songkran is worrying, even though the death toll is lower this year, says the Public Health Ministry.

• SOCIETY

  Families face stress threat

  15 Apr 2014 : The Public Health Ministry is asking parents to show more love for their children, as reports show Thai families are under rising stress.
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  EC dismisses Democrat terms for poll talks

  15 Apr 2014 : The Election Commission (EC) on Monday dismissed conditions set by the Democrat Party that it broadcast a meeting between political parties on a new poll date.
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  Killing of environmental activists rises globally

  15 Apr 2014 : As head of his village, Prajob Naowa-opas battled to save his Chachoengsao province community from the illegal dumping of toxic waste by filing petitions and leading villagers to block trucks carrying the stuff - until a gunman in broad daylight fired four shots into him.
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  teen violence

  Newin’s brutal boxing bouts get flak

  15 Apr 2014 : Newin Chidchob’s brutal approach to dealing with brawling teenage hooligans is causing a stir.

• Grieving mum targets Songkran fair

  14 Apr 2014 : PICHIT — The mother of a 14-year-old who was electrocuted at a Songkran activity organised by Pichit municipality has vowed to bring harsh legal action against those found responsible for the death of her son.
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  Keep Koh Tachai from 'exploitation'

  14 Apr 2014 : The increasing popularity of Koh Tachai, situated between the Similan and Surin islands in the Andaman Sea, as a tourist destination has prompted the tourism sector to ask the authorities to ensure it is not spoiled and polluted.

• Songkran toll: 161 killed, 1,640 injured

  14 Apr 2014 : Fifty-nine people were killed and 747 injured in 689 accidents on April 13, the third of the "seven dangerous days" (April 11-17) of the Songkran festival, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Monday.