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  Prem passive over 'mediator' call

  22 Apr 2014 : Privy Councillors met Tuesday under their president Prem Tinsulanonda but did not discuss politics despite recent calls by "old soldiers" for Gen Prem to act on the political crisis.
  
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  Search for 'Billy' turns up witnesses

  22 Apr 2014 : Police searching for a prominent Karen activist feared to have been disappeared in Phetchaburi have questioned two student interns who may have been the last persons to see the missing man alive.
  

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  Navy to extend lawsuit to Reuters

  22 Apr 2014 : The two Phuketwan journalists facing a Royal Thai Navy defamation lawsuit over mistreatment of Rohingya suggested the suit be dropped to celebrate World Press Freedom Day on May 3, but the navy rejected that and said it was preparing a second lawsuit against the Reuters news agency.
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  Election before July 20 'possible'

  22 Apr 2014 : The Election Commission (EC) is ready to consider suggestions from all political parties and is not against the idea of holding the next poll before July 20, EC chairman Supachai Somcharoen said Tuesday.

• Monk accuses red DJs of lese majeste

  22 Apr 2014 : Luang Pu Buddha Issara, a prominent People's Democratic Reform Committee leader, on Tuesday accused several pro-government radio stations of lese majeste, and demanded the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to take then off the air.
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  Monks nabbed smuggling migrants

  22 Apr 2014 : Tak immigration police have arrested two monks reportedly from the controversial Wat Phra Dhammakaya sect for allegedly smuggling 30 illegal immigrants into Thailand.
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  PDRC guards detain armed police

  22 Apr 2014 : Security guards for Luang Pu Buddha Isara, a senior monk and anti-government protest leader, detained three plainclothed police officers who allegedly fired shots at the rally site at Chaeng Wattana on Tuesday.

• King Rama 5 statue to be renovated

  22 Apr 2014 : The equestrian statue of King Rama 5 at the Royal Plaza, Bangkok's major ground for political activities, will undergo urgent renovation after being left unattended for about 20 years, Fine Arts Department director-general Anek Seehamat said.

• Meeting begins, Abhisit no show

  22 Apr 2014 : The meeting between the Election Commission (EC) and 54 political parties began at Miracle Grand Convention Hotel in Bangkok's Laksi at 2.45pm.

• Free train, bus rides for 3 more months

  22 Apr 2014 : The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to extend the limited free train and bus services to help ease the cost of living for another three months, from May 1 to July 31, government deputy spokeswoman Sunisa Lertpakawat said.
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  No live broadcast of EC meeting

  22 Apr 2014 : The Election Commission (EC) has resolved not to allow a live broadcast of its meeting with representatives of political parties scheduled for this afternoon to discuss a framework for a new election, reports said.
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  Young man murdered at noodle shop

  22 Apr 2014 : PRACHINBURI - A young technician was murdered while he was eating noodles at a food table early Tuesday morning in Kabinburi district.