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  PDRC sets rally for 'Judgement Day'

  03 Apr 2014 : Anti-government protesters will hold a rally the day that the Constitutional Court rules on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra's case over the removal of security chief Thawil Pliengsri, leader Suthep Thaugsuban said Wednesday.
  
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  Chiang Mai water 'unsafe' for Songkran

  03 Apr 2014 : Water quality at Tha Phae, the most popular spot for water splashing in Chiang Mai, is substandard and needs improvement before people can safely use during the Songkran festival this month, the Department of Pollution Control says.
  

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  Rainmakers to 'shoot down' hail

  03 Apr 2014 : A cloud dispersal operation will begin over the North today to prevent severe hail storms threatening the region.
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  Students ‘in shock’ over leaked clip

  03 Apr 2014 : A member of Satriwithaya 2 School’s marching band admits that a voice on a leaked audio clip about the school’s efforts to seek business funding for an overseas trip belongs to him.
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  accident

  WWII bomb levels scrap shop, killing 7

  03 Apr 2014 : Seven people were killed yesterday when a large World War II-era bomb exploded at a scrap metal shop in Bang Khen district.
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  Tensions on rise after court decision

  02 Apr 2014 : Tension is expected to build after the Constitutional Court yesterday agreed to rule on the status of caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over the removal order she issued against National Security Council (NSC) chief Thawil Pliensri.

• Pattaya invader robs Russian woman

  02 Apr 2014 : PATTAYA — A Russia woman was robbed in a home invasion by a gunman who made off with valuables worth almost 100,000 baht early Wednesday morning.
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  One beheaded in Pattani triple murder

  02 Apr 2014 : YALA — Suspected militants on Wednesday shot dead a village headman and his two female assistants and beheaded one of them in an ambush on a village road in Bannang Sata district.
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  Motor Show 2014

  02 Apr 2014 : Thailand's biggest annual event for the auto industry has kicked off at Muang Thong Thani.
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  Cambodian rice exports fall in Q1

  02 Apr 2014 : Cambodia’s exports of milled rice fell more than 10% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2013.
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  PM seeks more witnesses in rice case

  02 Apr 2014 : A lawyer for caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday said he will ask the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to call in four more witnesses for the inquiry into whether she failed in her duty in overseeing the government's flagship rice-pledging scheme.