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  Parachute tragedy
  Father of cadet seeks justice

  30 Apr 2014 : The father of one of the two police cadets killed during a parachute training jump on March 31, yesterday vowed to take legal action against the company responsible for repairing a part of the cable used in the training.
  

• Consumer activists vow to go it alone

  30 Apr 2014 : Impatient activists have vowed to push for the setting up of national and provincial-level councils to protect consumers' rights after a bill calling for the establishment of an independent consumer protection body hit a snag.
  

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  Troops need cold comforts

  30 Apr 2014 : It's been six months since more than a hundred military rangers stationed at the top of Yee Ma, a peak in the Budo mountain range in the far South, have tasted ice cream or any iced beverages.
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  Parachute deaths were 'negligence'

  29 Apr 2014 : The parachute training jump mishap that killed two police cadets in Phetchaburi on March 31 was no accident, an official probe concluded on Tuesday, but was caused by substandard maintenance of the cable used to deploy the chutes.
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  A treat for soldiers

  29 Apr 2014 : Col Mettrai Santiveshkul, deputy commander of the Royal Thai Army's ranger unit, visited his sub-ordinates stationed on Budo Mountains, Bachau district, Narathiwat province, on Tuesday.
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  Peace talks in new direction under Thawil

  29 Apr 2014 : Thawil Pliensri vowed to continue negotiations with southern separatists after he returned to direct the National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday.
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  Sister of slain Italian journalist dies

  29 Apr 2014 : Elisabetta Polenghi, the sister of the Italian journalist killed during the May, 2010, crackdown against red-shirt demonstrators died Monday in Milan. She was 50.

• Lawyer files PM's defence statement

  29 Apr 2014 : Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's defence statement has been submitted to the Constitution Court on her behalf by Pichit Chuenban, chief of Pheu Thai's legal team, explaining the removal of Thawil Pliensri as National Security Council chief, PM's secretary-general Suranand Vejjajiva said on Tuesday.
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  Police-killer driver allowed bail

  29 Apr 2014 : Taling Chan Provincial Court on Tuesday granted bail to Nawaphon Phetkaeo, a postgraduate student who crashed his vehicle into a security checkpoint on Boromratchonnanee Road on Sunday night, killing three policemen and injuring three others.

• Police chaos over false abduction

  29 Apr 2014 : A mentally disabled teen caused police chaos after lying to people that he had been abducted and 10 other children had suffered the same fate.
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  Peeraphan safe after suffering stroke

  29 Apr 2014 : Caretaker Science and Technology Minister Peeraphan Palusuk is reported to be recovering in hospital after suffering an ischemic stroke on Tuesday.

• Senate now has numbers to convene

  29 Apr 2014 : The Election Commission (EC) has endorsed the remaining 15 senators-elect, paving the way for the Senate to convene.