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  Red Shirts brace for 'judicial coup'

  09 Apr 2014 : UDON THANI - On a scorching afternoon in the Northeast, about 1,000 black-clad supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra clenched their fists and punched imaginary opponents with forceful uppercuts. Following the directions of a trainer on a nearby stage, they fended off kicks and practiced footwork to loud speakers blaring music typically heard at a muay Thai stadium.
  

• Tanker sinks, oil spill hits fishermen

  09 Apr 2014 : Samut Sakhon: An oil tanker capsized and sank just offshore in Muang district yesterday. Oil spilling from the tanker has already affected coastal fishermen in the area.
  

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  BMA ups Songkran safety

  09 Apr 2014 : City Hall has launched a campaign aimed at increasing safety at four major areas for Songkran revellers in Bangkok.
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  Government presses army on Suthep

  09 Apr 2014 : Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and government supporters have called on the army to respond to plans by anti-government protesters to "reclaim sovereign power".
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  Plane intruder 'mentally ill': family

  08 Apr 2014 : The family of a man who snuck aboard a Nok Air plane at Hat Yai airport on Saturday without a security check or boarding pass told authorities on Tuesday the man is mentally ill.
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  Bomb injures 2 protest guards

  08 Apr 2014 : An explosive device thrown into an anti-government rally site on Atsadang Road near Ministry of Interior on Tuesday evening injured two protest security guards.
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  Holiday makers will borrow to celebrate

  08 Apr 2014 : People plan to borrow to cover an average of 20% of their spending during the Songkran holiday as incomes have dropped while the cost of living keeps rising, according to a poll.
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  Jaruwan's senate election still pending

  08 Apr 2014 : The Election Commission (EC) has endorsed winning candidates in the March 30 Senate election in 58 provinces, while 19 others, including Khunying Jaruwan Maintaka of Bangkok remain under investigation for alleged violations of the election law.
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  Torched warehouse operator in Yala vows to fight on

  08 Apr 2014 : A business operator in Yala vowed on Tuesday to stand against terrorism, after seeing his warehouse set ablaze by a large bomb on Monday.
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  Second fire at Praksa garbage dump

  08 Apr 2014 : SAMUT PRAKAN - A second fire broke out at a 150-rai garbage dump in tambon Praksa in Muang district at 4.30am Tuesday, sending thick, polluting black and white smoke into the sky, possibly from highly toxic tanning factories in the district.
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  PT nationwide to file against Suthep

  08 Apr 2014 : The Pheu Thai Party has agreed at a meeting of former MPs to file charges against People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban, accusing him of rebellion in declaring he would establish himself as a sovereign entity and propose a royal command to appoint a prime minister and cabinet members.