Bangkok News

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   Rubber farmers vow city rally

  05 May 2014 : Surat thani: Rubber planters have vowed to converge on Bangkok on Wednesday to protest against the government’s plan to sell off its stockpile of 220,000 tonnes on the cheap.
  

• Immigration

   Police told to be friendly to migrants

  05 May 2014 : Tak: Immigration police in Tak have been told to be more friendly with immigrant workers along the border following allegations of racism.
  

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• environment

  Parks, army battle to keep forest complex status

  05 May 2014 : Prachin Buri: The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation says it will work with the army to stop Unesco downgrading the world heritage status of Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex as a result of illegal logging.

• Abhisit urges PM to step aside

  05 May 2014 : Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has appealed to caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to consider his nine-point road map for reform and “take a step back” for six months for the sake of the country as the Pheu Thai Party outlined multiple flaws in the plan.
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  coronation day

  Well-wishers flock near palace to glimpse the King

  05 May 2014 : PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - Well-wishers began occupying areas on the footpaths along Phetkasem Road in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin district Sunday to ensure they will get a close-up view of His Majesty the King during a royal ceremony to commemorate Coronation Day Monday.

• Poor trafficking record 'inaccurate'

  05 May 2014 : Thailand has defended itself against an American professor's allegations that the kingdom has a poor human trafficking record, saying the information presented to the United States' House Committee on Foreign Affairs late last month was incomplete and out of date.
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  Four drown in national park stream

  04 May 2014 : KANCHANABURI — Four women tourists from Bangkok drowned while rafting in a stream at Lam Klong Ngu National Park in Si Sawat district on Sunday.

• Reds ask PT to reject charter court

  04 May 2014 : Red shirts of the pro-government People's Radio for Democracy Group (PRDG) on Sunday called on the Pheu Thai Party to reject the Constitutional Court's authority, claiming it had breached the constitution.

• Injured officer's mum returns PDRC money

  04 May 2014 : The mother of a military officer injured in an attack by People’s Democratic Reform Committee guards last month has filed a complaint with Thung Song Hong police station and returned 50,000-baht given to him by Luang Pu Buddha Issara, saying she wanted justice, not money.
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  Linoleum factory catches fire

  04 May 2014 : A massive fire broke out at a linoleum factory in Samut Sakhon's Muang district on Sunday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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  225 Hamilton turtles seized at airport

  04 May 2014 : Officials on Sunday morning impounded 225 Hamilton turtles found in four suitcases at a conveyor belt of the international arrivals lounge at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the airport's customs bureau chief Uaychai Kulthipmontree said at a press conference.
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  Ship captain kills 2 crew, steals B5m

  04 May 2014 : TRAT - Police are hunting the captain of an oil tanker who is suspected of killing two of his crew and stealing cargo money while transporting diesel from Malaysia to Songkhla