Govt to mull lifting security law Monday

The government will decide on Monday whether the Internal Security Act should be lifted in Dusit district after the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) has postponed its planned anti-government demonstration to next Saturday, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said.
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Attack on Pakistan police station kills 18

At least 12 officers were killed Sunday in a suicide attack at the main police station in Mingora in Pakistan's northwest, officials said.
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PM outraged by edited clip

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva admitted on Sunday that he was furious with the edited audio clip featuring his voice that was released in the internet.
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British PM pays surprise visit to Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday, thanking his nation's fighting forces for a job "well done."
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PM: Govt to be cautious in spending

The government will be cautious in its spending after the House of Representatives passed the 2010 fiscal budget bill on Saturday, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insisted.
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H1N1 spreading at 'unbelievable' rate

Swine flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 percent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the world's top health official warned in an interview appearing Saturday.
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Police seize half million speed pills

Sayan Chinsamran, 36, was arrested on charge of possessing illegal drugs, narcotic drugs suppression police said on Saturday afternoon.
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No red shirt rally on Sunday

Core leaders of the pro-Thaksin United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), led by Veera Musigkapong, said in a press conference on Saturday that they will put on hold the mass anti-government planned for Sunday.
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Karzai, U.S. envoy have 'sharp exchanges'

Afghan President Hamid Karzai had "sharp exchanges" about the nation's recent election with Richard Holbrooke, America's top diplomat to the region, a senior administration official told CNN.
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U.S. suffers deadliest month in Afghanistan

August has become the deadliest month for the U.S. military in Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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Al Qaeda video calls for support of militants

Al Qaeda's second-in-command has called on Pakistanis to back Islamic militants in the country's tribal areas against what he called an ongoing assault by American "crusaders" and the Pakistani army.
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Yingluck 'knows nothing' about clip

Former army chief Gen Chaisit Shinawatra reiterated on Saturday that Yingluck Shinawatra, younger sister of former Prime minister Thaksin, had noting to do with the controversial clip.
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Fisichella claims Force India's first pole in F1

Giancarlo Fisichella earned Force India's first pole position in Formula One on Saturday as series leader Jenson Button and world champion Lewis Hamilton failed to make final qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.
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Minister: Pakistan foils suicide terror plot

Pakistani forces in the last month foiled a planned attack on the parliament building, the intelligence agency and other federal institutions, the country's interior minister tells CNN.
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TCC: Q4 economy will improve

The Thai economy in the fourth quarter would likely improve even though the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has lowered its gross domestic product projection for this year, Thai Chamber of Commerce chairman Dusit Nontanakorn said on Monday.
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Sonthi voices confidence in govt

Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, former chairman of the Council for National Security (CNS), said on Monday he was confident the Democrat-led government would be able to overcome and solve the many problems plaguing the country.
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SET index up 1.33%

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index on Monday gained 8.57 points or 1.33 per cent to close at 653.20 points. The market value was 21.93 billion baht, with 3.11 billion shares traded.
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Bhumjaithai sticking with amnesty bill

The coalition Bhumjaithai Party will press on with its amnesty bill despite opposition from many sides.
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PM gains support for new police chief

Pol Gen Suthep Thammarak, one of the five members of the police board who last week voted against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's nomination of Pol Pateep Tanprasert for the post of new police chief, on Monday appeared to have changed his stance.
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Abhisit ready for political change

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday he would never cling to a political post and was ready for political change, adding he would remain with the Democrat Party until the day he quits politics.
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Missile strike kills 19 in Pakistan

At least 19 people were killed after missiles struck three homes in a village in north-west Pakistan, intelligence officials and local residents said Saturday.
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Voter gripes abound as Afghans count ballots

More than 200 allegations of irregularities in last week's presidential elections in Afghanistan have been registered, according to the independent commission set up to handle such complaints.
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Pakistan: Arrests thwart Karachi attacks

Seven members of a banned militant group with links to al Qaeda and the Taliban were arrested with explosives and narcotics over the weekend in Karachi, Pakistan, and their planned attacks were thwarted, authorities said.
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Prasopsuk against use of security law

Senate Speaker Prasopsuk Boondej expressed concern on Monday on hearing that the government may impose the Internal Security Act to ensure peace and order when the red-shirts stage an anti-government rally on Sunday.
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Sinopec reports sharp rise in profits

Chinese oil refiner Sinopec has announced its net profit in the first half of 2009 jumped fourfold from a year earlier, fueled by changes in state price controls for fuel, China state media reported.
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Police: Aug 30 rally may be prolonged

The rally of the red-shirts of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship on Sunday to demand the dissolution of the House of Representatives may be prolonged, Special Branch Police chief Pol Lt-Gen Teeradet Rodphothong said on Monday.
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Selecting police chief is 'political game'

A recent survey reveals that many respondents believe the nomination for a new national police chief is part of a political game.
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Police selection won't affect coalition

The conflict on the selection of the new national police chief would not affect the works of the Royal Thai Police and the coalition government, Interior Minister and Bhumjaithai party leader Chavarat Charnveerakul said on Sunday.
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Govt to expand trade in NE China

The Commerce Ministry is looking to expand markets in northeastern China, Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot said on Sunday.
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PM: Prateep is most appropriate

The nomination of Pol Gen Prateep Tanprasert for the new national police chief is appropriate, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insisted on Sunday.
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EU considering tuna protection

The European Union will decide in the autumn whether to add bluefin tuna to a list of threatened species, a move that would mean a temporary ban on its sale on world markets, a spokeswoman said Saturday.
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Conflict won�"t lead to House dissolution

The conflict on the selection of next national police chief between the Democrat and its main coalition partner Bhumjaithai would not lead to a political deadlock or a parliament dissolution as speculated, Democrat party deputy leader Chalermchai Sri-on said on Saturday.
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Two wounded in Pattani attacks

Non-commissioned police officer Pornthawi Kongdee of Yarang police station was seriously injured in an ambush while he was on his way back home this afternoon, Yarang police said.
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Hundreds of children fall ill with lead poisoning

At the Fengxiang County Hospital in Shaanxi Province, children are sleeping two to a bed. Cots line the hallways and hospital beds crowd offices to accommodate the ceaseless flow of new patients. In the last two weeks, so many children have been diagnosed with lead poisoning that there's barely enough room for everyone.
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SET up 1.54%

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index on Thursday gained 9.70 points or 1.54 per cent to close at 640.98 points. The market value was 19.77 billion baht, with 4.93 billion shares traded.
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Gunmen kill villager in Pattani

A villager was shot dead in the southern border province of Pattani on Thursday.
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UDD leaders to meet tomorrow

Key leaders of the pro-Thaksin United front for Democracy against Dictatorship will meet tomorrow to discuss intensifying their campaign against the Democrat-led government and the bureaucracy, Jatuporn Promphan, a core leader of UDD and Puea Thai Party list MP, said on Thursday.
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Pregnant flu victim dies, baby safe

An 8-months pregnant woman infected with A(H1N1) flu died early on Thursday but her baby is safe after doctors peformed a caearean section, Veerasak Kiatphadungkul, deputy director of Maharaj Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima province, announced.
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New B50bn govt savings bond offer

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) announced on Thursday that from Sept 3 to 7 it will offer 50 billion baht in government savings bonds to the general public.
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Road safety now a national agenda

Road accident prevention has been put on the national agenda with the aim of cutting the annual death toll by half within the next decade, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.
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Rector: Charter amendment time bomb

The September 2006 military coup will not be the last because the constitutional amendment proposals are a political time bomb, former Thammasat University rector Charnwit Kasetsiri said on Thursday.
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Afghans go to polls under threat of Taliban violence

Afghans are voting Thursday in the war-ravaged country's second national elections since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001. But with the Islamic militants resurgent in many regions, hundreds of U.S. marines are among security forces deployed to protect voters and polling stations against possible attacks.
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Abuse highlights China's Web addict camps

A 14-year-old boy allegedly beaten at a boot camp in China for young Internet addicts was in critical condition Thursday, less than three weeks after a youth at a different camp died, Chinese state media reported.
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Taiwanese leader sorry over typhoon response

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou apologized again today for the slow response to Typhoon Morakot and said he plans sweeping changes to the country's rescue agencies and may punish some government officials.
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Richardson: N. Korea feels 'owed' talks

North Korea believes it's owed bilateral talks with the United States after the communist government released two detained American journalists this month -- a notion that senior Obama administration officials quickly rejected on Wednesday.
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