Today in News from Thailand:

• Three civilian deaths in the South again yesterday
• Is Thai (long stored) rice safe?
• Government party wants to expand Constitutional Court

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News from Thailand – February 11, 2013

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February 11 2013

Today in News from Thailand:

• Five soldiers killed in Yala bomb and assassination attempt
• Anti-shark campaign launched
• 1,8 million tablet PCs needed in new school year

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Today in News from Thailand:

• Army commander puts on penitent
• Seven candidates want to become governor of Bangkok
• Mekong water level drops; ferry services in trouble

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News from Thailand – December 2, 2012

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December 2 2012

Would rent-a-bike in Bangkok become something? The first two of fifty planned lending points have opened at Siam Square and Sam Yan. Every day, 10 to 20 people use the twice 10 bicycles.

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It's a familiar sight on Thailand's highways: minivan drivers who drive like crazy to get to their destination as quickly as possible. Or cram more passengers into their van than allowed. That can't go well.

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'The agricultural sector is collapsing'

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November 13 2012

The only way farmers can survive in the future is by forming so-called 'agricommunity enterprises', a business-based form of cooperation of 10 farmers on 1.500 rai of land with a central point from which members can borrow machinery.

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Rice farmers who grow rice for other rice farmers who grow rice: isn't that a bit strange? And yet it happens.

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Led by Dutch coach Victor Hermans, the Thai futsal team convincingly defeated Costa Rica 2012-3 on the first day of the Futsal World Cup 1.

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Thai girls aged 15 to 20 post pictures of their breasts on Facebook to get as many 'likes' and 'shares' as possible. According to the moral knights of the Ministry of Culture, there is pornography.

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The most ridiculous auction in the world. That's what Suriyasai Katasila, leader of the Green Politics group, called yesterday's 3G auction.

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The method of preventing flooding with sandbags in sewers is known as the polder system, after the example of the Netherlands.

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The weather gods were in favor of Bangkok yesterday, as only 60 mm of rain fell against 90 mm that had been predicted. Streets flooded here and there.

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Tropical Storm Gaemi arrives as a depression in the border province of Sa Keao today and continues as a low-pressure area tomorrow over Chanthaburi, Rayong, Chon Buri and Bangkok with downpours of more than 100 mm.

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Bangkok is preparing for the rain that tropical storm Gaemi has in store for the capital in the coming days. Weirs in the khlongs have been opened to accelerate the drainage of water, so that they can collect enough water immediately.

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A tropical storm currently forming over the China Sea will bring heavy rain to the Northeast, the Central Plains and Bangkok this weekend.

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News from Thailand – September 21, 2012

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21 September 2012

Garbage and sand in sewers were the culprit for numerous floods on Tuesday after heavy rain in Bangkok that afternoon. This was discovered during a cleaning operation carried out by detainees of Pathum Thani Provincial Prison.

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About 500 Muslims demonstrated in the pouring rain in front of the US embassy in Bangkok yesterday. According to the newspaper, they were 'angry'. Like Muslims in other countries, they protested against a film mocking Mohammed.

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