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Army chief to Red Shirt leader: ‘Who will stage coup?’
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Court Hearing of Swedish-Thai Couple Facing Death Penalty in Indonesia
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Special Report: Trang Underwater Wedding Ceremony Marks Its 16th Anniversary This Year
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German Firm Busted for Collusion in Medical Deals with 8 Public Hospitals: Bangkok
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Admin Posted 2012-02-09 16:49:39
Surprise tuna catch off Phuket, Krabi
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Admin Posted 2012-02-09 17:36:03
Ruling coalition parties, UDD submit draft Constitution amendment
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L.B. Posted 2012-02-09 20:03:33
BMA progress on BTS Silom line extension, set for services next year
 BANGKOK, Feb 9 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will go ahead with its BTS Skytrain Silom Line extension for a distance of 5.3km (Taksin-Petchakasem), expected to be ready for services by Aug 12, or Her Majesty Queen Sirikit's birthday, next year, 2013. Bangkok Deputy Governor Teerachon Manomaipiboon spoke after going for an inspection at the construction area. The BTS Silom line extension to the Thonburi side of Bangkok, west of the Chao Phraya River, comprises the four stations of Potinimitr, Talad Plu, Wuttakad, and Bang Wa. For additional operations, the existing Wongwian Yai (S8) and the Talad Plu (S10) Stations provide commuters with Park & Ride services, while a Skywalk will be at S10 to link with the BMA's express bus service -- Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) -- at its Ratchaphruek Station. The route between S8 and S10 is expected to be open on Dec 5, which falls on His Majesty King Bhumibol's birthday, this year. Around 126,000 passengers/day are expected once the full line is open for services in August next year. Bangkok Deputy Governor Teerachon also inspected the BRT route and cited it is to be expanded to meet the size of Greater Bangkok’s mass transit network and to support the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup, to be hosted in November at a new stadium in the capital's Nong Chok district. Other types of buses of Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) may additionally be used for commuters at the Futsal Worldcup, as previously discussed with Transport Ministry, according to Mr Teerachon. Three routes are planned to reach the Nong Chok stadium from Suvarnabhumi Airport, Hua Mak Sports Complex and Min Buri. This matter, however, will be on the discussion table again with the ministry, the deputy governor said while being certain it will be supported by the government. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) was launched in 2010 to assist commuters travelling to offices and homes from Sathorn Road to Ratchapruek Road in the Tha Phra area in the Thonburi side of Bangkok. (MCOT online news)  -- TNA 2012-02-09 
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L.B. Posted 2012-02-09 20:09:27
Thai foreign ministry issues white paper on Preah Vihear case and Thai-Cambodian border talks to inform public to better understand two countries border problems./MCOT
PM chairs 1st National Security Council meeting this year, approves 2012 - 2014 southern border provinces development plan, focusing on reducing violence; to give to cabinet for consideration on Feb 22./MCOT #63
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L.B. Posted 2012-02-09 20:24:57
Prince Harry completes Apache training - Afghanistan beckons
London - Britain's Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache attack helicopter pilot in a move that is expected to bring him closer to being deployed in Afghanistan, it was announced Thursday. St James’s Palace said the prince, 27, received his qualification at a ceremony late Wednesday following 18 months of training on the attack helicopter, which included a spell in the United States. The Apache is designed to hunt and destroy tanks. It can operate in all weather day and night, and is equipped with rockets, missiles and a machine gun. It is used in Afghanistan and was deployed last year in the Nato-led mission in Libya. Captain Wales, as he will be known in the Army Air Corps, has repeatedly said that he is keen to return to Afghanistan where he served for 10 weeks at the end of 2007 before the breach of a news blackout ended his tour. It is expected that he will have to undergo further pre-deployment training in Britain before going to Afghanistan later this year. St James’s Palace stressed that the issue of Harry deploying on operations is a "matter for the Ministry of Defence chain of command." At the ceremony at a Royal Air Force base near Ipswich, south-east England, Harry was also presented with the best co-pilot gunner award.  -- The Nation 2012-02-09
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L.B. Posted 2012-02-09 20:44:01
Thais split by fierce royal insult law debate - Focus
by Kelly Macnamara BANGKOK, February 9, 2012 (AFP) - Abused in the street and shunned by her family, a Thai teenager will answer a police summons this week over claims she insulted the revered monarchy amid vehement debate about the kingdom's lese majeste law. Abhinya Sawatvarakorn, 19, who faces possible arrest Saturday after being accused of making critical comments on Facebook two years ago, is the latest symbol of the ferocity of feeling around the issue in the deeply divided nation. Known by her internet alias Kanthoop, the teenager says she has been the victim of a witch hunt that has seen her barred from several universities and publicly vilified. "I'm afraid I will not receive justice but I'm not afraid to be in jail," she told AFP on the campus of Thammasat University, the only establishment to accept her for study. Kanthoop, who said the claims against her are based on maliciously edited screen grabs of her comments, wants the law, which carries a penalty of up to 15 years for each count, abolished. Lese majeste, or article 112 of the Thai criminal code, is designed to protect senior royals from insult, but academics say it has been politicised in recent years. Many of those charged have been linked to the "Red Shirt" movement, supporters of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and other critics of the previous establishment-backed government. The number of people charged with the offence has surged since Thaksin was deposed in a 2006 coup, making the law itself increasingly the subject of debate -- even though powerful figures such as the army chief have suggested dissenters should leave the country. David Streckfuss, an independent academic and expert on lese majeste, said the current public attention to the issue would have been "absolutely unimaginable" last year. "People are becoming more and more used to debate over the law. The more they see it in the news, the more it's becoming part of the normal talk of the day," he said. The royal family is an extremely sensitive subject in Thailand, with 84-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej revered as a demi-god by many. There were 122 lese majeste cases sent for prosecution from January to October 2011, which Streckfuss said was in line with the level seen in 2009. But in 2010, when the country was rocked by deadly anti-government protests by the Red Shirts, there was a spike of 478 cases. Thai academic Thitinan Pongsudhirak said the measure had left the country gripped by a "climate of fear" and warned reformists can become "radicalised" when debate is shut down. "It is a self-fulfilling situation -- fear and paranoia which aggravates and begets countervailing moves, which reinforce fear and paranoia," he said. Recent cases have sparked fierce debates, including over a 61-year-old man who was jailed in November for 20 years for sending text messages deemed insulting to the monarchy. A US citizen in December was also handed two-and-a-half years in prison for allegedly defaming the king. Social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter are providing a platform for both critics of the law and ultra-monarchists, who have encouraged Internet users to report posts that could violate lese majeste. One group of legal academics, known as Nitirat, has drawn particular fire over its calls for amendment of the law. Founder Worachet Pakeerut said he has faced threats, blaming attempts to "create misunderstanding and hatred". The group is based at Thammasat, long considered a hub of political debate and the site of a bloody crackdown on student protesters in 1976. Thitinan said some of Nitirat's suggestions, such as making a future king swear an oath to protect the constitution, were "unpalatable to Thai society" -- but added other recommendations including ending the practice whereby anyone can denounce anyone else were "very sensible". Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she would not amend the law, despite concerns raised by the US, the EU and United Nations, in an apparent attempt to avoid the accusations of disloyalty levelled at her ousted brother. But Thitinan said some compromise will have to be reached. "The royalists have to sort out their fallback position now, what concessions they are going to have to make to hold the line, because this line is not going to hold." Streckfuss said lese majeste has become the "dividing line" in Thai society. For Kanthoop, that division has torn her family apart -- her sister wished her dead and her royalist father told her to change her name. "I didn't think it would come to this... But I think I can live on my own and I'm proud of myself. I feel free," she said.  -- ©Copyright AFP 2012-02-09 | AFP News Sponsor Published with written approval from AFP.
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