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Thai PM Yingluck concedes severe floods likely this year
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Thailand Live Saturday 11 Feb 2012
Started by webfact, 2012-02-11 05:40
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Lite Beer
L.B. Posted 2012-02-11 13:33:50
PM met with foreign, ICT, and education ministers at Ban Phitsanulok for an hour after hosting weekly TV show/TAN_Network
Democrats demand PM clarify visit to Four Seasons Hotel and usage of work hours on personal business; claims she may have brokered land deal/TAN_Network Police to issue arrest warrant for Nattapong Pohthing,van driver who crashed into parked 6-wheeler on Eastern Ring Rd killing 8 Cambodians/TAN_Network Man plunges to his death from 10-m mast of cargo ship at Klongtoey Port/TAN_Network Locals tie monk's robes around trees at Rod Fai Park in Chatuchak area to prevent BMA from cutting them down/TAN_Network #28
Lite Beer
L.B. Posted 2012-02-11 13:38:34
RT @js100radio 35-40 yr old man fell from 4th floor of within Central Pinklao to his death; police investigating if it was suicide/TAN_Network
11pm-5am tonight pedestrian flyover at Petchkasem Soi 34 to be removed for Blue Line electric train construction; motorists should avoid/TAN_Network #29
Lite Beer
L.B. Posted 2012-02-11 13:49:27
Bangkok Poll: Parents are role models for true love
BANGKOK, 12 February 2012 (NNT) – Family bondage remains influential in shaping the youth’s definition of love, according to a recent opinion survey by Bangkok University. The Bangkok Poll which was carried out with 1,200 young people aged between 15 and 25 has shown that as much as 64 percent of the respondents found their parents to be the role model of true love. Sixty-five percent view Valentine’s Day this year as important as those in previous years. Fifty-three percent have prepared gifts for their special ones. Some of them plan to take their lovers to the movies, or give them bouquets. Others plan to take this opportunity to confess their love to their special persons. Twenty one percent of the respondents disagree with the idea of having pre-marital sex as a way to show true love while 17 percent are of the opinion that true love should be expressed through constructive deeds. Twelve percent think that true love should be based on conscience. Fifty four percent of the respondents find the extreme public display of affection most obscene. Twenty eight percent find the abuse of drug and alcoholic drinks most offensive. Nearly 15 percent consider the conflict among adults in society unacceptable. Asked which politicians deserve roses most, PM Yingluck Shinawatra is found to win the highest popular votes of 44 percent. Coming second and third are self-styled graft buster Chuwit Kamolvisit and Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva with 24 and 21 percent respectively.  -- NNT 2012-02-11 
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webfact
Admin Posted 2012-02-11 15:13:09
Man who plunged to his death inside Central Pinklao identified a Pongsatorn Suwannakorn; family asked to contact Bangyeekan police /TANN
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webfact
Admin Posted 2012-02-11 15:39:15
Thaksin's spokesman Noppadon says Thaksin happy about Gen Prem's meeting with PM yesterday as it's good start to reconciliation /TANN
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webfact
Admin Posted 2012-02-11 15:44:09
More than 50 employees of factory in Samut Sakhon sent to hospital from ammonia leak due to blaze at factory /TANN
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webfact
Admin Posted 2012-02-11 16:02:15
Director of Thanyarak Institute: More drug users admitted for rehab after singer Sek Loso's treatment; some wealthy addicted to meth, ice /MCOT
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webfact
Admin Posted 2012-02-11 16:25:41 Forest fire at Chiang Rai's Doi Ma Salong, strong winds escalating flames & hampering containment; over 500 rai damaged so far as blaze ongoing /MCOT #35
webfact
Admin Posted 2012-02-11 16:26:42
8 people injured in minivan crash close to Pattaya
Full story: http://www.thaivisa....ose-to-pattaya/ #36
webfact
Admin Posted 2012-02-11 16:31:19
Deputy Health Minister Surawit: Northeastern residents suffer liver, bile duct cancer at highest rate in the world from consuming undercooked fish /MCOT
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Lite Beer
L.B. Posted 2012-02-11 17:21:12
Northeastern Thais found with world's highest rate of liver and bile duct cancer
BANGKOK, Feb 11 - Northeastern Thais were found with the world's highest rate of liver and bile duct cancer, according to deputy public health minister Surawit Konsomboon. He said the rate of liver and bile duct cancer countrywide was discovered in 10-20 out of 100,000 persons on average, while only 1-2 persons occurrences were reported from the same sample population size worldwide. Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....ost__p__5047038 #38
Lite Beer
L.B. Posted 2012-02-11 20:09:36
Thai student on hunger strike over royal insult law
BANGKOK, February 11, 2012 (AFP) - A 20-year-old Thai student whose father has been detained for ten months under the kingdom's strict lese majeste laws began a hunger strike on Saturday in Bangkok against the controversial legislation. Activist Somyot Prueaksakasemsuk, the former editor of two now-defunct "Red Shirt magazines, was arrested last April and charged under article 112 of the Thai criminal code over two articles deemed critical of the Thai royals. His son Panitan, a law student, began his strike on Saturday afternoon in front of Bangkok's criminal court, and was set to fast for 112 hours to highlight the point of law in question. His protest, which a few dozen people came out to support, comes after the seventh request for his father's bail was denied last month. "My hunger strike is to call for the right to bail and to show society the injustice on someone who was charged with lese majeste," he told AFP before starting the protest. He wore a white T-shirt with the message: "Give my dad the right to bail". Lese majeste carries a penalty of up to 15 years for each count and is designed to protect senior royals from insult, but academics say it has been politicised in recent years. Many of those charged, like Somyot, have been linked to the "Red Shirt" movement which backed ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and other critics of the previous establishment-backed government. The royal family is an extremely sensitive subject in Thailand, but calls for reform of the law have grown and sparked fierce debate in recent months after several high-profile convictions. A 61-year-old man was jailed in November for 20 years for sending text messages deemed insulting to the monarchy, while a US citizen in December was also handed two-and-a-half years in prison for allegedly defaming the king.  -- ©Copyright AFP 2012-02-11 | AFP News Sponsor Published with written approval from AFP.
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