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    Peace talks feature symbolism, scepticism

    News, New York Times, Published on 02/09/2016

    » In the grandest gesture yet of her young administration, Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, opened a peace conference on Wednesday to bring together hundreds of the country's ethnic armed groups in hopes of ending decades of conflict.

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    Crisis panel reveals PM's guiding hand

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/08/2015

    » Who needs an electoral democracy when there is Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's "roadmap"?

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    Standing up for Thailand

    Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/07/2016

    » It was about a decade ago that Kowit Sanandang, then the editor of the Bangkok Post, asked me to think of something that would be transformational in the years to come and how the newspaper should cover it. My first thought was of Asia and how it was becoming the engine of growth for the world.

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    Pheu Thai on reckless, dangerous, path

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/11/2013

    » The ruling Pheu Thai Party is in a hurry, as if there is no tomorrow. So the party released all the brakes and went into overdrive at full throttle or <i>sud soi</i>, a term used by its master, self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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    Fear of failure guiding NCPO's steps

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/07/2014

    » "Sia-khong" or "a waste" has become a buzzword in military political circles since the May 22 coup. It is a short version of, "Don’t let the May 22 coup be a waste".

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    Liberal democracy bows to the reactionaries

    News, Roger Cohen, Published on 18/04/2016

    » Liberalism is dead. Or at least it is on the ropes. Triumphant a quarter-century ago, when liberal democracy appeared to have prevailed definitively over the totalitarian utopias that exacted such a toll in blood, it is now under siege from without and within.

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    Theft out of need may not be crime

    News, Published on 05/05/2016

    » Stealing food from a supermarket may not be a crime in Italy if you are homeless and hungry, the nation's highest appeals court has ruled.In a case that has drawn comparisons to Les Miserables, the Supreme Court of Cassation threw out the conviction of a homeless man from Ukraine, Roman Ostriakov, who was caught trying to take €4.07 (about 164 baht) worth of cheese and sausage from a store in Genoa without paying for it. A trial court sentenced him in February 2015 to six months in jail and a fine of €100.

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    Who becomes a terrorist?

    News, Matt Apuzzo, Published on 29/03/2016

    » The brothers who carried out suicide bombings in Brussels last week had long, violent criminal records and had been regarded internationally as potential terrorists. But in San Bernardino, California, last year, one of the attackers was a county health inspector who lived a life of apparent suburban normality.

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    Heed charter draft gripes

    News, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2016

    » The government on Wednesday launched a special television programme to "educate" the public on the draft charter. It is a useful move considering the public finds legal-speak very difficult to understand. But it risks being self-defeating if it turns out to be an attempt to shoot down criticisms in a one-sided manner.

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    The courageous fight for freedom

    News, Luc Stevens, Published on 10/12/2015

    » On Dec 10, 1948 the United Nations adopted a milestone document, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, setting out for the first time the fundamental human right to be protected universally. Drafted by people with different cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration became the building block for a range of legally binding international treaties.

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