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Laundry list to catch up with
News, Published on 21/02/2012
» The "name and shame" tactic of the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) certainly worked as intended against Thailand. The Paris-based inter-governmental group placed Thailand on a shortlist of countries generally identified as havens for money laundering. The FATF listed Thailand along with the likes of Nigeria, Myanmar and Bolivia as a friendly, welcoming nation for drug traffickers, white-collar criminals, terrorists and other outlaws. Few people would recognise Thailand as such a country _ because there is much less to this disturbing report than meets the eye.
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The importance of a mother tongue
News, Published on 21/02/2012
» Eight-year-old Soifah Jetsadakraisii was failing second grade. The Chiang Rai native grew up speaking Bisu, one of the hundreds of ethnic minority languages scattered over the mountainous heart of Southeast Asia. The language spoken by the teachers was Thai; to Soifah, a foreign tongue.
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All sides, step carefully
News, Published on 21/02/2012
» Re: ''Democrats call for PM-Sansiri probe'' (BP, Feb 20). The relentless assault by the opposition Democrat Party on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in regard to her recent ''private meeting'' with a prominent real estate developer, is threatening to get out of hand.
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Khao Sod Editorial
News, Published on 21/02/2012
» Thailand has long been considered a haven for international terrorists, who return the favour of our hospitality by refraining from causing trouble in the country. This longstanding belief has now been challenged.
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Bring shadow cabinet out of the shade
News, Manop Thip-Osod, Published on 21/02/2012
» The Democrat Party has its own obstacles to overcome as it attempts to build up its political popularity so as to be ready for the next election.
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Prior threats of retaliation negate Teheran's denials
News, Published on 21/02/2012
» The premature explosion of an explosive device in a rented apartment in the Thai capital on Feb 14, exposed an alleged plot by apparent Iranian nationals to carry out an assassination campaign, believed by Israel to target its nationals.
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Happiness as a choice in life
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/02/2012
» The dark side of Facebook is not only its celebration of triviality _ it causes us to have to wait for friends to post photos of our food before we can eat it, for example _ but the social networking tool sometimes also brings to us unexpected news, that a friend from a long time ago has passed away ... long while ago without our knowing it.
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An escalating problem
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 21/02/2012
» You might think that three years in kindergarten, 12 years in school and four years in university would teach all the basics needed for daily life. If not, then your parents should have helped bridge any missing gaps in your knowledge. Apparently however, neither the education system nor many parents teach children about some important manners. It might sound like a trivial thing, but for a society in which department stores are everyone's second home, escalator etiquette is important.
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Thongtong panel's 'no-case' decision a letdown
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/02/2012
» Barely three months after the inquiry into the alleged unusual wealth of Supoj Saplom began the team has thrown in the towel, ending the investigation and raising public suspicions about the government's sincerity in promising to deal harshly with the problem of corruption.
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