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    Thai Rath Analysis

    News, Published on 02/01/2012

    » There will be another round of political conflict this year if the ruling Pheu Thai Party pushes for constitutional amendments that will allow ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return home without facing any legal consequences of the Sept 19, 2006 coup that removed him from power.

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    Put 'Happy' in the New Year

    News, Published on 02/01/2012

    » It was an easy act to let go of the year 2011 and welcome in the New Year, 2012/2555. That is not to say that the past year was without achievement for our citizens. But we could easily have done without the calamities of the past year. The huge crowds drawn to Sanam Luang on Saturday night for a prayerful pre-midnight evening gave voice to the thought all around the country: Let us hope and work for a better year ahead than the one we are leaving behind.

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    To stop the rot, first understand it

    News, Published on 04/01/2012

    » It's rare that I download a letter; what is more, I leave it on my desktop for reflection. That's what I did with Andrew of Chiang Mai's letter published on the last day of 2011 ("Constitution change should be an open process", Postbag, Dec 31). I suspect it must have made an equal impression on other readers.

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    Bangkok Today Columnistphya Mai

    News, Published on 04/01/2012

    » The government is right in not pushing for a change to Section 112 of the Criminal Code, which regards lese majeste as an offence against the security of the state. But it may amend the current Constitution, which was drawn up in 2007 at the behest of the military officers who removed then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power on Sept 19, 2006.

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    Shifting political tides portend turmoil

    News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/01/2012

    » Thailand has arrived at the outset of 2012 more bruised and battered compared to its previous bouts of political instability, characterised by several years of protests and violence and then capped recently by the floods.

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    Burma balancing act

    News, Published on 08/01/2012

    » A day after the 64th anniversary of Burma's declaration of independence from Britain on Jan 4, 1948, British Foreign Minister William Hague arrived in Rangoon in the interests of speeding along true independence for the Burmese people.

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    Thai Rath Analysis

    News, Published on 09/01/2012

    » Given the strong opposition from their opponents, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra and the ruling Pheu Thai Party will not push hard for constitutional amendments.

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    Playing an off-key fiddle

    News, Published on 09/01/2012

    » Re: ''Central bank's attitude unhealthy for Thailand's democracy, says Virabongsa'' (BP, Jan 8). The controversy of who should bear the burden of 1.14 trillion baht debt is rather irrelevant when foreign reinsurers and existing and potential foreign investors are waiting for our remedial performance. The bickering is like Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burned in AD 64.

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    Thai Rath Editorial

    News, Published on 11/01/2012

    » The government's attempt to amend the constitution continues to draw much public attention, as well as criticism from the opposition Democrat Party. Even members of the ruling Pheu Thai Party are divided over who should be in charge of rewriting the charter.

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    Public voice in charter is vital

    News, Published on 12/01/2012

    » The proposal from Dr Ukrit Mongkolnavin's commission _ that a 34-member panel he handpicked should be tasked with rewriting the Constitution _ appears doomed, as most Pheu Thai MPs have rejected his idea. This should not be surprising at all.

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