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Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/08/2012
» Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwannatat appears to have resolved his conflict in his ministry with his abrupt transfer of three generals. But Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi is caught in a three-way war of words with the City Hall and a group of water experts on the flood prevent plan. In the deep South, militants went on bomb-planting spree to mark their national day.
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/06/2012
» The main news focus this week was undoubtedly the conflict between the Constitution Court and the parliament over the court’s order that the parliament suspend the final reading of the constitution amendment bill, which was scheduled for today,Friday, until the bench has ruled on the constitutionality of the amendment process.
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Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/03/2012
» Southern insurgents stepped up their attacks on the security forces this week, killing six soldiers and wounding 13; in Japan, Prime Minister Yingluck assured Japanese investors that last year's devastating flood will not be repeated and their factories are now safe; and the government has started the process to compensate victims of political violence.
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Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/06/2012
» Confrontation between the Constitution Court and the parliament was narrowly averted when the parliament backed down from challenging the court’s authority. New troubles are brewing for Pheu Thai Party leader Yongyuth Wichaidit and de facto leader Thaksin Shinawatra. And two innocent people shot dead and two others wounded as student gang violence rears its ugly head again.
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Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/08/2012
» The power struggle in the Senate ended with the elected members putting their candidate in the speaker's seat, while in the House the government was grilled by the Democrats over a lack of transparency and corruption in the spending of funds for mega-projects such as the rice pledging scheme and flood rehabilitation programme, and in the far South the violence continued unabated.
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Thaksin may be signalling a return to the spotlight
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/04/2015
» "To Phra Suthep: I have stopped for a long time but you have not. You say you have been in the monkhood for nine months. Don't be a monk merely to be covered by a saffron robe and have your head shaved. Have your heart ordained as well because you still lie frequently. (I) thought you would stop lying in your saffron robe. We knew each other quite well."
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/12/2012
» Thais across the country turned out in force to celebrate HM the King's birthday on Wednesday; the unrest in the far South takes a turn for the worse with two teachers killed and one seriously wounded in a matter of two weeks; and a three-day blackout in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan drove most tourists away before electricity supplies were resurrected on Friday morning.
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/12/2012
» Despite the strong possibility the government may not get the minimum 24 million votes needed in a referendum to rewrite the entire constitution, it appears determined to push ahead with the planned plebiscite.
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/01/2013
» The Bangkok governor election has been set for Sunday March 3, and front-running and underdog aspirants alike have already started their door-knocking campaign to woo the city’s voters, even before registration of candidates opens.
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