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Upgraded roads, people downtrodden
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/01/2012
» Do you know how many zeroes there are in 2 trillion? I don't. Intellectually, I can't immediately grasp how large such an amount of money is, being an ordinary citizen who subsists on some 50-baht meals most days.
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Dry dreams, wet country
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 31/01/2012
» I have no way of knowing whether international business leaders at Davos over the weekend bought the Thai prime minister's assurances that there will be no repeat of last year's flood crisis in Thailand. All I know is that my large and clunky treadmill machine still stands outside the house because water from last year's flooding is still lodged within its machinery, and I have no plans to clean it up and haul it back inside until I am confident there will be no more flooding.
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The dark side of tablet PCs and new media
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/03/2012
» If things go as planned, almost a million tablet computers will be distributed to young first graders across the country before the new semester starts on May 15.
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The Sphinx and Sonthi's riddle
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/03/2012
» In Greek lore, the Sphinx was entrusted to guard the entrance to the city of Thebes. For a traveller to be allowed passage, he or she had to answer her riddle. Those who couldn't were strangled and devoured.
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Let's face it, reconciliation isn't working
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/04/2012
» It's about time to admit that the current attempt to require people in the nation to "forgive" and "reconcile" with one another by law is doomed to fail.
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Shine comes off elite argument
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/05/2012
» It was the highest-profile news containing no news of the first quarter.
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Not without a fight
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/05/2012
» The biggest problem with freedom of expression in this country is the ambiguity surrounding it, said Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn.
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Suu Kyi stresses people-first policy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/06/2012
» Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi sent a clear message to investors interested in her country as it begins to open up to the world - be transparent and think deeply about its people.
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Our leaders canlearn from The Lady's light
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/06/2012
» Some people's minds are as clear as crystal, a former senior colleague recently said to me.
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Charter risks deepening crisis
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/07/2012
» If Thailand were a politically stable country, the charter rewrite bid wouldn't have caused such a ferocious debate.
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