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Govt to build big dam on seismic fault
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 16/02/2012
» Building a big dam on an active earthquake fault. Isn't that plain crazy?
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Phu Kradung gets a reprieve
News, Published on 25/02/2012
» Less than a day after the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation announced its finalisation of the 3.8km route for the proposed cable car to scale the scenic heights of the Phu Kradung National Park in Loei province, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra wisely slammed the brakes on the project. She forced a postponement of the private-sector development by using Tuesday's mobile cabinet meeting in Udon Thani to insist on a further environmental impact study by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry and consultations with Loei residents, before a final ruling is made.
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'Big fish' can't see the forests
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/02/2012
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said in her weekly "Yingluck government meets the people" TV programme that her government would heed His Majesty the King's advice given to members of the Strategic Formulation Committee for Water Resources Management during an audience at Siriraj hospital on Friday.
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A putrid air of stupidity
News, Published on 03/03/2012
» It's a case of too little too late...and a continued front of incompetence. Villages, inner-city homes, wats and rice fields are still burning on a daily basis in Chiang Mai.
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Tell us how this won't recur
News, Published on 09/03/2012
» It is now several months since the floods peaked. And Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has hit the Asian political scene like a storm. She has met with diplomats, hosted foreign dignitaries and attended numerous engagements. She has handled herself well and carried out her prime ministerial duties with confidence, eloquence and style.
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Think you know what's happening in the world around you?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 09/03/2012
» Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!
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U-turn on tax so unfair
News, Published on 31/03/2012
» Re: ''Self-interested MPs kill Korn's assets tax'' (BP, Opinion, March 29).
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Putting people in another perspective
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 10/04/2012
» Blame it on the local media which has shaped a stereotype of Myanmar people as vicious killers. For years Thai media has reported news of Myanmar employees or maids killing their Thai employers, presenting them as violent people.
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Placing commerce before culture
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/04/2012
» The centenary of the Titanic disaster has become a mega event around the world, with documentaries, articles and exhibitions galore to remind us of the tale of the magnificent ship that struck an iceberg and sunk to the bottom of the ocean on its maiden voyage.
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Frankly,my dear, I do give a dam
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/04/2012
» I wish I never had to write another whining piece about dam construction. It was just a few months ago that I profusely lamented about the loss of lush teak forests _ and ecological balance _ in Phrae province if the government goes ahead with the controversial Kang Sua Ten Dam, by citing flood prevention as cause. After last year's massive flood, debate about article 112, dubious purchasing of tablets, constant meddling from finance minister Kittiratt Na Ranong and the recent threat or pledge _ you decide _ by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra that he will return home, we do not need another headache.
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