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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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    A new year and a new experience

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/01/2012

    » At my age, any new sensation tends to be an ache or a pain, but this year on New Year's Day, I was up and about at six in the morning, which was definitely a new experience. I hasten to add this wasn't because I hadn't made it to bed after a night's revelry. Admittedly in the past there have been occasions when I've seen dawn rise on Jan 1 before hitting the sack. But this was a genuine early rise and shine occasion. Some explanation is needed for this unnatural behaviour.

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    From the year of fury to the year of doom?

    News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 05/01/2012

    » With a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hitting Japan in March, causing vast destruction and leaving nearly 20,000 people killed or missing, 2011 should register as one of the years that the four elements _ earth, air, fire and water _ had unleashed its most destructive fury.

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    Justice for poor hinges on reform

    News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 26/01/2012

    » After 12 years of an exhaustive series of court battles, Paijit Silarak, the grassroots activist and arch enemy of Rasi Salai Dam, can finally let out a sigh of relief.

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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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    To boost her popularity, here's Yingluck II

    News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 19/01/2012

    » The cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, which comes after only five months in office, is aimed at redeeming her credibility, which has been dented by the government's poor handling of the flood late last year.

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    Migration in 2012: challenging ingrained impunity

    News, Andy Hall, Published on 21/01/2012

    » At cabinet meetings during Thailand's floods, migration was absent from the political agenda. No specific response was apparently required. Officials reported no "host agency" and neither the Labour, Interior nor Foreign ministries assumed direct responsibility. Law enforcement agencies monitor migrants closely and surely knew how the floods impacted on them, however.

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    Clarity, PM, for women's fund

    News, Published on 27/01/2012

    » It is no secret that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is no darling of women's rights groups. To them, she is only the proxy of her brother Thaksin, whom they believe still wields the real power behind this Pheu Thai-led administration.

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    Witch hunt for red Joss Stick

    News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 08/01/2012

    » Hate mail and threats are the least of her worries. Being shunned by society that has forced a young girl to become persona non grata should be considered cruel and unusual punishment She had to change her name. She was turned away from three universities despite passing the entrance exams. She's hounded by the press and society. It has been more than three years, and the witch hunt continues.

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    Khao Sod Editorial

    News, Published on 30/01/2012

    » The government has agreed in principle to compensate the families of civilians and government officials killed in the troubled Deep South. This will help lessen the longstanding conflict in the Muslim-dominated region.

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