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Purge master crooks
News, Published on 08/10/2014
» Like Caesar’s wife, members of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) must be above suspicion. If they themselves are corrupt, how can they cleanse our society of this scourge?
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Beacon of hope for British Isles teams
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/09/2014
» It is not often that the four British international teams and the Republic of Ireland put together half-decent performances in their opening Euro qualifiers, but that was almost the case earlier this week, although Wales did not exactly cover themselves in glory.
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A place where everything is perfectly normal
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/08/2014
» Many thanks to readers who submitted suggestions of real place-names to add to our "trinity of tedium" Dull, Bland and Boring, which became a quartet last week with the addition of Idle. Some of the offerings were very entertaining, but didn't quite fit into the theme of sheer dreariness.
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Coupon saga takes a twist
News, Published on 30/07/2014
» The plan to help consumers adapt to digital television broadcasts has taken more turns than a Formula One race circuit. In the latest confusing chapter, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) said it was again changing its plan to alter the value of subsidy coupons from 1,000 baht each to 690 baht. That decision was announced six weeks after the NBTC announced it was changing the value of each coupon from 690 baht to 1,000 baht.
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Feminism is not a dirty word
News, Published on 27/07/2014
» In Western societies, many young women are taking to social media to declare that they don’t need feminism. That F word, in the minds of certain ill-informed members of a new generation, has come to stand for the denigration of men rather than the empowerment of women.
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Happiness is … not a 5am kick-off time
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/06/2014
» Well, the generals have definitely displayed some nimble footwork in ensuring that the masses don’t miss out on the Happiest World Cup in Brazil.
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A sporting ray of light
News, Published on 24/05/2014
» The achievement of the women’s soccer team in reaching the World Cup for the first time is like sunshine on a cloudy day, a ray of hope in the country’s otherwise bleak political landscape.
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World Cup comes at rule of law's expense
News, Published on 14/06/2014
» The controversy surrounding broadcast rights to 2014 World Cup matches shows that under the current “military intervention” regime, the rule of law can easily be compromised if it accords with the prevailing discourse of “returning happiness to the people”.
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Postbag: Frivolous football
News, Published on 15/06/2014
» Re: "Football bill hits B427m" (BP June 13). Thanks to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) for making all World Cup matches available free to viewers, at the cost of some 400 million baht to government coffers. Unfortunately I am not a football fan and have no plan to watch any match, World Cup or not.
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