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Place your bets... now
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 15/10/2012
» There have been several efforts over the years to introduce new forms of legalised gambling, otherwise known as the lottery. Officially we have the government lottery and the Government Savings Bank lottery.
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Stone-age soldiers
News, Published on 03/11/2012
» A young man in my condo building was born in Chiang Rai and moved away when he was four years old.
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Grim White House in-tray
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/11/2012
» When Barack Obama won the US presidential election four years ago, the BBC commented that when he took over from George W Bush _ a few months later he would be inheriting ''the in-tray from Hell''. It wasn't far off the mark. Certainly things haven't been a barrel of laughs for Mr President. But he can't complain: After all, he wanted the job.
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Futsal fiasco
News, Published on 08/11/2012
» It is indeed a miracle that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has completed constructing the Bangkok Futsal Arena in just 270 days, capping a month of non-stop round-the-clock work under pressure to meet the deadline.
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Bhumjaithai's decision not totally unexpected
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/11/2012
» The decision by the Bhumjaithai Party to opt out of the Democrat-initiated censure debate against the government scheduled on Nov 25-27 should not come as a total surprise.
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Easy to bounce around with our tax money
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 12/11/2012
» The odd surprise or two from politicians really do make Thailand look like a country where there's never a dull moment. The sad thing, though, is that those surprises always end up with taxpayers' money being washed down the drain.
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Thailand's superpower courtship
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 19/11/2012
» Whether it comes out of Bangkok or Washington, foreign policy ultimately derives from domestic politics. Long after United States President Barack Obama leaves Bangkok on this round of shuttle visits to three mainland Southeast Asian nations as part of his East Asia Summit (EAS) tour, Thailand's foreign relations will still be stuck and able to find traction only at the margins without much forward direction from the middle until the country's domestic tension and turmoil find a lasting political settlement and a new equilibrium.
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Wading through putrid water to get to the truth
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 22/11/2012
» These days there seems to be lighter than usual traffic on many Bangkok roads on Monday and Tuesday nights because people rush home to watch Channel 3's sensational soap opera, Raeng Ngao.
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A bad futsal stadium job
News, Kultida Samabuddhi, Published on 23/11/2012
» The troubled Bangkok Futsal Arena was renamed "Bangkok Arena Nong Chok" earlier this week.
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Postbag: Protesters not all bad
News, Published on 26/11/2012
» In the majority of protests around the world, there is always an element there to cause trouble. They have nothing to do with the main protest at all. Some are even professional protesters.
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