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Devil is in the detail
News, Postbag, Published on 25/08/2016
» Over the past three weeks I have been to the National Science Museum, Pattaya City Library and Khao Kheow Zoo and noticed that many of the displays contain wrong information.
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Child suicide bombers strike
News, Reuters, Published on 24/08/2016
» The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, they found a 2kg bomb strapped to his skinny frame.
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Bomb probe in disarray
News, Editorial, Published on 22/08/2016
» It is almost two weeks since the Mother's Day bombings in Prachuap Khiri Khan and six provinces in the South and the investigations are not going well. Many of the errors in the Erawan investigation that drew widespread criticism are being repeated. Diverse agencies of the police, the armed forces and even the intelligence community are giving the impression they are competing to solve the case.
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The big issue: Unravelling another bomb plot
Oped, Alan Dawson, Published on 21/08/2016
» The top commanders of the security forces and their multiple junta supervisors marked the first anniversary of the Erawan Shrine killings with a re-enactment of the investigation of that 2015 atrocity, using the Mother's Day attacks in the South as the example.
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Regime drops ball on 'return to peace'
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 18/08/2016
» As the country marks the first anniversary of one of the deadliest bombings in the capital a year ago, many people are asking questions of the government led by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
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Blasts are most likely the work of the BRN
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/08/2016
» Even though it hasn't claimed responsibility, there are grounds to believe the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) carried out the coordinated bombings and arson attacks last week in Prachuap Khiri Khan and six southern provinces.
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Tourism Pokemon No
News, Editorial, Published on 18/08/2016
» It is no surprise that Thai tourism officials moved quickly to try to contain the negative impact of the multiple attacks in seven provinces last week. Since the bomb attacks occurred at the start of the long holiday weekend, tourists -- local and international -- were well on their way to their holiday destinations. The initial impact could be described as minimal.
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Confusion reigns after deadly blasts
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/08/2016
» This is supposed to be illuminating: Following a spate of bomb and arson attacks in seven provinces last week, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of security affairs Gen Prawit Wongsuwon said yesterday the strikes were definitely about domestic issues and not linked to other countries.
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Wrecked Iraq a symbol of stupidity
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/07/2016
» "Suppose that... the Iraqis feel ambivalent about being invaded and real Iraqis, not (just) Saddam's special guard, decide to offer resistance," wrote British prime minister Tony Blair to US president George W Bush in December 2001, two years before the US and the UK invaded Iraq. At least Mr Blair had some doubts, but neither man could really imagine that the Iraqis would see them as conquerors, not liberators.
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The big issue: Month of calamity
Alan Dawson, Published on 10/07/2016
» At dinner time on Friday, July 1, seven nice young, educated men of good families walked into the upscale Holey Artisan Bakery (official motto - The Only True Artisan Bakery Shop Between Mumbai and Singapore) in the tony Gulshan area of Dhaka, to kill a bunch of people.
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