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    Stray issue bites again

    Life, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 05/01/2012

    » Guichai, a 12-year-old who had miraculously survived the floods, went missing on Christmas Day. She sneaked out with her brother after my helper unintentionally left the gate open.

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    A victory for the stateless

    News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/02/2012

    » As Rasita Suiyang broke down in tears of joy, others were jumping elatedly in front of parliament on Monday. For Rasita and tens of thousands in Thailand, the jubilation came after 10 years of an uphill legal struggle against ethnic and legal discrimination. All their lives they have had to live with the bitterness of being treated as stateless people without any legal rights in their own motherland.

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    From good to bad in search of better

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/02/2012

    » If the current debate on whether or not the lese majeste law should be amended escalates into confrontation and violence, it would not be because people involved subscribe to extremely different viewpoints, but because people in power respond to progressive needs with authoritarian answers.

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    Bar raised on lese majeste issue

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/01/2012

    » So, the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, will remain intact, at least for now and in the foreseeable future or as long as the nine political parties keep their word after reaching a gentlemen's agreement to leave it alone during a special Parliament meeting on Friday.

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    Well, just another week at the airport

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/01/2012

    » It hasn't been the most auspicious of starts to the year for Suvarnabhumi airport. First we had the ugly ''slapping of ears'' incident in which a senior airport official tried to show how superior he was, but only achieved the opposite by humiliating a subordinate who ended up with a damaged eardrum.

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    Here's to a clean start

    News, Published on 03/01/2012

    » It is hard to imagine a better start to a New Year than what most of the country enjoyed. With a couple of glaring and sad exceptions, Thais celebrated the departure of an often unpleasant 2011 and a clean start to 2012/2555.

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    Actions last year ensure more perils in 2012

    News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 17/01/2012

    » Last year 2011 will be remembered as the time when many ever-optimistic Americans began to give up hope. President John F Kennedy once said that a rising tide lifts all boats. But now, in the receding ebb, Americans are beginning to see not only that those with taller masts had been lifted far higher, but also that many of the smaller boats had been dashed to pieces in their wake.

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    Post Today Editorial

    News, Published on 08/02/2012

    » In barring Nitirat from organising activities on campus, the administrators of Thammasat University lay themselves open to accusations of violating the spirit of democracy. They may also be accused of bias against the group, because many other activists have been allowed to hold seminars and other political activities in the university's auditorium.

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    Already over-charged

    News, Published on 03/01/2012

    » We have all read in the news lately that the electricity generating authority is committing itself to buy even more electricity from the proposed new dams at Xayaburi and Koh Kang even though recent articles state that we have excess capacity now. And with that commitment comes higher charges for consumers who cannot use it. What the electric company needs to do is drastically improve on its current service.

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    The spirit of selfless giving

    Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 10/01/2012

    » We usher in 2012 with flair and celebrations _ never missing out on the social value of the gift-giving ritual whether it's accepting, giving or exchanging.

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