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Using religion to polarise
News, Editorial, Published on 28/10/2015
» There is another serious effort under way to try to organise the drafting of an effective national constitution. The job of the second chief drafter of the year, Meechai Ruchupan, is doubly difficult, after the first one failed. Now, along with a mind-boggling list of suggestions, precedents, instructions and attempts at oversight, comes the unwanted and unneeded demand that the Constitution Drafting Committee make Buddhism the official state religion.
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Guess who's coming to town?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2015
» Guess who's coming to town this Sunday? A voice from somewhere answers: "People in red!"
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Ageing society needs new policy approach
News, Phacharawadee Tasee, Published on 28/10/2015
» The 21st century will be the century of the ageing society. According to the United Nations, around 10% of the total population during this century will be defined as ageing (aged 60 or older). This demographic change to an ageing society will require attention and more active responses from policymakers around the world.
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Elite system outdated
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/10/2015
» Two letters, “Expats are a resource” and “Opinions are critical” (PostBag, 26 Oct) seem unrelated, but they are connected.
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Lies lurk behind synthetic biology
News, Published on 28/10/2015
» Las Vegas seems to be an apt place to launch a risky corporate gamble that could destroy the livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers. Earlier this month, the international food conglomerate Cargill chose the city's famous Strip to introduce what it hopes will be its next blockbuster product: EverSweet, a sweetener made of "the same sweet components in the stevia plant".
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The rise of trash talk and the decline of democracy
News, Published on 28/10/2015
» In the guise of hyperpatriotism, trash talk has gone mainstream in the world's two biggest democracies.
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Obama is pushing Middle East allies closer to Putin
News, Published on 28/10/2015
» America's traditional Middle East allies, having run out of patience with President Barack Obama's policy in Syria, are now reaching out to a resurgent Russia -- even though it is bolstering the very dictator so many of them have pushed to leave power.
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The reasons Netanyahu keeps fibbing
News, Published on 28/10/2015
» 'I can't stand him. He's a liar," then-French president Nicolas Sarkozy told US President Barack Obama four years ago, in a conversation about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr Obama replied: "You're fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day." It was a private conversation, but we know about it because it was accidentally broadcast to journalists.
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Debunking myth, retelling history
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 28/10/2015
» History or patriotic myth? When I first heard of a new book, The Thai History, I thought of nothing but another government effort to build a sense of nationalism among Thais. The 208-page book was written by the Fine Arts Department and launched last Thursday at the National Book Fair.
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