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Cruelty law to get boost
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/09/2015
» The law against cruelty to animals will soon be boosted to cover work, entertainment and transport, a legislative drafting committee said.
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UDD vows to press ahead with fight
News, Published on 06/09/2015
» The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship is calling for permission to hold a press conference on the draft charter, defying military orders against the event.
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Surrogacy law 'fails' gay couples
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2015
» A gender equality activist has slammed the new child protection law for failing to protect the rights of those involved in surrogacy arrangements and discriminating against gay couples.
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To retweet or not: The horror of a picture
News, Peter Bouckaert, Published on 06/09/2015
» I thought long and hard before I retweeted the photo of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi. It shows the lifeless toddler, lying face down on a popular Turkish beach, one of 11 Syrians who have almost certainly died as they tried to reach safety in Europe by boarding a smuggler’s boat. Instead they ended up as the latest victims of Europe’s paltry response in the face of a growing crisis.
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The unanswered questions facing the investigation
Spectrum, Published on 06/09/2015
» As authorities hunt more suspects involved in the bombing at the Erawan Shrine on Aug 17, questions remain unanswered over the motive of the suspects, who are believed to have taken personal revenge after the Thai police cracked down on fake passports.
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The curse and cure of kratom
Spectrum, Published on 06/09/2015
» The recipe for the kratom cocktail “4x100” is simple. Unlike cooking up methamphetamine, or ya ba, it does not require sophisticated knowledge of pharmaceuticals. And the ingredients for 4x100 are easy to find.
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Global refugee crisis cries out for action
News, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2015
» Now, it’s personal. Until last week the world’s migrant crisis was abstract, a procession of humanity as statistics. The 59.5 million people forcibly displaced by the end of last year, two-thirds of them uprooted from home within their own country. The 1.9 million Syrians living in Turkey, mainly in camps, having fled a country torn between the atrocities of Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State. The 140,000 men, women and children who have entered Hungary from the border with Serbia this year alone, hoping for asylum in richer western European countries. The hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have entrusted their lives to traffickers, their very exodus abetted by the regime they seek to escape. The Uighur who have turned to criminal networks to escape persecution in China. The Iraqis, Afghans and Sudanese who made perilous journeys to Australian waters only to have the navy pay their traffickers to turn away.
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Economical with the truth
News, Postbag, Published on 06/09/2015
» Re: “Get numbers right” (PostBag, Sept 4).
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Sathon regains its popularity
Spectrum, Published on 06/09/2015
» The recent arrival of new office developments, luxury hotels, retail outlets, bars and restaurants in the Sathon area is quickly restoring its popularity. Sathon is repositioning itself as a hip neighbourhood, in contrast to its original image of being just a business and residential district.
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The long wait for the truth
Spectrum, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 06/09/2015
» Five years on, relatives of victims of the 2010 crackdown on red shirt protests are still seeking justice for the dead. As the Department of Special Investigation and the National Anti-Corruption Commission announced they were wrapping up their probes into the 99 deaths that resulted from military operations to retake areas occupied by protesters, relatives say they have more concerns than hopes regarding the outcomes of the investigations.
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