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Youth strike fear into old, cold hearts
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/10/2016
» We can imagine the scene: Twenty policemen mobbed a 19-year-old boy arriving at the airport immigration. They took him to the detention quarters and kept him there, refusing communication, and consequently sent the entire world into a manhunt frenzy. Where's Joshua Wong? What has he done? Or more directly to the heart of the midnight stealth: What did the Thai authorities fear? Why did the mighty state have to send 20 officers -- not five, not 10, but 20 -- to whiz away a skinny boy on a red-eye flight? A boy whom I bet never won a fist-fight in his high-school yard.
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NMG to appeal SEC ban
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 08/10/2016
» SET-listed Nation Multimedia Group Plc (NMG) will appeal a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) order to ban eight people from being listed as company directors by lodging a petition with the Central Administrative Court, says founder Suthichai Yoon.
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In fight for Aleppo, tangled alliances add to chaos
News, Anne Barnard, Published on 08/10/2016
» The Syrian civil war, and the intense new ground battle in the divided city of Aleppo, is often seen as a contest between a chaotic array of rebel groups and the Russian-backed government of President Bashar Assad. But the reality is that Mr Assad's side is increasingly as fragmented as its opponents, a panoply of forces aligned partly along sectarian lines but with often-competing interests.
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No 'Erawan, passport link' to 3 migrants
News, Published on 08/10/2016
» TAK: Three Myanmar nationals arrested in raids on a shophouse in Mae Sot on Thursday night were not involved with either the Erawan shrine bombing in 2015 or a recently busted fake passport ring, police say.
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Com7 to rebrand all existing stores
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 08/10/2016
» Traditional brick-and-mortar IT stores will have to blend online and in-store sales channels and differentiate their brands to survive in today's competitive business landscape, say leading IT chain stores.
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Public works get boost
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/10/2016
» Almost 100 billion baht worth of contracts for public works set for the fiscal 2017 budget are set to be signed off on this month as part of government efforts to ramp up state spending to boost the economy.
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Minister tips R&D council to succeed
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/10/2016
» The Science and Technology minister has defended a Section 44 order to dissolve several research and development agencies and set up a single national body, saying a new centralised council will help advance research and development in the country more effectively.
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The importance of reversing the medical brain drain
News, G Richard Olds, Published on 08/10/2016
» With physicians already scarce worldwide, demand for foreign-born doctors in the United States and the United Kingdom is stretching developing countries' medical resources to breaking point. In the US, for example, the shortfall of physicians could grow to nearly 95,000 by 2025, equivalent to 43% of all doctors working today.
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Thais have every right to expose state faults
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 08/10/2016
» 'Are you Thai?" is a catchphrase Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha loves asking people whom he thinks give our beloved country a bad name.
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Could Swansea spark a US invasion?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/10/2016
» A small slice of history was made this week when Bob Bradley became the first American to be appointed manager of a club playing in the English Premier League.
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