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Belgium fumbles race against terrorists
News, Reuters, Published on 29/03/2016
» When Brussels police caught Salah Abdeslam, suspected sole survivor of November's suicide assault on Paris, they knew they were in a race against time to stop a new Islamic State (IS) attack.
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Trump, the un-American strongman
News, Pankaj Mishra, Published on 29/03/2016
» US politics today presents, to this foreign observer at least, a very un-American spectacle. A country originally built on immigration is awash with popular hatred against immigrants. A candidate of the right rails against free trade and foreigners, while that of the left proclaims his faith in socialism. Xenophobia is rife. Class war seems perilously close to the surface.
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Who becomes a terrorist?
News, Matt Apuzzo, Published on 29/03/2016
» The brothers who carried out suicide bombings in Brussels last week had long, violent criminal records and had been regarded internationally as potential terrorists. But in San Bernardino, California, last year, one of the attackers was a county health inspector who lived a life of apparent suburban normality.
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PTT aims to maximise LPG storage
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 29/03/2016
» PTT Plc, the national oil and gas conglomerate, plans to turn its existing liquefied petroleum gas storage plant in Chon Buri into a facility for LPG for re-export in the Mekong region.
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State eyes loan criteria to tamp down NPLs
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/03/2016
» The Bank of Thailand has asked the Government Savings Bank (GSB), GH Bank and Krungthai Bank (KTB) to jointly set approval criteria for pre-financing loans for the government's low-cost housing scheme under the Pracha Rat (People's State) initiative to prevent loans turning sour in the future.
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No ID-card plan for student loan debtors hits legal snag
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/03/2016
» A proposal that student loan defaulters' national identity cards be cancelled or denied renewal until they pay up is not allowed under current laws, according to permanent secretary for the interior Krissada Boonrat.
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Human rights: a business-critical issue
Business, Published on 29/03/2016
» In today's increasingly connected and global economy, businesses are expected to be ethical, responsible and transparent. They can no longer claim they are not aware of their impact on human rights, employees, the value chain or communities. Thai businesses have an opportunity to ensure fair and ethical treatment of people in both their own operations and in the value chain, and indirectly throughout the country.
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Buriram Sugar banks on price rebound
Business, Published on 29/03/2016
» SET-listed miller Buriram Sugar Plc (BRR) aims to raise crushing capacity by 50% to 3 million tonnes of sugar cane in the next two years, up from the current 2 million, in order to increase revenue at a time when global prices have started to rebound.
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Latest attacks show BRN's new strategy
News, Anthony Davis, Published on 29/03/2016
» Coming just less than two weeks apart, the recent car bomb on the outskirts of Pattani city and a major insurgent assault that invaded a hospital in Narathiwat indicate that beneath the surface of the violence sputtering across the southern border provinces the ground is shifting.
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Charter will create hollow democracy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/03/2016
» In the country where a coup was renamed a "return of happiness" and arbitrary detention an "attitude adjustment session", it is just a natural progression for its constitution and ensuing general election to end up becoming a sham.
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