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  • Charter bill in parliament next week

    13/02/2012 : The government’s draft bill to amend the 2007 constitution will be put on the agenda of next week's parliamentary session, Parliament President Somsak Kiatsuranont said on Monday.

  • 10 rangers wounded by bomb in Yala

    13/02/2012 : Ten paramilitary rangers were wounded by a bomb explosion while on patrol in Yala's Bannang Sata district on Monday afternoon.

  • SET up 0.40%

    13/02/2012 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index on Monday gained 4.49 points, or 0.40 per cent, to close at 1,117.40 points. The market value was 27.85 billion baht, with 4.19 billion shares traded.

  • Under-18s Valentine's curfew in Tak

    13/02/2012 : Police in Tak’s Mae Sot district will enforce an 8pm curfew on teens under 18 on Valentine’s Day on Tuesday to keep them out of trouble, Mae Sot police chief Dejchart Wattanapanom said on Monday.

  • Cabinet approves draft charter change

    13/02/2012 : The cabinet on Monday approved the government's draft charter amendment to Section 291 of the 2007 constitution to make way for the establishment of a 99-member constitution drafting assembly (CDA), Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said.

  • B100m assets seized in drug sweep

    13/02/2012 : Drug suppression officials on Monday seized assets worth nearly 100 million baht suspected to have been acquired illegally and arrested four suspects in a joint operation to sweep up a drug network operating in eastern provinces.

  • SET up 0.55% midday

    13/02/2012 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index gained 6.15 points, or 0.55 per cent, to stand at 1,119.06 points at the end of trading session on Monday morning. The trade value was 12.42 billion baht, with 1.62 billion shares traded.

  • Thai-Cambodian JBC meeting begins

    13/02/2012 : The 5th Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting opened this morning at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel in Bangkok.

  • Fasting lese majeste son shaves head

    13/02/2012 : Panitan Prueksakasemsuk, son of lese majeste suspect Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, shaved his head in front of the Ratchada Criminal Court on Monday morning to draw attention to his hunger campaign in support of bail for his father.

  • Adele wins four Grammys

    13/02/2012 : British soul diva Adele won the best song of the year Grammy for "Rolling in the Deep", her fourth prize at the music industry's annual awards show in Los Angeles.

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