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Police have summoned a train driver for information regarding the death of a Chulalongkorn freshman run over by the Bangkok-Phu Ta Luang train near Bangkok's Kamphaeng Phetch 7 Road on Monday night.
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A 21-year-old Thai man arrested for allegedly killing a Bangkok police officer has allegedly said he got enraged after being scolded by the officer, so he pulled out a gun and shot him dead.
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The deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau has revealed plans for tight security and safety management for Lady Gaga's much-anticipated Bangkok concert. "The Born This Way Ball" takes place on Friday at Rajamangala Stadium in the Hua Mak Sports Complex on Ramkhamhaeng Road.
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The National Health Security Board (NHSB) will next month consider reinstating the government's 30 baht co-payments scheme that was abolished by the military- installed government in 2004 to make universal health coverage free.
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In its 10th anniversary this year, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (THPF)'s crusade against tobacco and alcohol use has been widely regarded as successful and worthwhile, a Bangkok seminar marking the occasion was told yesterday.
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A Pheu Thai Party MP yesterday vowed to pursue a land-encroachment case involving The Mall Bang Khae in Bangkok, and accused Bangkok Metropolitan Administration officials and the city governor of possible negligence of duty for allowing the shopping centre to expand to a restricted area.
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Suchart says a panel must be set up to see if students were treated unfairly
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recommendations to the Education Ministry on using computer tablets to combat learning disabilities and boost IQs and social skills while also preventing children from becoming addicted to the gadgets.
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Excitement is mounting across the country in anticipation of His Majesty's first trip outside of Greater Bangkok in recent years. The much-beloved monarch is set to visit Ayutthaya on Friday.
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PETALING JAYA: The PTPTN debate between Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli drew lively chat on Twitter.

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PUTRAJAYA: Election posters of all political parties will have to carry the names of the publisher and printer, the Election Commission (EC) said.

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After two successive draws, the LionsXII have returned to winning ways, comfortably beating Sarawak 3-0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Tuesday evening.

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Real estate group Mapletree Investments has recorded a 6.2 per cent rise in full-year net profit to $793 million.

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Confusion reigned at the Committee of Inquiry on Tuesday, as the 111th witness, SMRT deputy director of rolling stock and tracks Ng Wai Yi, raised discrepancies in the evidence gathered so far by the inquiry.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is likely to announce the setting up of a royal commission of inquiry to look into the Sabah illegal immigrants problem next month, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili said.

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PUTRAJAYA: Describing the offence as "abhorrence," the Appeals Court increased the sentence on a Bangladeshi man who falsified endorsement on travel documents.

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Nearly 400 more independent directors will be needed when the new Code of Corporate Governance takes effect in November, a study has found.

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Police are appealing for the next-of-kin of 78-year-old Ng Hooi Loon to come forward.

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Senior officers within the Home Team will get a five per cent increase in their monthly salary from July.

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The Workers' Party's behaviour over the last two days on the issue of why their candidate Png Eng Huat was not chosen for a Non-Constituency MP spot 'raises issues of honesty and being upfront', said Deputy PM Teo Chee Hean this evening.

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Officers seized $644,800 worth of drugs in two separate operations and arrested two people on Monday, one of which is a female West African.

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Back home in Massachusetts, 87-year-old Mr Brock Lynch has been typing hard away on a typewriter. For the past five months, he sent letters to his Singaporean penpal before heading here to perform in the Singapore Arts Festival.

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Indonesia's Chief of Naval Staff was on Tuesday given a prestigious military award by Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen.

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Accompanied by over 100 boy scouts, Minister of State (MOS) for Trade, Industry and National Development Lee Yi Shyan launched the Housing Board's (HDB) 'Let's Shine' (SHare In NEighbourliness) movement, which aims to recreate the old kampong spirit among HDB dwellers.

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Event listings for Tuesday, May 22

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