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Noppawan into last eight
LONDON : Thailand's Noppawan Lertcheewakarn stormed into the quarter-finals of the girls' singles tournament at Wimbledon yesterday with a convincing 6-4, 6-3 victory over Tamaryn Hendler of Belgium.
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2 Jul 2009
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Prayad: Best yet to come
Prayad Marksaeng says his physical fitness was a factor in his failure to win any tournament in the first half of the year.
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2 Jul 2009
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Cooperation is at the heart of survival
Muay Thai bosses announced this week that they would collaborate to try and revive interest in the sport and those controlling boxing would do well to copy their example.
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2 Jul 2009
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Upgrades for GCC FINANCE :Fitch Ratings has upgraded the national long-term ratings for the two tranches of amortising and guaranteed debentures issued by Gulf Cogeneration Co (GCC) to AAA(tha) from AA+(tha). The outlook is stable. The upgrade covers GCC's five-year issue of 1.16 billion baht in bonds due in April 2011 and its 10-year, 2.9-billion-baht issue due in April 2016.
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2 Jul 2009
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Architecture awards
The Supreme Court building, a structure that is known as, "the 1932-era architecture", has won a conservation award from the Association of Siamese Architects (ASA).
Category : TEXT / Outlook
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2 Jul 2009
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THE PEOPLE'S FADING LIFESTYLE
La Fete French Thai Cultural Festival features no less than six photography exhibitions this year, not the least of which is being shown at Catherine Schubert Fine Art, a cosy space nestled in the residential heart of Sathon district.
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2 Jul 2009
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Checkmate!
Moving away from the traditional runway fashion presentation, Zen organised what is touted to be the world's first Fashion turn Live Chessboard Contest 2009, featuring some of Thailand's most beautiful and famous celebrities in an attempt to popularise the intellectual game of chess among the Thai youths.
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2 Jul 2009
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Mating tactics
Bang Or, the famous local documentary TV show will be telecast at 2:30pm on Channel 9, starting this Saturday.
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2 Jul 2009
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Guitar clinic tour
Andy Timmons, an internationally recognised guitarist and a Top 10 guitarist in Japan, will be coming to the Land of Smiles to run a guitar clinic on July 17, at AUA Auditorium, Ratchadamri Road, at 5:30pm.
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2 Jul 2009
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THE COST OF DEATH
The cremation of a senior villager is over, and a long line of motorcycles is heading out of the forest at midday, bringing villagers in black back to the village. Others are on foot, heading in the same direction after a long night.
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2 Jul 2009
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THAI POST EDITORIAL
Everyone let out a big sigh of relief when the workers' union of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) called off its wildcat strike on June 23. But questions remain over the legitimacy of the one-day strike, which caused a lot of trouble for tens of thousands of rail commuters.
Category : TEXT / General News
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2 Jul 2009
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A contributor's resum?
Henrik Petersen asked for the backgrounds of contributors to Postbag (July 1) and in the interests of transparency, here is mine.
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2 Jul 2009
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Principle, not profit, foremost in foreign affairs
The protracted political crisis has so far left the realm of foreign affairs in this country indeed foreign. There is a big question if Thai diplomacy is a casualty of the conflict and left in a moribund state.
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2 Jul 2009
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Military must be accountable
Imagine a pile of tightly packed 1,000-baht bills that is 1.5 kilometres high. Or imagine 1,000-baht banknotes spread carefully until they completely covered a tennis court and twice as high as you can reach. That is still less than the amount of money recently thrown at one hare-brained peace scheme in the deep South.
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2 Jul 2009
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Finance rejects Japan loans
The Finance Ministry has rejected a loan offer from the Japan International Cooperation Agency to finance the Blue Line mass transit route in favour of domestic borrowing.
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2 Jul 2009
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Puea Thai split over notion to make Sanoh new leader
Puea Thai MPs are divided over discussions to invite Pracharaj Party leader Sanoh Thienthong to head their party as he lacks the economic expertise which is viewed as a key element in the next elections.
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2 Jul 2009
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Thawil firms as NSC favourite
The Democrat Party's preference for a civilian leader of the National Security Council means Thawil Pliensri is almost assured of being named head, a reliable source at the agency says.
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2 Jul 2009
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UDD presses ahead with Thaksin pardon
The red shirt movement is going ahead with its plan to gather a million signatures in a bid to attain a royal pardon for Thaksin Shinawatra, despite the stinging criticism of the move - some from within its own ranks.
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2 Jul 2009
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Speaker denies EC slight
Senate Speaker Prasopsuk Boondej insists he will forward a finding by the Election Commission that 16 senators violated shareholding rules to the Constitution Court.
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2 Jul 2009
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B12bn for uni research
A university renowned for its research and learning institutions which are on a par with the best in the world are among the goals of a 12 billion baht, tertiary education stimulus plan unveiled yesterday.
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2 Jul 2009
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Laws in South up for review
A new office is being set up to study the improvement of laws and judicial processes to better serve people in Muslim-dominated areas.
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2 Jul 2009
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Wanted man Usman 'still in drug trade'
Alleged drug dealer Usman Salaemaeng, the owner of a car seized in Udon Thani on Tuesday in which almost 10 million baht in cash was found, is a wanted man with a 100,000 baht bounty on his head.
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2 Jul 2009
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