Thailand news

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  tourismSurapong re-elected THA chief

  29 Mar 2014 : Surapong Techaruvichit, the managing director of Asia Hotel Plc, yesterday was re-elected to a second term as president of the Thai Hotels Association (THA).
  
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  In PersonProtests turn a page for editor

  28 Mar 2014 : The anti-government protests have lit the fire of political activism for one magazine editor who finds that everything he touches turns to gold for the fund-raising activities that are helping to finance the mass movement.
  

• Democrats outline reform proposals

  28 Mar 2014 : Proposals for national reform dominated the first day of the Democrat Party's annual general assembly yesterday.

• Early count out tomorrow

  28 Mar 2014 : The Election Commission (EC) expects to announce the unofficial results of the Senate election at 8pm tomorrow, EC secretary-general Puchong Nutrawong said yesterday.

• 53 parties back early election

  28 Mar 2014 : Fifty-three political parties have joined a push for a fresh general election to be held as early as May.
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  SUVARNABHUMI

  Airport criminals get tags

  28 Mar 2014 : The Samut Prakan Kwaeng Court has approved the use of electronic monitoring tags on repeat offenders who commit crimes at Suvarnabhumi airport.

• Expressway scraps toll for Songkran break

  28 Mar 2014 : There will be no toll charged on the Bang Na-Chon Buri section of the expressway during the Songkran holiday, the Expressway Authority of Thailand announced yesterday.

• HYDROPOWER DAMS

  Take lead in saving Mekong, govt told

  28 Mar 2014 : The government should take a lead role in protecting the Mekong River during the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Vietnam next week by calling for the suspension of two hydropower dam projects on the river, activists say.

• Judge swap riles Saudi envoy

  28 Mar 2014 : Saudi Arabia’s charge d’affaires has raised concerns that the abrupt removal of a Criminal Court judge presiding over the case of missing Saudi businessman Mohammad al-Ruwaili could lead to a miscarriage of justice.

• environment

  Locals decry 'city lung' zoning plan

  28 Mar 2014 : Locals and green activists have voiced concern over modifications to a city plan of tambon Bangkajao in Samut Prakan’s Phra Pradaeng district.
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  Allies join PDRC procession

  28 Mar 2014 : Sixty-five groups allied with the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) will join a procession from Lumpini Park to the Royal Plaza on Saturday to push for national reform before elections.
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  Two killed in 7-vehicle crash

  28 Mar 2014 : RATCHABURI - Two people were killed and four others injured in a seven-vehicle collision at an intersection on Friday.