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Date News Topic Time Note Remake

19/06/11 Free soap 'a remarkable gift' for poor families

3.45 When the soaps come into the factory, we separate them by hotel. We don't mix the soaps up -- they have different smells, colors, chemistry. We inspect each bar, literally. We used to use a potato peeler to peel off anything of concern.

The Global Soap Project made a lot of soap to bring it to poor people in Ugandan war.

26/06/11 Mexico rallies to top U.S.

3.43 In one of soccer's biggest showdowns, Mexico rallied from an early deficit with four straight goals to defeat the United States 4-2 and win the 2011 Gold Cup on Saturday.

Mexico rallies to top U.S. and win high-scoring Gold Cup final

27/06/11 Wide smoking ban in

Manila

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/health/244972/smoking-ban-in-philippine-capital

3.30 People caught smoking at schools, gyms, parks, hospitals, elevators and stairwells of all buildings, buses and bus depots, restaurants, and government facilities will be hit with the 500-peso fine. However the Manila development authority said it was serious about enforcing the smoking ban.

Government of Manila promotes and support smoking ban widely.

28/06/11 Mor Muk recovering

well

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/244957/mor-muk-recovering-well

3.20 Mor Muk can now walk slowly from about five metres from the intensive care unit.She was able to talk and laugh with her visitors and nurses, the medical team said. The police made the comment after Mor Muk's mother insisted that the driver was likely not Col Saksit Phuklan, the chief hit-and-run suspect.

Mor Muk get well and she can talk about the event that the car get into her to police.








29/06/11 Free bus, train travel extended

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/transport/244801/free-bus-train-travel-extended

3.25 The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) have agreed to extend limited free train and bus services for another four months. The free service was due to end at midnight.

Free bus and train travel limited free for another four months. The free service was due to end at midnight.

30/06/11 Six Syrians killed as

500,000 protest against

Assad

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/244984/six-syrians-killed-as-500000-protest-against-assad

4.30 Syrian security forces killed at least six demonstrators as more than half a million people took to the streets across the country on Friday to demand the departure of Bashar al-Assad. The Observatory says 1,360 civilians have been killed since mid-March and that 343 security force personnel have also died. Thousands have been arrested.

Security forces killed at least six demonstrators on Friday.

01/07/11 Twelve killed in

Bangladesh landslide

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/244973/twelve-killed-in-bangladesh-landslide

3.09 Twelve people were killed and more feared missing on Friday after three days of heavy rain triggered landslides near a slum in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong. At least seven shanty houses in the slum were buried by the landslides and up to five more people are believed to be missing, said Chittagong fire chief Ruhul Amin. Heavy monsoon rains of around 132 millimetres (5.2 inches) in 24 hours triggered

the landslides.

On Friday, Bangladesh's port city of ChittagongTriggered landslidesAnd twelve killed.

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Date02/07/11 Army gears up on border

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/244251/army-gears-up-on-border

4.00 Suwit Khunkitti has ordered soldiers along the Thai-Cambodian border to be prepared. On Monday the army is overseeing security, monitoring intelligence activities and observing movements along the border in order to protect the country's sovereignty.

The government would try in every way to ensure the people along the border continue to lead a normal life. Suwit Khunkitti has ordered soldiers along the Thai-Cambodian border to be prepared.

03/07/11 10,000 spy cameras in

Bangkok

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/244791/bangkok-installs-10000-cctv-cameras-for-safety

1.15 BMA had installed the 10,000 surveillance cameras near junctions and in areas where there was a high crime risk, and near schools, hospitals, community areas and important places around the capital.

10,000 CCTV cameras operating in Bangkok to make the capital safer.

04/07/11 At least 10 dead as train

derails in north India

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/246384/at-least-35-dead-100-hurt-as-train-derails-in-india

3.20 The train was travelling from Howrah, near the eastern city of Kolkata, across India to the capital New Delhi when it left the tracks. The cause of the accident was unclear. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh "expressed deep sorrow and shock at the loss of lives" and promised all available resources in the area would be deployed for rescue and relief operations, his office said in a statement.

A packed passenger train derailed in northern India on Sunday killing at least 10 people and leaving up to 100 injured after carriages were thrown off the tracks

05/07/11 Two rescued after week

trapped in China mine

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/246389/two-rescued-after-week-trapped-in-china-mine

2.45 The two men, Liu Jiagan, 41, and Qin Hongdang, 35, told rescuers in weak voices that they survived by drinking water that seeped down from the shaft. They were taken to hospital and were in stable condition. Rescuers acknowledged the chances of finding more of the missing alive was increasingly unlikely at the coal mine in Heshan city, in Guangxi region, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Two workers were rescued on Sunday after being trapped for more than a week deep underground in a southern China mine collapse in which eight people died and 12 were still missing.














06/07/11 Australia sets carbon tax

to fight climate change

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/246370/australia-sets-carbon-tax-to-fight-climate-change

3.40 Prime Minister Julia Gillard said there would be a fixed price on carbon pollution, blamed for global warming, from next year before emissions trading scheme was introduced in 2015.

Australia has said carbon pollution would be taxed at Aus$23 (US$24.74) per tonne to help battle climate change, in one of the nation's biggest economic reforms in years.

07/07/11 Teacher shot dead in

Yala

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/246225/teacher-shot-dead-in-yala

2.00 The teacher, Prayad Chupetch, 47, of Ban Lam Mai, was on his motorcycle heading to his school when gunman riding on pillion of another motorcycle sprayed bullets at him, according to the police officer.

He was shot twice in the head, body and taken to Yala hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police were investigating.

A teacher was killed in a drive-by shooting on the Yala-Lam Mai road in front of a weekend market of Ban Lam Mai of Yala’s Muang district on Saturday morning.

08/07/11 Army 'accepts' election

result

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/245410/army-accepts-election-result

2.09 The military is a constant wildcard in a nation that has seen almost as many coups as elections. Political observers had said that a close result in Sunday's vote could have fuelled a fresh round of street protests or military intervention. But a clear win by the opposition will make it harder for the generals to justify seizing power again.

Defence Minister Prawit said the military accepted the landslide election win by allies of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled by the army in a bloodless coup in September 2006.











09/07/11 3 policemen injured,

suspect killed in drug

deal raid

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/245293/3-policemen-injured-suspect-killed-in-drug-deal-raid

3.09 Three police officers were injured and a suspect killed when a gunfight erupted during a raid on a reported drug deal.The exchange of gunfire took place at a house in tambon Boek Phrai of Ban Pong district which was being rented by one man and three women suspected of being involved in drug dealing.

Three police officers were injured and a suspect killed when a gunfight erupted during a raid on a reported drug deal.

10/07/11 Health: More young drug

abusers

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/243810/health-more-young-drug-abusers

3.34 Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit said 6,701 children between seven and 17 had undergone rehabilitation so far this year, accounting for about 12 per cent of the total number of people treated. Five years ago, the number was only 52, or about 0.09 per cent of the addicts who entered rehab.

Drug abuse among children in Thailand has shot up, increasing 129-fold in just six years. "The spread of illegal drugs among Thai children is in a worrying state as the number of drug abusers aged between seven and 17 years has increased 129 fold in six years,".

11/07/11 Last cabinet meeting

tomorrow

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/246529/last-cabinet-meeting-july-12

3.09 PM's deputy secretary-general Panitan Wattanayagorn said that on the agenda, the cabinet would approve in principle a draft royal decree to convene the first meeting of the House of Representatives although the date has yet to be fixed pending the Election Commission's endorsement of at least 475 MPs, or 95 per cent, of the 500 House members required by law.

The cabinet under caretaker Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will hold its last meeting tomorrowThe cabinet would also extend the emergency decree in three southern border provinces for another three months.











12/07/11 Ten hurt in Yala bomb

attacks

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/246516/ten-hurt-in-yala-bomb-attacks

1.56 Ten hurt in Yala bomb attacks.

A second explosion occurred

when a team of police and

bomb disposal team went to

check the blast site.

Ten people were injured in two apparently coordinated bomb explosions in Yala's Raman district on Monday morning.

13/07/11 Issuing of child ID cards

begins

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/246553/kid-id-card-issuance-begins-nationwide

3.40 The unprecedented issuing of ID cards for children aged seven or more began on Monday, with a few provinces seeing youngsters queueing up at their district offices.

Some children had also refused to cooperate with the photographer taking the picture that would appear on their ID cards, she said. They could not stay still long enough, and some smiled too broadly. ID card photos are not supposed to be smiling.

14/07/11 Eight students killed in

collision

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/246729/eight-students-killed-in-head-on-collision

2.50 Eight students who had tested for a youth football team were confirmed dead and others injured after their passenger van collided head-on with a 10-wheel truck loaded with rubber logs on the Asian Highway in Surat Thani.

The seven other passengers, including a teacher, and the driver of the van were injured in the accident, which occurred on a detour in Wiang Sa district where the highway is still under construction.

15/07/11 Abhisit opposed to

reinstating 1997 charter

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/246904/abhisit-is-opposed-to-reinstating-1997-charter

3.09 The Pheu Thai Party wants the restoration of the 1997 constitution in the hope the change would lead to amnesty for those involved in political offences.

The former prime minister said there should be an independent committee comprising politicians and academics to study and revise the charter.














16/07/11 Brit human trafficker

apprehended

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/246887/british-human-trafficker-nabbed-in-bkk

2.50 The apprehension of Andrew Christopher Michael Wallace, 37, was announced on Wednesday by the Immigration Bureau. A British national sought by Interpol after jumping bail on a human trafficking case in which he has been sentenced to two years in jail was arrested by the Thai police in Bangkok

A British national sought by Interpol after jumping bail on a human trafficking case.

17/07/11 Alcohol sale ban July

15-16

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/247042/alcohol-sale-ban-july-15-16

1.30 The Public Health Ministry has ordered public health offices throughout the country to coordinate with police and other authorities to make sure the ban on thje sale of alcohol is strictly observed on July 15 and 16, an important Buddhist holiday.

A Prime Minister's Office's order issued in 2009 bans sale of all kinds of alcohol on four important days of for Buddhists - Makha Bucha Day, Wisakha Bucha Day, Asanha Bucha Day and the Buddhist Lent Day.

18/07/11 All five killed in copter

crash

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/247455/all-five-killed-in-copter-crash

2.02 All five army officers on board a military helicopter that crashed in Kaeng Krachan National Park on Saturday afternoon are confirmed to have been killed.

All five army officers on board a military helicopter that crashed in Kaeng Krachan National Park. Soldiers had been despatched into the area to remove the helicopter wreckage and those killed in the crash out of the forest

19/07/11 Decision on royal jet may

come tomorrow

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/247654/decision-on-royal-jet-may-come-tomorrow

3.07 The fate of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn's aeroplane, held at Munich airport over a payments row, will be known tomorrow at the earliest.

Mr Kasit said yesterday Thailand has presented additional documents requested by the court to back up its request for the lifting of the impounding.














20/07/11 Blood banks run low in deep south

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/248491/blood-banks-run-low-in-deep-south

2.40 Blood banks at hospitals in the southernmost provinces are running low as violence plagues the area and religious beliefs keep residents from giving blood. The Thai Red Cross National Blood Centre supplies 100 units of blood to the regional blood centre in Songkhla's Hat Yai district every day.

Blood banks at hospitals in the southernmost provinces are running low as violence plagues the area.

21/07/11 Teams set up for search

and rescue

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/247927/teams-set-up-for-search-and-rescue

1.56 The Kanchanaburi-based 9th Infantry Division has set up 10 teams, totalling 60 soldiers, for a search and rescue operation in the forests of Kaeng Krachan National Park.

Nine people were on board the Black Hawk when it clashed. One of them was Maj-Gen Tawan Ruangsri, the 9th Infantry Division commander.

22/07/11 Weather took down

Black Hawk

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/248325/wind-fell-black-hawk

2.10 The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed on Tuesday, killing all nine on board, was most likely brought down by the extreme weather conditions in the area at the time, according to a senior army officer.

Three days later the Black Hawk helicopter was sent to bring out the victims’ bodies and all nine people on board met the same fate.

23/07/11 Warning: Heavy rain,

flash floods

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/248307/warning-heavy-rain-flash-floods

0.51 The Meteorological Department on Friday issued a warning for people in the North, East and West to prepare for widespread scattered rain with heavy falls in some areas and the danger of floods today and over the next few days.

On Friday issued a warning for people in the North, East and West.














24/07/11 Crashed Black Hawk

found, all nine dead

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/248330/crashed-black-hawk-found-all-nine-dead

2.50 Rescuers were carrying their bodies to an area adapted as a temporary helipad for airlifting out of the forest on the mist-clouded Tanaosi mountain.

The nine dead are Surasi Task Force commander Maj Gen Tawan Ruangsri and Sornwichai Khatannukul, a cameraman with the TV Channel 5 army Station.

25/07/11 Gold prices for Tuesday

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/248861/gold-prices-for-tuesday

0.30 The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying price at 22,315.52 baht per baht-weight for gold .

This news was very short and clearly.

26/07/11 Army plans an offensive

in far South

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/248885/4th-army-to-go-on-offensive

2.50 The 4th Army will launch an operation to comb mountainous areas of the three southernmost border provinces.

This is one interested news that I update it every week.

27/07/11 Forest Dept crackdown

widens

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/248953/forest-dept-crackdown-widens

3.30 The Royal Forest Department is preparing to take legal action against suspected encroachers on 530 rai of forest reserve areas in Chiang Mai's Hang Dong district as the crackdown on encroachers expands to other provinces.

There was so long and quite difficult to understand.

28/07/11 Pyramid scam funds to

be frozen

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/249119/pyramid-scam-funds-to-be-frozen

3.03 The suspects said the firm had the right to buy lottery tickets from the GLO and could make a profit by reselling them to retailers. But it never bought any tickets for resale and instead only collected money from the victims. Initially the organizers of the pyramid scheme paid lucrative returns to teachers and other people who paid into the scheme. Those high returns lured others into the scam.

Organizers of the pyramid scheme paid lucrative returns to teachers and other people who paid into the scheme

















29/07/11 Majesties perform royal

bathing rites

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/249273/majesties-perform-royal-bathing-rites

2.32 Members of the royal family attended the ceremony while the public performed bathing rites before the portrait of the princess at the Sala Sahathai Samakhom.

Their Majesties the King and Queen preside over the royal bathing rites for Her Royal Highness Princess Bejraratana. This tis too short and clearly for me.

30/07/11 Government aid needed

to halt human-elephant

strife

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/249441/government-aid-needed-to-halt-human-elephant-strife

3.24 The government has been urged to give more financial aid to prevent conflicts between people and the rising wild elephant population in Chachoengsao's Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary.

Thailand has around 3,000 wild elephants, of which about 270 live in Khao Ang Rue Nai.

This is the story that was closed human being because we live besides another exist in the world. We should help them from terrible events.

31/07/11 Provinces put on alert for

tropical storm Nock-Ten

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/249562/provinces-put-on-alert-for-tropical-storm-nock-ten

2.56 Provinces in upper Thailand have been warned to brace for the impact of Tropical Storm Nock-Ten. In Sakon Nakhon, rain continued for hours yesterday, causing water levels in Nong Harn Lake to rise to close to its maximum retention amount.

Local irrigation authorities released the excess from the lake for fear that the rising water could flood several thousands of rai of farmland nearby.

01/08/11 Wild tigers crowding

habitats

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/249676/wild-tigers-crowding-habitats

2.24 The number of wild tigers is increasing to the delight of conservationists, but a new problem is now emerging _ their habitats are running out.

The writer use vocabulary that were very easy to understand.

02/08/11 2 foreigners assaulted in

Phuket

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/249794/2-

2.49 Two Dutch tourists were reported to have been assaulted by minibus drivers after they refused to pay 1,000 baht in damages after one of them walked into a parked, small

The two tourists said the damages claim was exaggerated. This annoyed the minibus driver and his

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/249794/2-foreigners-assaulted-in-phuket














foreigners-assaulted-in-phuket

minibus at Patong beach in Phuket province.

friends.


03/08/11 HM the King appoints

House speaker

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/250090/hm-the-king-appoints-new-house-speaker

1.41 Mr Somsak will be assisted by Pheu Thai MP for Chaiyaphum Charoen Chankolmol, as the first deputy speaker, and Pheu Thai MP for Phayao Visuth Chainarun as the second deputy speaker.

This news is too short and it can convey to reader as well.

04/08/11 Nock-Ten flooding

ravages 14 provinces in

North, Isan

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/250001/nock-ten-flooding-ravages-14-provinces-in-north-isan

4.17 Mr Surapol told residents in low-lying areas to brace themselves for possible run-off from Doi Prabat mountain.Seksan Suwanmajo, chief of the Lampang agriculture office, said the flooding has damaged almost 30,000 rai of agricultural areas in Muang, Ngao, Chae Hom, Wang Nua and Phan districts. Ngao district was the worst hit, with more than 13,000 rai of farmland being damaged.

This topic is nearly

our country and I

can understand it.

05/08/11 Tourism in Wang Nam

Khieo to be phased out

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/250350/tourism-in-wang-nam-khieo-to-be-phased-out

3.39 The tourism industry will be phased out in Wang Nam Khieo district which will be designated a forest conservation and agricultural zone.

This news is very easy to understand because there are some information that I learn it before.

06/08/11 School of rock plays vital

role

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/250554/school-of-rock-plays-vital-role

3.42 Chiang Mai Geoscience Camp continues to fascinate career-minded students from around the country. Student was surprised to learn what a lump of rock can tell us about the condition of the Earth and the environment

This story was so fun that make me learn about the camp and saving natural.
















07/08/11 Flood toll: 20 killed, 1

missing

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/250740/flood-toll-20-killed-1-missing

1.32 11 injured, and 1 missing in the widespread flooding that hit 20 provinces, mostly in the North and Northeast, starting July 25, the Interior Ministry's Disaters Prevention and Mitigation Department said.

This risky s bad for Thai People that often happen in this time.

08/08/11 Bomb wounds

2 Yala policemen

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/250872/2-police-wounded-by-bomb-in-yala

1.09 Two policemen were wounded by a bomb explosion in front of a convenience store in Muang district of Yala province.

This news is so bad that Thai people are avoid and against it.

09/08/11 Locals along Chao

Phraya river basin

warned of floods

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q28_e40rtvs&feature=related

2.15 The Public Health Ministry has told 124 hospitals in 13 provinces, including Bangkok, to protect their facilities against flooding and to stockpile food and medical supplies for emergency cases. Mobile medical teams, sent out to flooded areas in 15 provinces, have so far treated nearly 10,000 people, more than half of them for foot infections.

It was so long but I think many words in this news are easy to understand.

10/08/11 Thai semester calendar

may match Asean

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/251119/thai-semester-calendar-may-match-asean

2.04 The Association of University Presidents has been urged to consult with all relevant agencies before pressing on with a plan to change university semester periods. Under the new semester scheme, the first semester would run from September to December, instead of the

This was confusing story that it have changed in planned of Thailand.













current June-October, said Prasart Suebkha, AUP president and rector of Suranaree University of Technology.


11/08/11 Commerce to rein in pork

prices

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/251388/commerce-to-curb-high-pork-prices

1.29 Pig raisers said porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRSV), also known as blue-ear pig disease, had cut output, resulting in a rise in retail pork prices to about 160 baht per kilogramme from an average of 90 to 100 baht last year.

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12/08/11

Queen frets over South

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/251454/queen-frets-over-south

3.30 Her Majesty noted that she had used cash donations given to her on her birthday to build a teacher's centre in Pattani. The centre is intended to be a sanctuary for teachers in the troubled region.

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13/08/11The hospital that will feel

more like a holiday

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/251607/the-hospital-that-will-feel-more-like-a-holiday

4.09The hospital, unofficially named the Hospital of Bang Khunthian District and Medical Centre for the Elderly, will be the 10th medical facility run by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. It will be located on the Bang Khunthian-Chai Talay Road in Bang Khunthian, Bangkok's seaside district.

This is good opportunity that Thailand has new hospital and it was took care from royal.

14/08/11 Terrorists hit tourist townhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256956/three-bomb-blasts-kill-3-in-tourist-town

2.08 A wounded victim pleads for help after a Malaysian and two Thais were killed and 50 other tourists and residents wounded by three motorcycle- and car-bombs in Sungai Kolok in the deep South.


15/08/11 Deluge cominghttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256967/city-hall-confident-it-can-disperse-runoff

2.34 Bangkok City Hall says "Bring on the water" - officials are certain they can divert and disperse the floods due to start on Monday.


http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256967/city-hall-confident-it-can-disperse-runoff



http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256956/three-bomb-blasts-kill-3-in-tourist-town












16/08/11 Slow sales dayhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256964/first-time-car-buyer-scheme-off-to-slow-start

2.17 Lots of interest at dealer showrooms but just "modest traffic" on Friday - the first day for the government-backed rebate for first-time car buyers.


17/08/11 Second opinionhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256968/police-set-to-re-examine-13-protest-deaths

The DSI is acting too slowly, so police will take over the case of 13 people including a Japanese camerman allegedly killed by security forces.

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18/08/11 Flood disaster death toll rises to 83http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256412/flood-disaster-death-toll-rises-to-83

3.31 The nationwide death toll in the recent flooding disaster has risen to 83 in less than two months as downstream provinces near the Chao Phraya River, including Bangkok, brace for more heavy flooding next week.

This topic is nearly our country and I can understand it.

19/08/11 Flood warning for central plainshttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256500/warning-of-flooding-in-central-plains

The Natural Disaster Warning Centre on Wednesday morning issued a warning for people in the central plains, including Bangkok, to brace for possible flooding from today to Sept 17.


20/08/11 Irrigation: Bangkok won't floodhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256515/irrigation-flood-won-t-hit-bangkok

There will be no flooding in Bangkok even though the heavy rains would continue, Chalit Damrongsak, director general of the Irrigation Department, said on Wednesday.

This news was updated since three weeks later.

21/08/11 Bangkok safe from flooding, at least for nowhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/256525/bangkok-won-t-flood

The Natural Disaster Warning Centre has issued a new flood alert for the central plains, including Bangkok, from Sept 17 to 20 - but the Irrigation Department remains confident the capital is safe.


22/08/11 Flood death toll reaches 91http://

A total of 91 people were confirmed dead and two people were still missing in the


http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256711/flood-death-toll-reaches-91

http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/256525/bangkok-won-t-flood



http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256515/irrigation-flood-won-t-hit-bangkok



http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256500/warning-of-flooding-in-central-plains



http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256412/flood-disaster-death-toll-rises-to-83



http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256968/police-set-to-re-examine-13-protest-deaths



http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256964/first-time-car-buyer-scheme-off-to-slow-start



www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256711/flood-death-toll-reaches-91

floods that have hit several provinces over nearly two months, interior permanent secretary Wichian Chavalit said on Thursday.

23/08/11 Farmers threaten to rally for more flood aidhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256779/farmers-threaten-to-rally-for-more-flood-aid

Rice farmers are unhappy with the government's flood management efforts and are threatening a protest, says the Thai Farmers Association.

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24/08/11 Floods: farmers angry, crocodiles happyhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/learning-from-news/256865/floods-farmers-angry-crocodiles-happy

Workers strengthen a 165-metre long embankment built to prevent water from the Chao Phraya River overflowing its banks and flooding Wat Chaiyawatthanaram, a historic site and popular tourist attraction in Ayutthaya. SUNTHORN PONGPAO


25/08/11 UN aid to flood-hit Pakistanhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/256945/un-steps-up-aid-to-flood-hit-pakistan

The United Nations said on Friday that it was stepping up aid to Pakistan, where monsoon floods have killed 270 people, affected over 5.5 million others and destroyed 1.1 million homes.

These news talks about bad event like flooding that make many problems.

26/08/11 Flood death toll rises to 102http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/257036/flood-death-toll-rises-to-102

A total of 102 people were confirmed dead and two persons are missing in flash floods that have hit several provinces for nearly two months, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Saturday.

These news talks about bad event like flooding that make many problems

27/08/11 Three bomb blasts kill 3 in tourist townhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256956/three-

At least three people, including a foreign tourist, were killed and more than 50 wounded in three car and motorcycle bomb attacks in Narathiwat's Sungai

It was so bad event that was happed without police control.



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Kolok district Friday night.

28/08/11 First-time car buyer scheme off to slow starthttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256964/first-time-car-buyer-scheme-off-to-slow-start

Car dealers reported modest traffic at their showrooms yesterday at the launch of the government's first-time buyer rebate programme.

This news was very interested because many people pay attention in first car project.

29/08/11 Police set to re-examine 13 protest deathshttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256968/police-set-to-re-examine-13-protest-deaths

The Department of Special Investigation will hand over to police the case of 13 people allegedly killed by security forces during last year's red shirt demonstrations.

I feel sad when I read news that talked about the same event in every day.

30/08/11 Abhisit calls for clear stance on Cambodiahttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/256919/abhisit-calls-for-clear-stance-on-cambodia

Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has demanded that the government clarify its position after Phnom Penh said it was pleased to follow the 2001 memorandum of understanding, signed with the Thaksin Shinawatra administration, as a framework for talks on the overlapping Thai-Cambodian maritime border.

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31/08/11 More security measures in Southhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256903/more-security-measures-in-south

Deputy Prime Minister for security affairs Kowit Wattana has instructed police and soldiers in the three southernmost provinces to beef up security measures as insurgent attacks continue to rock the far South.

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01/09/11 Acid attack on foreigners at train stationhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256875/acid-thrown-on-foreigners-in-sukhumvit

A foreign woman artist, Elizabeth Briel, reported on Twitter on Friday that she and her husband had acid sprayed at their faces at the Asoke skytrain station last night

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02/09/11 Hun Sen vows to aid jailed Thaishttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/256775/hun-sen-vows-to-aid-jailed-thais

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has promised to find ways for the early release of two Thais serving prison terms in Phnom Penh to reinforce vastly improving ties between the two countries.

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03/09/11 Rogues gallery recalled as old prison comes out of mothballshttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256776/rogues-gallery-recalled-as-old-prison-comes-out-of-mothballs

Modern Thai political history would not be complete without mention of the Special Branch Police [SBP] prison.

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04/09/11 Farmers threaten to rally for more flood aidhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/256779/farmers-threaten-to-rally-for-more-flood-aid

Rice farmers are unhappy with the government's flood management efforts and are threatening a protest, says the Thai Farmers Association

This topic is nearly our country and I can understand it.

05/09/11 Forth ready to offer 3,000-baht tablethttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/256795/forth-ready-to-offer-3000-baht-tablet

Forth Corporation has introduced the first Thai-made educational tablet computer priced at 3,000 baht in a bid to join the government's 4-billion-baht One Tablet per Child programme.


06/09/11 CAT seeks fresh review of DTAC 3Ghttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/256990/cat-seeks-fresh-review-of-dtac-3g

CAT Telecom says it will ask the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) to reinterpret its recent ruling on third-generation commercial service by Total Access Communication (DTAC).


07/09/11 DTAC receives clearance for commercial 3G servicehttp://www.bangkokpost.com/

The Office of the Attorney General has finally ruled that the second-ranked mobile operator DTAC can offer commercial 3G broadband


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service, says the Information and Communication Technology minister.

08/09/11 True gets B49bn loan for 3G expansionhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/255346/true-gets-b49bn-loan-for-3g-expansion

True Corporation signed a loan agreement with a group of banks for 48.94 billion baht to expand its third-generation (3G) network by True Mobile Business Group.

It was so long but I think many words in this news are easy to understand.

09/09/11 3G and the need for greater speedhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/255354/3g-and-the-need-for-greater-speed

It wasn't long ago that data connections barely supported enough bandwidth for occasional browsing of static web content.

This news is too short and it can convey to reader as well.

10/09/11 New prefix adds 100m numbershttp://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/mobile/255004/new-prefix-adds-100m-numbers

Mobile numbers with the prefix 09 are being issued to accommodate rising demand for third-generation (3G) wireless broadband service.


11/09/11 True Move launches 3G with war cryhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/254264/true-move-launches-3g-with-war-cry

True Move officially kicked off its commercial 3G service yesterday by declaring a "3G war" via an ad that pokes fun at its bigger rivals' inability to roll out better service.

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12/09/11 CAT delays prepaid 3Ghttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/254092/cat-delays-prepaid-3g

CAT Telecom is putting off its prepaid 3G wireless broadband service until early next year as it lacks the backup software to perform billing and real-time charging.


13/09/11 TOT approves B50m budgethttp://www.bangkokpost.com/

TOT Plc quietly passed an advertising budget of 50 million baht to promote its 3G commercial service despite its


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nationwide wireless broadband network expansion project and business plan remaining unclear.

14/09/11 Telenor backs DTAC's 3G planhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/253182/telenor-backs-dtac-3g-plan

Telenor of Norway, the major shareholder of Total Access Communication (DTAC), has given the second-ranked mobile operator the green light to go ahead with its commercial 3G service without waiting for its concession.


15/09/11 Are we now getting 3G?http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/252829/are-we-now-getting-3g

After almost as many false starts as the Isthmus of Kra canal, the country appears to be on the verge of getting a needed update to the mobile telephone system. While Thai authorities and state organizations stymied telephone.


16/09/11 3G winners asked to offer school WiFihttp://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/249687/3g-winners-asked-to-offer-school-wifi

The new Pheu Thai-led government wants the winners of the next third-generation (3G) licence auction to make broadband and WiFi service available to schoolchildren.


17/09/11 Dammed inconvenienthttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/257084/no-stopping-flow-of-construction-at-uspended-dam

At the Xyaburi dam project? Not likely, as construction work has simply forged ahead, with a four-lane road almost completed - and the Mekong River Commission says all the regulations and mechanisms have proved ineffective.

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18/09/11 Fighter to the endhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/257093/don-t-wai-the-corrupt---farewell-to-a-warrior-in-the-fight-against-graft

Dusit Nontanakorn, who died last week, battled corruption, quite literally to the end. He should be remembered, but deserves to be emulated.

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