Thailand Tiny Diary 2011

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Preface Everything change everyday everywhere in the world. Thailands populationis more than 60 million people, which is just 1% of worlds population. We are a

small country but with many activities. You can explore Thailand in the year of

2011 with us right away.

This Diary collected news from a main English newspaper in Thailand, Bang-

kok Post.

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C H A P T E R 1

JANUARY 2011January 1:

- HM urges compassion- Govt moves to cool Cambodia protests

January 2:

- PMs reform plan seen as too ambitious

January 3:

- Abhisit prefers early dissolution of House- Busy PM remains unfazed by critics

January 4:

- Clips show Panich in Cambodia - 3 years of traffic hell, and then Bangkok will be a better place

January 5:

- PM pulls out stops for detainees - Patriots agree to call off rally

January 6:

- 7 Thais will plead innocent trespass

- Teen horror crash suspect freed after being charged

January 7:

- Thai seven face a long wait for bail - PLUCKY BOY SOMJET DEFIES CRITICS TO FIGHT

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January 8:

- Abhisit talks tought over trespass case - Peace tops with list for troubled nations kids - Great warrior Vang Pao dies

January 9:- A LIFE LIKE YOURS

January 10:

- Red masses unsettle govt - US shooting leaves lawmaker critical

January 11:

- Court slaps 2 Thais with spying charge

- Stamping out crime across the whole city is impossible

January 12:

- Early bail hops for Thais face - Red shirt rallies are making us broke, say angry retailers- First laos stock market opens in Vientiane

January 13:

- Patriots threaten checkpoint

- Two police killed as arrest turns violent

January 14:

- Panich, Narumol get bail - THAI pilot shot in road frenzy - Thailands democracy rating slips

January 15:- Court denies bail for 5 jailed Thais - Forest efforts under threat

January 16:

- Govt sends back 199 Cambodians

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- WORLD CUP WORK BOON FOR THAIS

- Teacher killing revives fear of targeting

January 17:

- Teacher refuse to bow to threats of violence- Asean kicks around plan to host World Cup

January 18:

- Court hears bail bid today - Social Network takes Globes by storm - Police issue warrant for shooting suspect- Jobs take medical leave

January 19:- Patriots spurred into action- 4 granted bail but Veera stays in jail

January 20:

- Santi Asoke sect flexes its muscle - Patriots hire third lawyer to help three Thai suspects

- Six soldiers killed in shock raid

January 21:

- Raiders seize arms cache - 18 dive sites closed to save coral reefs

January 22:

- Court frees Panich, 4 others

- Mother leaps to death with baby son at hospital - Police arrest shooting suspect

January 23:

- Invaders jibes as Thais come home - UKRAINIAN SAYS HE WAS HELF CAPTIVE FOR 14 YEARS

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January 24:

- Abhisit stands firm in face of joint rally- PM warns of force if memo is torn up

January 25:

- Police thwart protest bomb bid - SET drops on political feats - Suicide blast at Moscow airport kills 31

January 26:

- Military flexes its muscle- Were here for the long haul, vow yellow shirts - New tablet even worse

January 27:

- Tablet talks a smashing success - Police query Ukrainians story - Govt hopes for PAD talks to end rally - Amlo number hijacked by telephone scam gang

January 28:

- PAD severs ties with fake Kasit - Yingluck rules out taking Puea Thai helm - Undertaker gets 20 years

January 29:

- 3G network takes step forward- Sanam Luang set for April reopening- Princess visits revered abbot

January 30:

- Suthep urges caution amid troop bost - DRUG PROBLEM HERE TO STAY, SAYS LAO TA

January 31:

- Coup talk is just an act of sabotage- Forest monk pass away at 98

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C H A P T E R 2

FEBRUARY 2011February 1:

- Help is on way for trapped Thais - Former central bank boss cleared of baht collapse responsibility

February 2:

- ToT eyes B214bn in damages - Veera gets 8 years in prison for espionage

February 3:

- PAD calls majors protest - Post comes under attack- Second jet to bring home Thai nationals

February 4:

- Thousands flee Egypt violence

- Malaysia, Indonesia join evacuation effort - BoT chief: Innovation is key to golden age

February 5:

- Two die in Cambodia clash - PM starts election campaigning early

February 6:

- Shaky truce after fresh fighting- YELLOW SHIRTS CALLING FOR FAILED GOVT TO STEP DOWN

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February 7:

- Fighting flares anew on border - Thaworn opposes caps on land ownership

February 8:

- Abhisit sends protest note to UN- Locals vow to stay and fight if they must

February 9:

- Govt spurns help from the UN

- Soldiers death takes fatalities to three

February 10:

- UNSC to hear border claims

February 11:

- PM urges Unesco to end Chaos - Dept told to pay B6bn in Klong Dan case

February 12:

- MUBURAK QUITS - Asean calls urgent meeting to discuss border row

February 13:

- Cambodia to boycott joint talks - GOVT UPBEAT ON CHARGE IN EGYPT

February 14:

- Abhisit insists on bilateral solution- Car blast injures 18, rocks Yala

February 15:- UN calls for lasting ceasefire - Insurgents step up their campaign of violence

February 16:

- Split decision, with both claiming victory - One killed in anti-govt riot

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February 17:

- Cambodia turns to Asean - Pheu Thai slams govts slush fund for election - Border conflict rages on

February 18:- Govt stakes its fate on early poll - Abhisit rejects Hun Sens ceasefire plan - Obama warns regions dictators

February 19:

- DSI probes cooking oil hoarding

- Military chiefs may hold ceasefire talks - Phrae police seize 200kg of heroin

February 20:

- Coalition set to clash over palm oil crisis - WHICH ONE IS THAI, WHICH ONE IS CAMBODIAN?

February 21:

- PM denies truce signed - True-CAT model is a wake-up call

February 22:

- Wage peace like we wage war- Yala bomb kills woman injures 17 - New ear for air force with modern jets

February 23:

- Asean meet brokers deal over border- Govt looks to keep lid on oil price

February 24:

- Libya exit plans kick into gear - PM: Thailand is ready to respond - AIS lawsuit threat spooks half of TOTs board into quitting

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February 25:

- HM sends condolences after quake - Pro-Gadhafi forces strike back- TOT, CAT threaten to sue Thaksin cabinet for B100bn

February 26:- Arab world in start of flux- Food scarce, fears for labourers rise

February 27:

- First evacuees tell of Libyan horror- VEERA, RATREE SEEK PARDON FROM KING

- NZ Thais missing

February 28:

- PM accused of buying votes- Thais come home from horror in strife-torn Libya

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C H A P T E R 3

MARCH 2011March 1:

- Coalition unfazed by censure debate

- Portman, Fifth steal limelight - Vietnamese surrogate mothers to return home

March 2:

- Debate skip real issues

- Officer jailed for demandind sex in return of freedom- Plans firms to sell of AIS concessions to foreigners

March 3:

- Godhafi forces driven back- Monks funeral to draw thousands

March 4:

- Chief defers censure of the govt- Gadhafis forces strike rebels as US warns of new Somalia

March 5:

- Million mourners to pay respects - Gadhafi tightens his hold on Tripoli

- Battalion arms go missing

March 6:

- Queen leads 1 million to pay last respect to monk- Govt must adjust to shifting world powers

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March 7:

- Snap election just week away - Three more killed as insurgency intensifies

March 8:

- Govt retains subsidy of diesel prices- Policeman, passerby injured by car bomb - Please free my sick son, Veeras mum begs

March 9:

- Dissolution will go ahead - CSD probes 4 missing Orient Thai aircraft engines - Crocodile kills Thai in Brunei

March 10:

- Central bank chided for policy rate hike - Southern police chief shunted after blasted- Dressed up to the nine

March 11:

- Savage price hikes loom - Dalai Lama to step down from politics

March 12:

- Hundreds die in tsunami

- Thousands of Thais stuck in two Japanese airports

March 13:

- Nervous wait on nuke plant - THAI BUSINESS LEADERS RECALL TERRIFYING TOKYO ORDEAL

March 14:

- Nuclear plants crirical Opposition sure it can damage govt

March 15:

- Japan faces radiation leak crisis- Fate of 250 Thais near nuclear site not known

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March 16:

- Tokyo fears the threat of radiation- Japanese products to be checked for contamination

March 17:

- Economic doubts grip world- Asia spread of radiation

- Thai warned to stay away from Bahrain

March 18:

- Plans ready to help 20,000 Thais - Crisis at Japan reactor complex getting worse, US official warn

March 19:

- Japan mulls Chernobyl nucler ploy- Embassy hunts for 832 Thais- France steps up pressure on Gadhafi

- Kasit, yellow shirt let off terror charge

March 20:

- French jets strike Libya

- ARMY RENAMES TRANSGENDER CONSCRIPTS

March 21:

- West pounds Libya

- World-famous polar bear dies, aged only 4

March 22:

- Missile slams into Gadhafi HQ- Surin predicts fallout on nuclear power plant plans

March 23:

- Envoy sooth food fears

- Govt does about face over Libya intervention

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- Council to probe doomsayer monk- Alliance split on mission leadership

March 25:

- Quakes batter Thailandss north - Thailand expands watch list of Japan food imports

March 26:

- 2,700 city buildings at earthquake risk- 74 die in Burma, tool may rise

March 27:

- Burmese quake toll over 150- OWNER OF PORSCHE INVOLVED IN FATAL ACCIDENT IDENTIFIED

March 28:

- Thai navy in line for first subs fleet

- Poor support could speel death knell for the PAD

March 29:

- Wild weather grips the nation

- Radioactive iodine found in potatoes

March 30:

- Navy races South to aid victims - Japan on maximum alert over nuke plant

March 31:

- Krabi mudslides kill 3 villagers - Situation worsen at damaged nuke plant

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C H A P T E R 4

APRIL 2011April 1:

- 1,000 villagers cut off from aid- 184 Thais still missing in Japan, delays irk relatives

April 2:

- Flooded provinces on high alert

April 3:

- Surat Thani pleads for chopper help - WATCHDOG PROBES SCAM ISSUING FACK IDS TO FORIENGERS - Korn, Apirak could take helm

April 4:

- North, South on high alert

- Health system needs right cure

April 5:

- Recovery begins as rains ease- Radioactive water freed into ocean

April 6:- Princess points to Japan for morale- Miliatry leaders unified against a coup

April 7:

- Kasit to clirify army view

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- CMC says Thailand used Cluster bombs - Troops make inroads against mud deluge

April 8:

- Bonds start to mend in Boger- Cluster bomb claim denied

April 9:

- South flood bill coud hit up to B10bn - Anti-munitions group takes aim at Thailand cluster bomb denial - Members to create fund for disasters

April 10:

- THE LONG, AGONISING WAIT FOR JUSTICE

- Cambodia disappointed by Thai stance on observers

April 11:

- Red shirt ire re-ignites a year after shutdown- Govt united on border observers, say abhisit

April 12:

- Thaksin pushes Yingluck for PM - 100,000-plus refugees to be sent home

- Rohingyas dumpd on beach held

April 13:

- Thaksin foes appointed in newly formed Senate

- Japan crisis co par with Chernobyl - Guilty puff gets costly

April 14:- National flood map crucial - New year brings new challenges

April 15:

- CITY RAMPAGE

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April 16:

- Police unaware of hostage - Taxi driver prised as peoples hero

April 17:

- Xayaburi dam work begins on sly - VILLAGERS IN THE WAY AWAIT MOVE

April 18:

- PM warns keep King out of poll- Overpriced airport link is a debacle

April 19:

- Diesel taxes set to be dropped - Chavalit resigns from Puea Thai

April 20:

- Tensions rise over Mekong dam

- Chocolate tycoon Ferraro dies in bike fall - Suwit urged to continue with temple talks in Paris

April 21:

- Thaksin faces party rebellion- Rubber proposal bounces back

April 22:

- TV blackout triggers coup fears - Democrats unveil plan to move port build park

April 23:

- Border clash kills four Thai troopsApril 24:

- PRINCESS TO ATTEND UK ROYAL WEDDING

- New fighting claims more lives

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April 25:

- More bloodshed feared - Living god Sai Baba dies at 86

April 26:

- Ties with Cambodia in danger

April 27:

- Hopes rise for ceasefire talk- Pattani goerner escapes blast unscathed

April 28:

- Hun Sen urges ceasefire

- Plan to buy old U-boats sparks signs of conflict

April 29:

- Ceasefire brings calm to border - Govt waits to see if agreed truce holds

April 30:

- Will, Kate say I do

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C H A P T E R 5

MAY 2011May 1:

- Intensity of fighting on border eases

- Wills and Kate delay honeymoon

May 2:

- Govt enters final week

- Nato strike on Gadhafi compound kills his son

May 3:

- King has surgery on his back

- Bin Laden buried at sea

May 4:

- Abhisit accused of massive vote buy- US holds photos of slain bin Laden, weighs release

May 5:

- Abhisit rules out talks with Hun Sen at Asean - PM refuses spending to buy votes

May 6:- PM sets conditions for observers - Doody again cleared of murder- 1st US spaceflight recalled

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May 7:

- Stormy Asean summit looms- Abhisit submits royal decree to dissolve the House

May 8:

- Indonesia to broker border talks - Golf legend Ballesteros lose cancer battle

May 9:

- PMs refuse to give ground

- Lethal bug toin found in hotel

- Man fight finger of fate

May 10:- A big win is crucial - First-home buyers flock to interest-free loan offer

May 11:

- Yingluck lead the pack

May 12:

- Ugly, violent poll fight tipped - Hotel denies using bug killer spray - Earth didnt move for quake seer

May 13:

- Bail denial rocks reds - Governor dismisses bedbug spray link

May 14:

- Yingluck candidac takes flak

- Soothsayers see bounty of food, booming trade

May 15:

- Police issue list of 112 hitmen, offer cash rewards- Worawi to sue former English FA boss - Teen sold arms online

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May 16:

- Thaksin rejects revenge

- IMF chief faces rape charges in New York

May 17:

- Princess hurt in car crash - Yingluck takes centre stage - IMF chief remained in custody

- Cambodia scrubs Thai trade show

May 18:

- Pheu Thai forges amnesty plan - Killing of monks leaves southern temple desolate

May 19:

- Amnesty seals poll fate - Red shirt try to appease businesses ahead of rally

May 20:

- Legal questions haunt Yingluck

- IMF head quits post to fight New York sex charges- Court agrees to study True 3G contract

May 21:

- Yingluck can stand in election, EC says - Top militant suspect killed in gun battle- Bhutanese king to wed in October

May 22:

- Yingluck pledges war on poverty, drugs

May 23:

- King aim to walk in two months - Popular Yingluck sets the pace - Korn deflects talk of becoming IMF chief

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May 24:

- Yingluck looks to end rifts - PM says city voters will determine poll

May 25:

- King observes water level on Chao Phraya- Pheu Thai sniffs a city victory

May 26:

- Campaign security beefed up- Politicians be tray the voters trust

May 27:

- Big boys round on Newin

- Surin calls on Asia to select a candidate for IMF chief

May 28:

- Talk over temple hit dead end - Stray dog evades media newshounds

May 29:

- Contenders test their comfort zones - RIVAL PARTIES POACH FROM PHEU THAIS TURF

May 30:

- Border not within jurisdiction of ICJ- No-frills airlines told to play fair

May 31:

- Temple battle moves to court

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C H A P T E R 6

JUNE 2011June 1:

- Thailnad puts faith in ICJ - I dont want to lead again, says Thaksin - UAE man arrested for smuggling wildlife flees country

June 2:

- Businesses demand war against graft - PAD vows to stop rally after WHC meed ends

June 3:

- Besieged Vijit quit SEC helm - Ict-thrower fails to hit Abhisit- Russia bans EU veggies in wake of E.coli outbreak

June 4:

- Pheu Thai heads off rival- Marine Dept operation to salvage barge goes nowhere - World stocks, oil prices fall on shock US job numbers

June 5:

- Thailand set to defy any border order

June 6:

- Rivals say no to nuclear - Pakistani rufugees released on bail today

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June 7:

- Thaksin case dogs Yingluck- Fallen IMF boss pleads not guilty to sex offences

June 8:

- Pressure mounts on Yingluck- Father grieves over wifes bus crush death

June 9:

- Pheu Thai claims smear plot - Navy asked to shift barge after local efforts fail

June 10:

- Army chief vents fury at ex-MP- Philip make no-nonsense 90th birthday

- E.coli found in EU avocados

June 11:

- Sanan warns of civil war if rifts persist

June 12:

- PM insists election race is still close - Bus crash kills seven fans on way to football match

June 13:

- Military promises put to test - Sugar barge finally raised after 13 days of havoc

June 14:

- Remember city burning, voters told - Tainted fowl meat traced to chicken sales outlets

June 15:

- Gen Prayuth urges voters to back the good people - Officials probed over chicken scare - Yingluck: No revenge for army coup

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June 16:

- Isoc to step up media pressure - US tipped Yingluck for bright future

June 17:

- PM attacks red violence - Thaksin plots his return

- Premier says suspected spy leader has fled country

June 18:

- Pheu Thai unveils justice panel- Pledging pension fund will run out in 30 years

June 19:

- UDD attacks Abhisits over provocations

- FATAL BIRD DISEASE SUSPECTED AT ROOT OF CHICKEN CARCASS

SCANDAL- Leavee it to the plankers - try pubpeab

June 20:

- Lop Buri on edge as grenade found- Roi Et disease cure costs locals

June 21:

- Majority vital, says PM / Feeling bruised all over- Cover-up accusation fly over hit-and-run

June 22:

- Colonel blame hit-and-run victim - Rally increases relatives of Ratchaprasong dead

June 23:

- Army on alert for poll unrest - Victims mum doubts Saksit was behind the wheel

June 24:

- Detoxify nation, PM says

- Saksit show picture to probe be was at scene

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June 25:

- Rally embolders Democrats - Thailand threatens to quit World Heritage group

June 26:

- Government to pull out of WHC- Vote-buying up in race to finish

June 27:

- PM backs withdrawl from WHC- Pipeline leak will driveup power bills, say Egat

June 28:

- Border troops reinforced- PTT has leaked spurs plan to avert power emergence

June 29:

- Suwit on the defensive over WHC

- Jatuporn risks losing MP status

June 30:

- PM refuses challenge by Hun Sen - Police say car driver was definitely a man

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C H A P T E R 7

JULY 2011July 1:

- Huge rallies wind up campaign

July 2:- THE LAST BATTLE

July 3:

- Poll result to be known around 10 pm - Accept election winner -- for Thailands sake

July 4:

- Yingluck Shinawatra HISTORY IN THE MAKING

July 5:

- Pheu Thai gears toward amnesty- Abhisit steps down as Democrate leader - Stock market booms as poll spurs investor confidence

July 6:

- Thaksin tipped to become trade envoy- Democrats in desparate need of major overhaul

July 7:

- Yingluck vows to swiftly tackel nations problems- Red shirt pursuers at the mercy of the new govt- Kids to be issued with ID cards

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July 8:

- Reds pile pressure on Pheu Thai

- Yingluck ensures she has las word

July 9:

- Gving mixed baht signals - Dr Sem dies at age 100 - Army pulls out of task force

July 10:

- 1,600 held as rally erupts in Kuala Lumpur - PHEU THAI NEEDS SOMETHING EXTRA TO TURN PLEDGES INTO

REALITY

July 11:- Govt must get moving

July 12:

- HM urged justice be up held - Video may identify arsonists

- Southern violence claims three lives, injures 10 others

- Thai rhino horn dealer nabbed

July 13:

- Leading names in limbo- Cable said Hun Sen had no claims to any Thai land

July 14:

- PAD wants poll declared void- African studies show drug prevents HIV infection

July 15:

- Workers vent ire at wage backflip - Kasit off to Germany to retrieve royal jet

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- German court begins hearings on royal jet - Murdoch aide Brooks quits

July 17:

- Yingluck pressed on zone vow

- DECISION EXPECTED TOMORROW ON ROYAL JET

July 18:

- Thai hopes high over temple row- Thai students rake in Olympiad medals - Five die in helicopter forest crash

July 19:

- ICJ orders all troops out

- Decision on royal jet may come tomorrow

July 20:

- Abhisit passes ICJ torch- Black Hawk down en routhe crash site, say 1st Army - Yingluck approved

July 21:

- Red leaders demand MP approvals- Army holds out hope for crash soldiers - Court want B846m to release royal jet

July 22:

- Govt refuses to pay surety for royal jet- EC gives green light for 6 reds to be MPs

July 23:- Crown Prince urges no payment - Black Hawk found, all 9 dead

July 24:

- Police quiz massacre suspect - THAILAND CONDEMNS KILLINGS - Two bodies retrieved from Black Hawk crash site

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July 25:

- Three die in chopper crash - Massacre accused says he wanted revolution

July 26:

- 5 face firetruck scandal lawsuit - Crashes shake confidence in choppers

- Strauss-Kahn accuser wants him jailed

July 27:

- Army pushed for new chopper fleet

- Germany tells govt to pay contractor

July 28:- EC endorse final poll winners- Abhisits warns German govt to back off

July 29:

- Aide to Thaksin accused of graft- UDD threatens court action over Jatuporn

July 30:

- Obama warns debt deal urgent / Politician in liquor lobby scandal not Thaksin

aide

July 31:

- Clock ticking on US debt impasse

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C H A P T E R 8

AUGUST 2011

August 1:

- US verges on solving debt crisis

- Race for house speaker firms - North, Northeast inundated by effects of Nock-ten

August 2:

- Prince to pay for his jets release- Jatuporn finally gets his MP status

- NACC meets today to mull Diageo probe

August 3:

- US help sought in bribery probe

- House expected to pict nest PM on Friday- Walter Bau fight still on, says Abhisit

August 4:

- Thaksin demands a clean cabinet - Private graft body backs NACC probe

August 5:

- Yinglucks cabinet is just day away - Phone scan bottoms out

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August 6:

- YINGLUCK POISED TO LEAD

- World markets extend declines

August 7:

- China blasts US over debt problems- Royal command to endorse Yingluck expected tomorrow- ABHISIT RETURNS TO DEMOCRAT HELM, CHALERMCHAI NEW

SECRETARY-GENERAL

August 8:

- World races to avert meltdown- Yinglucks 49-day rise to top job was the easy part

August 9:

- King endorses Yingluck as PM - Global stocks plummet as bankers fail to reassure - TCEB seeing double over Expo bid logo

August 10:

- German court release Crown Princes jet- Yinglucks govt locked in and ready- Dameron races home to restore order

August 11:

- King urges new govt to ensure peace - Top choices spurn Thaksin

- Stocks plunge as economic fears mount

August 12:

- Queen frets over South

- Cambodia agrees to talks on troops - Airship makes bumpy landing

August 13:

- Fuel price cuts imminent

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- Surin plans to boost Thai leadership role- Tokyo mulls Thaksin entry

August 14:

- Floodgates reopen in dam debate

- No plan to return Thaksins diplomatic passport, says PM - PART-TIME OFFICERS FACE THREAT IN FOREST

August 15:

- B10m sought for riot dead - Thaksin gets Japan visa - Cabin staff no longer to go that extra mile

August 16:

- Harmony tops govts priorities - Govt clears way for Thaksin to go to Japan - Big C Takes on Tesco Lotus in discounts court battle

August 17:

- Kittiratts backs policies to lift economy - Insecticide likely sickened inn guests

August 18:

- Abhisit warns govt on aiding Thaksin - DSI targets tobacco giant in tax evation row

August 19:

- Democrats move to impeach Surapong- Temasek unit sells off partial holding

August 20:- 169 corpses not red shirts

- SET takes a hit as world markets tumble

August 21:

- PM orders new relief as crisis deepens- Pheu Thai shares red shirt fears over temple deaths

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August 22:

- Media slams probe into NBTC- Death toll in ravaged provinced climbs to 37

August 23:

- Rebels claim Tripoli - Govt tells oppositioin no Thaksin talk allowed

August 24:

- Govt vows push to revixed charter - Revel take Gadhafis home base

August 25:

- Potjaman wins tax appeal

- Girl rescued from beggar duo - High court to hear fire truck case

August 26:

- Yingluck defends policies - Gold price tumbles in largest-ever one day loss

August 27:

- Pump prices slashed from today- Car bomber hits UN compound, 18 dead

August 28:

August 29:

- More red shirts to get govt jobs - Irene inflicts wrath on US East Coast, 11 killed

August 30:

- Wichean fights for his job

- Finance chief Noda set to take reins as next premier- State-run bus, ferry fares cut

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- Chalerm holds sword over Wicheans head - Thai govt urged to resume talks

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C H A P T E R 9

SEPTEMBER 2011September 1:

- Govt mull wealth fund - Kidnap suspects arrested - Police chief Wichean agrees to step down

September 2:

- Priewpan poised for police chief- Rice price likely to jump 25% from next month

September 3:

- Thawil vents ire over inactive post

- Govt to quiz P. Pehn on Secret meetings- US citizen in less majeste scandal sues web provider

September 4:

- PM steps into Thawil transfer row - Wary gambles let it roll over the border

September 5:

- Rich scheme a money pit, TDRI says

- NBTC shakes off birth pains

September 6:

- NBTC selections fail to impress - Chatumongol warns against BoT taking helm of fund

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September 7:

- Thaksin allies get Finance, GLO jobs - Thawil get axe at NSC, shunted to PMs Office

September 8:

- NBTC faces new delay - Thawil will appeal against transfer to PMs Office - Tharit wins praise from Chalerm

September 9:

- Thaksin amnesty gathers steam - Party gets Chalerm blues - Police make B1bn drug bust

September 10:

- Mortgage rice scheme is launched - Worst disaster in 100 years hits Uttaradit - Euro sinks as official quits

September 11:

- Help on way for stricken province- GRIEVING 9/22 FAMILY STILL WAITS FOR ORASRI

September 12:

- Two-pronged drug fight launched

September 13:

- Pheu Thai builds on its power

- Shinawatras tread carefully in Phnom Penh

September 14:- Car plan gets green light- Pasit returns to gain new govt posting

September 15:

- Yingluck visit spurs hopes for activities - Govt car plan seen parking trade bust-up across region

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September 16:

- Hun Sen vows to aid jailed Thais - UBS says rogue trader lost $2bn - fifa to investigate Worawi

September 17:

- Three bomb blasts rock Sungai Kolok- Abhisit calls for clarity on talks - First-time car buyer scheme off to slow start

September 18:

- Confusion over bombing motive

- No stopping flow of costruction at suspended dam

September 19:

- Drugs link firms in bomb case - Rosewood tree in crisis

September 20:

- Govt pushes first-home tax cuts

- Tugboat harnesses to tackle raging floodwaters

September 21:

- Wage hike plan gains traction - Santika executives get 3-year terms for deaths for 66 patrons - IMF warns of eurozone debt threat

September 22:

- Govt reconsiders Thaksins passport - Home encroaching on forest area razed

September 23:

- Pheu Thai seeks mass jail pardon - Yingluck denies home buyer scheme will aid her old firm

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September 24:

- Leadership without direction- Markets fall despite G20 vow to take firm action

September 25:

- Soccer match heals wounds - UA AND CHINA PRESSURE ON EUROPE OVER DEBT CRISIS

September 26:

- Rice plan loss could hit B250bn - Import tipped for first car-buyer plan- Red shirts bus crashes on way home

September 27:- SET dives in panic selling

- Prosecutors wont appeal Potjamans acquittal

September 28:

- Home scheme cost soars - Flustered PM baffles press with incorrect comment - SET rallies on hopes for euro zone

September 29:

- Govt plans radical tax cut overhaul- landslide kills family of 5

September 30:

- Yingluck boosts flood ops- Fears ease as Germany decides to pony up

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C H A P T E R 10

OCTOBER 2011October 1:

- Dams near breaking point

- Ministers fan out to report on relief effort

October 2:

- AG seeks new law to protect prosecution - All of Ayutthaya province declared disaster area - Exiled communist leader 'near death'

October 3:

- Building a new society - Hackers hit PM's Twitter, Facebook accounts

October 4:

- Chalerm vows probe into deaths - Deluge kills 1, closes airport- Thai shares tumble 5.12%

October 5:

- Floods pound ancient temple - Wealth fund dropped over meddling fear

October 6:

- More flood mayhem on the way

- Chula student arrested over fake Yingluck tweets

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October 7:

- Ayutthaya disaster worsens - Cyber world explodes in grief at Jobs' passing

October 8:

- Flood waters bear down on capital - Highway sacrified to protect industry

October 9:

- Floods breach Ayutthaya factories - SCARED CITY FOLK PREPARE FOR THE WORST

October 10:

- Ayutthaya left in chaos

October 11:

- Chao Phraya's fury erupts - Thaksin proposes B400bn solution

October 12:

- Govt moves to protect inner city

October 13:

- Evacuation plan readied

- Prosecutors vow retrial of accused priest killer

October 14:

- False alarm spurs near panic - Tears flow as Chao Phraya bursts into individual estate

October 15:

- Flood threat keeps capital on red alert - Overflow reaches Pathum Thani heart

October 16:

- Fourth Ayutthaya estate falls - US SENDS DISASTER EXPERTS TO ASSESS HELP

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October 17:

- Capital declared safe - Torch has passed on, says Thaksin

October 18:

- Bangkok still in danger- Floods wash over another industrial compound

October 19:

- Race begins to defend the capital

- Nava Nakorn totally inundated

- 3 Pak Kret districts put on alert

October 20:

- Govt sacrifices eastern Bangkok

- PM urges unity in crisis

October 21:

- Bangkok districts told to brace- Expressway parking angers motorists

- Rebels kill Gadhafi in final assault

October 22:

- PM takes charge of flood crisis

October 23:

- Deluge reaches city's north

- ARMY PUSH TO SAVE TWO INDUSTRIAL ESTATES

- Website staff, Froc clash

October 24:- Govt makes barriers off-limits

- Govt offers support to factory operators

October 25:

- Fearful city folk brace for soaking

- Govt offer B25bn industrial recovery plan

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October 26:

- Chao Phraya on the brink

- Flood-hit businesses to get loans of B325bn

- Ten bombs shatter Yala, killing two

October 27:

- HM 'doesn't want special treatment'

- More districts evacuated - Irrigation dept defends role in crisis

October 28:

- Froc floats road drainage plan

- Evacuation camps set up for residents fleeing city

October 29:

- All of Thon Buri faces inundation

- Govt scraps plan to dig road channels

October 30:

- Size of flood threat downscaled

- FROC FLEES AIRPORT BASE AS SURGE HITS

October 31:

- Residents threaten BMA staff

- Froc to investivage hoarding accusation

- B800bn rebuild plan aired

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November 7:

- City Hall wins battle for pumps

- Donations siphoned off

November 8:

- Last-ditch to save Bang Chan- Froc sends City Hall new batch of pumps

November 9:

- Plan hatched to revitalise tense nation

- BMA tries to protect city's heart

- Joe Frazier dies at 67

- Jackson case doctor guilty

November 10:

- Capital could be dry in 11 days

November 11:

- Embattled PM refuses to quit

- House in uproar over relief supplies

- Returning to normal operations

November 12:

- Govt apologies to flood victims

- Compo scheme poses new obstables

November 13:

- Big bag barrier under threat

- THE 430 EVACUEES WHO WON'T BE BUDGED

November 14:- Don Muang bags protest grows

- New highways, towns planned to combat floods

November 15:

- Govt agrees to keep gap in big bag wall

- South route rescue mission under fire

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November 16:

- Amnesty decree passes cabinet

- Capital reserves may be used for flood rehabilitation

November 17:

- Fury, scorn erupts over decre plan- Clinton announces extra $10m in recovery assistance from US

November 18:

- Six injured in explosion at floodwall

- All smiles as Yingluck makes her debut

November 19:

- Supoj faces cash projbe

- Talks to settle Khlong Hok Wa barrier row

- Clinton to embark on historic visit to Burma

November 20:

- Yingluck backs anti-nuclear, trade calls

- Watchdog to mull Supoj wealth probe

- THE BEASTS WHICH LIE IN WAIT

November 21:

- Govt abandons draft pardon

- Hundreds demand sluice gates to be opened

November 22:

- NACC to consider Supoj probe today

- PAD vows to protest if govt renew bid to help Thaksin

November 23:- Supoj cash held during inquiries

- Thaksin 'not on pardon list' / Father and son reunited after 34 years apart

November 24:

- Flood-weary residents vent fury

- Ampon gets 20 years of lese majeste text messages

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November 25:

- Anger hits boiling point

- Dhanin gets top gong from Forbes

November 26:

- Economy faces flood hit- Sohpon denies rail route graft, threatens libel suit

November 27:

- Warning to Democrats not to attack Yingluck

- STILL STANDING ... BUT FOR HOW LONG?

- Supoj: I have evidence that will prove my innocence

November 28:- Graft claims flood parliament

- Residents poised to revolt

- 'Post' photographer shot

November 29:

- Yingluck rides out censure / - Sukumpol denies claim of train plan irregulatities

November 30:

- EC strips Jatuporn of his status as MP

- Top Democrat allies face political purge

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C H A P T E R 12

DECEMBER 2011December 1:

- Workers, bosses get fiscal relief

- Embattled Jatuporn vows to fight on for justice

December 2:

- Clinton offers rewards for Burmese reforms

- SET surges above 1,000 on eurozone rescue move

December 3:

- Burmese at 'historic moment'

- New talk of Thaksin passport return sparks critics' fury

- Supoj 'worth more than B50m'

December 4:

- City to be dry by New Year, says Yingluck

- BURMA SIGNS CEASEFIRE WITH SHAN STATE

December 5:

- Joy as His Majesty is 84 today

- World honours our King

December 6:

- King calls for unity, stability

December 7:

- Politicians snap to action after the King's speech

- Pressure on Supoj to declare assets intensifies

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December 8:

- Firebrand Arisman denied bail

- Murderer Serm to walk free after 13 years

December 9:

- Frame-up raised in Supoj theft- No second chance to save stricken euro, says Sarkozy

December 10:

- EU nations strike deal to save Euro

- Supoj repeats B5claim, but probe presses on

December 11:

- Five seats likely to go in reshuffle

- Britain could be big loser after gamble to opt out of EU accord

December 12:

- Govt promises flood-free future

- Drugs worth B600m seized

December 13:

- B20bn emergency flood funds get nod

- Pheu Thai poised to launch agenda

December 14:

- Amnesty 'key to reconciliation'

- Widwo says husband's murder was politically driven

December 15:

- Web censor system hits protest firewall

- PM orders tight security over breakDecember 16:

- Royalists step into lese majeste row

- 'Da Torpedo' gets 15-year jail term

December 17:

- Thaksin wins back passport

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- Man arrested for planting six homemade bombs in capital

- Facts sought on downed copter

December 18:

- Legal threat over Thaksin passport row

- IN THE LINE OF FIRE ... BUT SPARED BY FATE

December 19:

- PM's Burma trip closely watched

- Southern provinces brace for storm Washi

December 20:

- Thaksin behind PM's Burma trip

- Kim Jong-un era begin as N. Korea's 'Dear Leader' dies

December 21:

- Reconciling a certainty -- Thaksin

- Exports reeling form the floods

- Prayuth fights law changes

December 22:

- Temple troops to be withdrawn

- Police swoop on gambling den, arrest 200, seize cash

December 23:

- Yingluck faces impeachment

- China, govt sign currency swap deal

December 24:

- Govt mulls halt to CDA

- 33 years on, hopes for Anocha reviveDecember 25:

- No evidence of politicians' involvement in bags graft

- SALES GROWTH CHRISTMAS TREES AS FESTIVITIES TAKE ROOT

December 26:

- Our 'Person of the Year's: It's you"

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December 27:

- B350bn in flood bonds planned

- Arrest warrant out for MP implicated in murder

December 28:

- SRT gets Chatuchak market nod

- Khanchit report to police on murder rap

- Top 10 News 2011

December 29:

- Govt faces fight over huge debt

- Red shirt leader Arisman bailed, the detained again

December 30:- Freedom chance for PAD activists

December 31:

- Debt compromise agreed

- Battle lines drawn over lese majeste

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