Thailand Tiny Diary 2011

MILKY TEAM

Preface
! ! Everything change everyday everywhere in the world. Thailands population is 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, Bangkok Post.

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JANUARY 2011
January 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 trafc 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

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!

- 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 exes 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

January 24: ! - Abhisit stands rm 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 exes 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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CHAPTER 2

FEBRUARY 2011
February 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 ee 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 ghting! - YELLOW SHIRTS CALLING FOR FAILED GOVT TO STEP DOWN

February 7: ! - Fighting ares anew on border! - Thaworn opposes caps on land ownership February 8: ! - Abhisit sends protest note to UN! - Locals vow to stay and ght 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 ceasere! - 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 conict rages on February 18: ! - Govt stakes its fate on early poll! - Abhisit rejects Hun Sens ceasere plan! - Obama warns regions dictators February 19: ! - DSI probes cooking oil hoarding! - Military chiefs may hold ceasere 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

February 25: ! - HM sends condolences after quake! - Pro-Gadha forces strike back! - TOT, CAT threaten to sue Thaksin cabinet for B100bn February 26: ! - Arab world in start of ux! - 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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MARCH 2011
March 1: ! - Coalition unfazed by censure debate! - Portman, Fifth steal limelight! - Vietnamese surrogate mothers to return home March 2: ! - Debate skip real issues! - Ofcer jailed for demandind sex in return of freedom! - Plans rms to sell of AIS concessions to foreigners March 3: ! - Godha forces driven back! - Monks funeral to draw thousands March 4: ! - Chief defers censure of the govt! - Gadhas forces strike rebels as US warns of new Somalia March 5: ! - Million mourners to pay respects! - Gadha 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 intensies 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 ofcial warn March 19: ! - Japan mulls Chernobyl nucler ploy! - Embassy hunts for 832 Thais! - France steps up pressure on Gadha! - 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 Gadha HQ! - Surin predicts fallout on nuclear power plant plans March 23: ! - Envoy sooth food fears! - Govt does about face over Libya intervention March 24: ! - Japan detects tap water radioactivity!
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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 rst subs eet! - 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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CHAPTER 4

APRIL 2011
April 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 unied 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 ood 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 ood 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 troops April 24: ! - PRINCESS TO ATTEND UK ROYAL WEDDING! - New ghting 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 ceasere talk! - Pattani goerner escapes blast unscathed April 28: ! - Hun Sen urges ceasere! - Plan to buy old U-boats sparks signs of conict April 29: ! - Ceasere brings calm to border! - Govt waits to see if agreed truce holds April 30: ! - Will, Kate say I do

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CHAPTER 5

MAY 2011
May 1: ! - Intensity of ghting on border eases! - Wills and Kate delay honeymoon May 2: ! - Govt enters nal week! - Nato strike on Gadha 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 spaceight 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 ght nger of fate May 10: ! - A big win is crucial! - First-home buyers ock to interest-free loan offer May 11: ! - Yingluck lead the pack May 12: ! - Ugly, violent poll ght 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 ak! - 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 ght 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 deects 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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CHAPTER 6

JUNE 2011
June 1: ! - Thailnad puts faith in ICJ! - I dont want to lead again, says Thaksin! - UAE man arrested for smuggling wildlife ees 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 nally 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! - Ofcials 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 ed 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 y 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 nish 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 denitely a man

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CHAPTER 7

JULY 2011
July 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 condence 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 backip! - Kasit off to Germany to retrieve royal jet July 16: ! - Yinglucks uphill battle!
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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 retruck scandal lawsuit! - Crashes shake condence in choppers! - Strauss-Kahn accuser wants him jailed July 27: ! - Army pushed for new chopper eet ! - Germany tells govt to pay contractor July 28: ! - EC endorse nal 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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CHAPTER 8

AUGUST 2011
August 1: ! - US verges on solving debt crisis! - Race for house speaker rms! - North, Northeast inundated by effects of Nock-ten August 2: ! - Prince to pay for his jets release! - Jatuporn nally 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 ght 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 Gadhas home base August 25: ! - Potjaman wins tax appeal! - Girl rescued from beggar duo! - High court to hear re 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 inicts wrath on US East Coast, 11 killed August 30: ! - Wichean ghts for his job! - Finance chief Noda set to take reins as next premier! - State-run bus, ferry fares cut August 31: ! - Govt to lift xed price on LPG!
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- Chalerm holds sword over Wicheans head! - Thai govt urged to resume talks

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CHAPTER 9

SEPTEMBER 2011
September 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 Ofce September 8: ! - NBTC faces new delay! - Thawil will appeal against transfer to PMs Ofce! - 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 ofcial quits September 11: ! - Help on way for stricken province! -! GRIEVING 9/22 FAMILY STILL WAITS FOR ORASRI September 12: ! - Two-pronged drug ght 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! - fa 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 ow of costruction at suspended dam September 19: ! - Drugs link rms in bomb case! - Rosewood tree in crisis September 20: ! - Govt pushes rst-home tax cuts! - Tugboat harnesses to tackle raging oodwaters 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 rm

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September 24: ! - Leadership without direction! - Markets fall despite G20 vow to take rm 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 rst 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 bafes 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 ood ops! - Fears ease as Germany decides to pony up

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OCTOBER 2011
October 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 ood 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 sacried 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 ow as Chao Phraya bursts into individual estate October 15: ! - Flood threat keeps capital on red alert! - Overow 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 sacrices eastern Bangkok ! - PM urges unity in crisis October 21: ! - Bangkok districts told to brace! - Expressway parking angers motorists ! - Rebels kill Gadha in nal assault October 22: ! - PM takes charge of ood 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 oats road drainage plan ! - Evacuation camps set up for residents eeing city October 29: ! - All of Thon Buri faces inundation ! - Govt scraps plan to dig road channels October 30: ! - Size of ood 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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C H A P T E R 11

NOVERBER 2011
November 1: ! - Fed-up residents force open water sluice gates ! - Drainage operation expected to 'take 10 days' November 2: ! - BMA puts entire capital on alert ! - Torrents advancing towards downtown November 3: ! - PM backs down on sluice gate ! - Northern oodwater continues march to city heart November 4: ! - Lat Krabang estate a risk ! - Russia vows to back Fout after 'unfair' conviction November 5: ! - Forc abandons Rama II Road ! - City faces 'big bags' gain, pain November 6: ! - BMA gives Froc crisis ultimatum ! - Fears grow over Bang Chan estate ! - MORE AREAS AT RISK DUE TO LACK OF ORGANISATION

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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 ood 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 oods November 15: ! - Govt agrees to keep gap in big bag wall ! - South route rescue mission under re
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November 16: ! - Amnesty decree passes cabinet ! - Capital reserves may be used for ood 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 oodwall ! - 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 ood 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 ood 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 2011
December 1: ! - Workers, bosses get scal relief ! - Embattled Jatuporn vows to ght 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 intensies
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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 reshufe ! - Britain could be big loser after gamble to opt out of EU accord December 12: ! - Govt promises ood-free future ! - Drugs worth B600m seized December 13: ! - B20bn emergency ood 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 rewall ! - PM orders tight security over break December 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 oods ! - Prayuth ghts 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 revive December 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 ood 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 ght 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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