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Economic growth 'in jeopardy'

With no opposition inside this parliament, Pheu Thai and Democrats on the outside have separately taken the military to task for a 2015 deficit budget they say hurts the farmers and will lower purchasing power throughout the country.

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The new boss
By Thursday afternoon, please call him "Prime Minister Prayuth" - as the NLA prepares to select a political leader, in a vote free of suspense.
Sample rejected
Police say the Japanese surrogate 'Super Dad' should get serious, come back to Thailand, give a proper DNA sample and tell what he has been doing.
One-week deadline
The police have tried, tried again and failed to put an end to Bangkok's motorcycle racing - so now they will use tougher martial law methods.

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National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc expects to start...
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Ousting one monk won't save the clergy

By Sanitsuda Ekachai
With reform being the mantra of the moment, it was no...
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