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BANGKOK — Thailand's military junta has invited dozens of mostly anti-coup academics, activists, and politicians to a state-sanctioned forum on national reform today.

BANGKOK (DPA) — Some 3,000 ivory collectors rushed to declare their holdings on the last day of a Thai government plan aimed at curbing the international trade in elephant tusks, reports said Wednesday.

BANGKOK — The director of a public school in southern Thailand has been transferred from her post after barring Muslim students from wearing hijabs in school, a government official said today.

PATHUM THANI — In an effort to crackdown on undocumented immigrants, police in Pathum Thani have instructed migrant workers in a major market to wear wristbands indicating they have been properly registered.

CHIANG MAI — A prominent state university in Chiang Mai province has pledged to take disciplinary action against senior students who forced first years to engage in abusive hazing rituals.

BANGKOK — Former deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has submitted further evidence to Thailand's national anti-graft agency about the shadowy militants who fought with security officers during the military crackdown on Redshirt protesters in 2010.

BANGKOK — A leader of Thailand's military junta has downplayed concerns over a clause in the new constitution that will allow an unelected Prime Minister to take office.

YALA — A roadside bomb prematurely exploded in Yala province last night, killing the person who was planting the explosive, military officers say.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — A Buddhist temple in northeastern Thailand has repainted its crematorium pink to console funeral-goers and local residents.

BANGKOK — A Redshirt activist has been released from custody at a secret location and cleared of any connection to the recent bombing on Koh Samui island, a junta spokesperson says.