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BANGKOK — The director of a public hospital in Bangkok says he has retracted an order that threatened to fire pregnant employees.

BANGKOK — An eighteenth-century monarch credited for "liberating" Thailand from Burmese occupiers is featured on the new 100 baht banknotes, the Bank of Thailand announced today.

BANGKOK — Thailand's military government has approved an amendment to the interim charter that would no longer require newly-appointed Cabinet ministers to take an oath before the Thai king.

BANGKOK — Police say a 45-year-old woman arrested for spreading a libelous rumor about junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha is connected to an anti-monarchy network.

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

BANGKOK — In a country with a penchant for political feuds, the latest object to ignite trouble is a paper calendar.

BANGKOK — Bangkok City Hall today admitted its CCTV pole may have been responsible for the death of a man on Saturday.

SURAT THANI — Police in Surat Thani province were goaded into raiding the community for drugs after a local abbot erected a banner complaining about rampant drug abuse in his temple.

BANGKOK — At least three people were killed and 24 injured in a combined grenade and gunfire attack on an anti-government protest rally site in Bangkok early this morning.

PRACHUAP KIRI KHAN — A Burmese woman and her newborn baby died last night because of a traditional in-house fire meant to assist women who recently give birth.

BANGKOK — The leader of Thailand’s military junta, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, has less than 24 hours to pour a bucket of ice water over his head.