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Chinese woman held for keeping lion in hotel room

Police have arrested a Chinese woman for illegally keeping a lion cub in a hotel room in Phuket.

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Motels under strict monitoring to ensure safe Valentine's Day

Screening of people visiting motels and night-time entertainment venues will be more stringent to ensure the safety of minors on Valentine's Day, according to the Royal Thai Police.

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Five-day holiday for Songkran festival

The cabinet has declared Friday April 12 a special government holiday, ensuring a five-day weekend for the Songkran festival.

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Govt to push artificial insemination to boost birth rate

CHIANG MAI: The Ministry of Public Health will soon announce measures to promote artificial insemination among people wanting to be parents.

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Rally against Thaksin's release, warning of bigger protests

A small group of protesters gathered outside the Justice Ministry on Monday opposing the expected release of Thaksin Shinawatra from prison without having spent a day behind bars.

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Royal motorcade activists to face charges

The people who honked their car horn and tried to cut in on a royal motorcade early this month will be charged later this week, the national police chief said on Monday.

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Brit falls into reservoir, search underway

Rescue workers were searching for a British man, 24, who reportedly fell from a kayak into the reservoir of Rajjaprabha Dam in Surat Thani on Sunday morning.

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Air Force to give up Don Mueang golf course

The air force has agreed to give up its Kantarat Golf Course located between runways of Don Mueang Airport and allow access to some of its other properties for the development of state projects, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

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13 tourists injured in van crash, driver killed

A Thai driver was killed and all 13 young Danish passengers injured, three of them seriously, when their van veered off a hillside road and plunged into a ravine in Pai district of Mae Hong Son province on Thursday night.

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Warning given against blocking royal motorcades

Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaiset issued a warning against obstructing royal motorcades, saying such actions would be met with severe consequences in the future.

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School gunman surrenders

Police successfully persuaded a gunman to surrender after he released hostages, including his ex-wife, at a school in Maha Sarakham on Thursday.

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Man opens plane door during takeoff

A Canadian national was arrested in Chiang Mai after opening an emergency door on a Thai Airways International (THAI) flight bound for Bangkok, triggering the emergency evacuation slide.

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110m-year-old dinosaur fossils found

A new set of dinosaur fossils, estimated to be up to 110 million years old, has been found in Nam Phong district of Khon Kaen.

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Lop Buri wants fewer monkeys

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation on Wednesday launched a plan with Lop Buri authorities to control the city’s monkey population.

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Ministry wants 'dust-free' hospital rooms

The Ministry of Public Health says it plans to provide "dust-free" hospital rooms for at-risk patients in 30 provinces following a rise in the number of people affected by PM2.5.

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Thaksin faces old charge of lese majeste

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra still faces a criminal charge of lese majeste from 2016, and the attorney-general will decide if he will be indicted, the OAG spokesman said on Tuesday.

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Gang-fighting campus to send new students elsewhere

Despite the threat posed by gang rivalries with other schools, first-year students can still enrol at the Uthenthawai campus of Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok (RMUTTO), the minister for higher education said on Tuesday.

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Education minister ridiculed for admiring N.Korea

Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob is still receiving negative comments more than three weeks after expressing his admiration for North Korea's education system.

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Chinese-made elephant pants face import ban

The Customs Department has been told to ban Chinese imports of elephant-patterned pants as the pattern's copyright has now been registered, the Commerce Ministry said on Monday.

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World Songkran Festival to last 21 days

The government will organise World Songkran Festival activities nationwide from April 1-21, according to a spokesman.

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Srettha orders faster services at Suvarnabhumi

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin made a surprise visit to Suvarnahabhumi airport on Monday, and told officials to speed up immigration and baggage claim for travellers.

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Two foreigners fall to their deaths

Two foreign men, a Swede and a Briton, fell to their deaths in Pattaya about half an hour away from each other early Sunday.

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Brit charged over sex with underage girls

A British man has been arrested in Bangkok on charges of buying sex from underage girls following the arrest of two women acting as procurers in Hua Hin last August.

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Govt may end alcohol sale ban

The government may soon end the afternoon ban on alcohol sales to boost tourism.

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Schoolboy detained for stabbing two students in Trang

A 14-year-old schoolboy was held for stabbing two fellow students during a brawl near their school in Yan Ta Khao district of Trang on Thursday evening. The victims sustained serious wounds.

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