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Car bomb hits officials in deep South:
Suspected insurgents, blending in with some 300 village headmen and officials, set off a car bomb near the venue of a monthly meeting in Sukhirin district yesterday. Seventy people were hurt in an attack police said was meant to inflict maximum damage. At least 12 of the victims were in critical condition. A woman had been reported as dying from the explosion, but authorities said she was still fighting for her life at Sukhirin Hospital. The homemade explosive was packed inside a fire extinguisher weighing about 50 kilograms and placed inside a....
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Killer on the loose
Swimmers are warned after deadly box jellyfish tentacles cause fatalities Tourists snorkelling off Thailand's southern coasts have been falling victim to swarms of deadly box jellyfish lately. Victims have arrived at Krabi Provincial Hospital and Phi Phi health station.
Dead in three minutes "The venom from a box jellyfish can kill a human in less than three minutes," said Phuket Marine Biological Centre director....
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Health Ministry plans megaproject for elderly care
Wouldn't it be great if senior citizens in health emergencies could reach a medical excellence centre to receive treatment as soon as possible? Thanks to a mega project related to the development of healthcare services for the elderly, in the future, they will get access to healthcare services near their homes.
Deputy Health Minister Vichan Meenchaiyanant said yesterday the ministry is planning to ask for Bt9 billion from the government to support the mega project, as the greying of the population has gained momentum during....
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Detective rapists jailed
Two police detectives each got 20year jail sentences yesterday for raping a suspect in a cell at Bangkok's Phet Kasem police station.The Criminal Court also fined Pol Sr SgtMajors Nulome Addma and Mongkhol Thothong Bt40,000 each for twice raping the unnamed 16yearold after arresting her on January 14, 2006 for failing a drugs test.The court acquitted Pol Sr SgtMajor Phajon Takonewon after the girl testified she was not positive whether he was one of the two other men involved in the assault. Working undercover as....
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Health ministry to speed up new family care
A drastic decline in physical and intellectual development among children over the past few years has prompted the Public Health Ministry to speed up new family care centres across the country, according to Public Health Department directorgeneral Dr Narongsak Angkasuwapala.Citing a national study of the intelligence quotient among Thai children, he said the overall figure had decreased from 91 points in 1997 to 88 in 2002. The standard is between 91 and 110 points. Moreover, the rate of physical development in children has decreased from 72 per cent in 2004 to 67.5 per cent in 2007. Breastfeeding exclusively during the first six months of life has....
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