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PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers January 24
24 Jan 2007 01:31:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Thailand violence

BANGKOK, Jan 24 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TOP STORIES

- The Council for National Security eased off on police after investigators confirmed they had produced concrete evidence incriminating "three to four" out of 19 people detained in the New Year Eve bombs (THE NATION)

- The Thai airport safety regulator will delay granting a permanent certificate to the country's $4 billion Suvanarbhumi airport due to looming problems it is facing (THE NATION)

- The president of Airports of Thailand PCL <AOT.BK> and the head of the $4 billion Suvanarbhumi airport could lose their jobs because of their failure to cooperate with other agencies to tackle the problems at the new airport (BANGKOK POST)

- The second bird flu outbreak of this year was confirmed in a hen farm in the northeast, only a week after the first flare-up in the central region (BANGKOK POST)

BUSINESS

- The cabinet scrapped what it called an irregular resolution of the ousted Thaksin Shinawatra government on the excise tax payment method and imposed a zero rate on fixed-line and mobile phone services (BANGKOK POST)

- The Agricultural Futures of Thailand expects to start trading rice from the government in March, the futures exchange chief said (BANGKOK POST)

- Industrial plants in Map Ta Phut could be subject to stricter environmental standards to control the pollution level in the area where some locals have been diagnosed with cancer (THE NATION)

- The latest growth index reveals that Thailand's small and medium enterprises are in a critical state and could pull down the country's gross domestic product as a whole (THE NATION)

** Looking for more information from local sources? Factiva.com has eight Thai sources including the Bangkok Post and Business Day.


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