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Suspect slapped with serious charges after setting fire to hospital ward

  A STRESSED-OUT MAN who set fire to a hospital ward in Ubon Ratchathani province yesterday (Jan. 31) is not mentally ill but wanted to vent his anger after being cheated in the sale of a land plot, Thai Rath newspaper and TV Channel 7 said today.  Staff at Det Udom Royal Crown Prince Hospital’s

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9 hurt as tourist bus falls off cliff in Phuket

   A TOURIST BUS travelling on Phuket’s Karon-Patong road fell off a cliff today (Feb.1) injuring nine people including the driver, Naewna newspaper quote Facebook user Sorayuth Suthassanachinda, who identified himself as a news worker, as saying. The accident occurred at 12.30 p.m. when the medium-sized 32-seat bus lost control and plunged down the cliff.

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