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Casino bill indefinitely put off

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra confirmed today (Apr. 8) legislation to open casinos under entertainment complex projects in certain tourist spots is being indefinitely put on hold amidst sustained, predetermined opposition from within parliament and without. Nevertheless, the prime minister, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, stopped short

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No ratification of senators-designate until all allegations checked

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL 200 SENATORS-DESIGNATE will not be officially ratified until all formal petitions of alleged electoral riggings and other irregularities have been taken into account by the Election Commission, according to Election Commission Chair Itthiporn Boonprakhong. The chief commissioner declined to elaborate as to how long it could probably take his

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