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Chiang Mai chokes from burning farms
The thick haze blanketing the North for days has forced Chiang Mai International Airport to turn on its runway lights and the Northern Royal Rainmaking Operations Centre to attempt more cloud-seeding flights.
Surapol Leelawaroros, director of the 16th conservation area’s forest-fire operation division, said this year has already seen 1,502 wildfires [...]

Thaksin still banned from entering Germany: German envoy
Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra would not be able to see his two daughters in Germany as he has been banned from the country since last year, German Ambassador to Thailand Hanns Schumacher said Sunday.
Thaksin tweeted he would leave Dubai to see his daughters Pinthongtha and Paethongthan Shinawatra [...]

His Majesty the King Leaves Siriraj Hospital
His Majesty the King of Thailand has left Siriraj Hospital after months of hospitalization for lung infection.
He’s now returned to the Chitralada Palace.

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TOT and AIS agree to hold talks on roaming
BANGKOK: — TOT and its concession holder, Advanced Info Service, have agreed to discuss an AIS request to roam on the state agency’s third-generation network in the greater Bangkok area. The move ends a week-long row that prompted AIS to threaten to disconnect TOT’s 3G subscribers from [...]

Initial results show nasal flu vaccine is safe
BANGKOK: — Preliminary results show a locally made nasal-spray vaccine for typeA (H1N1) influenza manufactured by the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation to be safe in volunteers, board chairman Dr Vichai Chokewiwat said yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Public Health Ministry will go ahead and provide inactivated flu vaccine imported last year from [...]

Fuel colouring starts on Feb 1
BANGKOK: — From February 1, fuel products will be available in different colours, to prevent illegal mixture. Initially, octane-91 petrol will become yellow, octane-95 petrol blue, diesel B5 red. The colouring of all products will be completed in a few months.
Business Energy Department Director-General Peerapol Sakarin said some fuel stations [...]