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The rightful way

Amulet craze contrary to Buddhism

Jatukarm Ramathep is the latest craze for amulet enthusiasts across the country.

The Jatukarm Ramathep talisman craze is contrary to the Lord Buddha�s teachings, famed monk Phra Maha Wudhijaya Vajiramedhi said on May 26.

He blamed the media and monks for fuelling the amulet fever.

�The right way to make a living is to use our brains and two hands, not a talisman,� Phra Maha Wudhijaya said.

Copy cat

Cheating at university on the rise

Thammasat University officials say that increasing numbers of students are cheating their way to university degrees, with a sharp rise in exam cheating and plagiarism.

�It is worrying that most students who cheated on exams think that cheating is normal,� law lecturer Somkiat Worapanyaanan said. �It never occurred to them that what they did is wrong.�

He said that students sometimes copy papers with only the covers changed. In many cases, cheating students hired professional writers to do the work.

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Sad sack

Thaksin�s bag stolen at McDonald�s

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra�s suitcase was stolen while he was eating at a McDonald�s in Moscow, reports said on May 24.

Inside the suitcase was his passport, cash and a camera. The bag and its contents were worth a total of 1.2 million baht.

Thaksin reported the loss to a police station before applying for a new passport at the Thai embassy.

	enthusiast (n): a person who is very interested in something and spends a lot of time doing it contrary (adj): different from something; against something talisman (n): an object that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck amulet (n): a piece of jewellery that some people wear because they think it protects them from bad luck, illness, etc. plagiarism (n): an act of copying another person�s ideas, words or work and pretend that they are your own contents (n): the things that are in something