Local news

Failed attempt

Institute fails exam cheat

The National Institute of Educational Testing Service has failed a 12th-grader caught cheating in the O-NET tests. Institute chairman Sangob Laksana announced the decision on March 7.

The student was caught cheating using a mobile-phone wristwatch after having sat for five exams. The institute�s fact-finding team believe that the student may have cheated on more than one exam and that he did not do it alone.

The student refused to reveal any information about the people who helped him to cheat. Sangob said that the fact-finding team and police are trying to trace those involved in the scam.

Mixed menu

Troops to get different food

Spaghetti and American fried rice will be added to the army�s menu to satisfy soldiers� taste buds when they go on missions, reports said on March 6.

It is hoped that the new dishes will make an exciting change to the current selection of Thai dishes.

However, some officials are doubtful that the Western food will be popular among the soldiers, who might be more familiar with spicy Thai dishes.

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Unfriendly neighbours

Police catch armed men

Police are cracking down on criminal gangs in Mae Sot. Mae Sot is near the Thai-Burmese-Friendship Bridge.

Two Burmese men were arrested there on March 6. The men had guns. Police think that they were part of a gang.

Wedding bliss

A couple dressed in exotic costumes takes off in a balloon to get married in the skies over Chiang Mai on March 8.

	bliss (n): extreme happiness; joy fact-finding (adj): that aims to find out information about a country, an organisation, a situation, etc. reveal (v): to make something known to somebody trace (v): to find or discover somebody or something by looking carefully for it scam (n): a clever and dishonest plan taste buds (n): one of the small cells on the tongue that allow you to recognise the flavours of food and drink crack down (phrasal v): to try harder to prevent illegal activity