Words in the News

The expression in principle means in general terms without knowing the details or whether something is really possible.

The cabinet approved in principle the construction method for the three subway lines.

Quinton Fortune looks set to move to the Premiership according to his agent Francis Martin who said: ''Everything has been agreed in principle with Bolton.”

The technology could, in principle, be used to alter the genetics of plants or animals to make them tastier.

The bird flu committee agreed in principle yesterday to have about 2.7 million young free-range ducks killed.

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The noun probation refers to a period of time during which a person who has committed a crime must carefully obey the law and other conditions a court may require instead of being sent to prison.

The court put them on probation for one year and they were told to avoid activities causing unrest in the country.

Nong Lee's parents had been on probation since last year for putting the girl out on the street to sell garlands.

Some offenders placed on probation have been given a chance to perform community service under the care of the Probation Department.

The Criminal Court  issued a warning to, and extended the probation period of, Wan Yubamrung, the son of former politician Chalerm Yubamrung, for another year for violating an order not to visit any entertainment venues.

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The verb incite means to encouraging people to behave in a violent, illegal or improper way.

Sathian was given a three-month jail term for inciting unrest by speaking through a loudspeaker outside the Criminal Court building.

It may be true that these people have tried to incite a religious war between the Muslim and Buddhist communities in the South, but they have not had any success in that strategy.

I was shocked at the manner a television host was trying to upset and incite the manager of the Pakistan cricket team Haroon Rashid on Wednesday night.

The leaders of the October, 1993, uprising were charged with inciting mass disorder, imprisoned, given amnesty in early 1994, and released

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The noun surveillancerefers to the careful watching of someone or something, especially by an organisation such as the police, the army or a public health agency.

The number of patients suspected to have bird flu has reached 113 across the country and all are being kept under strict surveillance, the Public Health Ministry said.

Corrections Department chief Natthee Chitsawang ordered strict surveillance on all their visitors to guarantee safety for the three election commissioners.

The man had been under surveillance for several days leading up to his arrest.

Malfunctioning surveillance cameras have been blamed for the authorities' failure to identify most of those behind the series of coordinated bomb attacks in the deep South last week.

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The noun cache refers to a large quantity of things such as weapons that have been hidden or stored. Cache also can refer to an area of computer memory that is used for temporary storage of data and can accessed more quickly than the main memory.

The Provincial Region 1 police yesterday launched a series of raids on the houses of influential figures across Ang Thong province and seized a large cache of weapons.

Security forces yesterday found a large cache of explosives and bomb-making materials during a search at a rubber plantation in Narathiwat's Sungai Padi district yesterday.

During the present reign, His Majesty the King decided that the large cache of jewellery that once belonged to Queen Sri Bajarindra should be proportionately distributed among her descendants.

With Internet Explorer, your Internet cache is most likely to be in a hidden folder.

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The verb leak refers to something that is supposed to secret that is made known to the public. The noun form is also leak.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) report, sent to Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT), a copy of which was obtained by the Bangkok Post, was leaked to the press yesterday ahead of key landing and operation tests for local flights set for tomorrow .

Two security staff at the Defence Ministry have been suspended from duty and could face criminal action for their role in the leak of security video footage allegedly linking caretaker Defence Minister Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya to electoral fraud by the Thai Rak Thai party.

''Information on genes, diseases and health records should not be leaked to other people,'' he warned.

The company management was upset by the allegation and complained to various organisations which might have been the source of information leaked to the Democrat party to make an issue out of it, Mr Pongsak said.

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