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King's health 'normal'

The hospitalised 82-year-old king has been "normal" for some time, the palace said yesterday, in its first statement about the revered monarch's condition in seven weeks. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand's sole unifying figure through decades of political upheaval, has been receiving physical rehabilitation in a Bangkok hospital, where he has been treated for fatigue and lung inflammation.