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Cambodia, Thailand expel senior diplomats

World
2009-11-13

CAMBODIA and Thailand moved a step further in their sharp dispute over fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, expelling each other's senior serving diplomats after already ousting ambassadors on both...

Cambodia rejects Thai request to extradite Thaksin

World
2009-11-11

CAMBODIA refused a request from Thailand today to extradite fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, in a widening diplomatic row that threatens to worsen Thailand's political crisis. Cambodia's Foreign...

Hitler ad causes furore in Thailand

World
2009-10-19

A HIGHWAY billboard using a saluting Adolf Hitler to advertise a Thai wax museum has been covered up after complaints from the Israeli and German ambassadors, the museum's manager said yesterday. "The idea came...

Thailand wins praise for AIDS vaccine trial

World
2009-9-28

AN experimental AIDS vaccine that appears to be the first to protect people was mired for years in deep controversy, and credit for its success must go to Thailand where the trial was conducted, experts said. The...

Thai anger over attack on student by teacher

World
2009-9-23

A TEACHER in Thailand was captured on film beating a 14-year-old student and bashing his head against a blackboard, sparking national outrage and pledges yesterday from education officials to crack down on corporal...

Thailand's 81-year-old king sent to hospital

World
2009-9-21

THAILAND'S 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-serving monarch, has been hospitalized after suffering from a fever and fatigue, the palace announced yesterday. A statement from the Royal...

Stateless boy flies flag for Thailand

World
2009-9-21

A BOY with no official nationality who lives in Thailand captured third place in a Japanese paper airplane contest yesterday after his tearful pleas to compete prompted authorities to grant him a rare temporary passport...

4,000 yellow-shirts protest along Thai-Combodian border

World
2009-9-19

ABOUT 4,000 supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) late morning today headed for Preah Vihear national park to protest there before they were blocked halfway by about 1,000 policemen, Thai media reported....

Police guards Thai PM's residence in face of mass rally

World
2009-9-19

THREE companies of police have be deployed at the Bangkok residence of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjjiva this morning as anti-government red-shirt protestors are holding a mass rally in the city. Police from Metropolitan...

Urumqi returns to peaceful life after mass protests

National
2009-9-7

LIFE in west China's Urumqi City, disrupted last week by mass protests triggered by hypodermic syringe attacks, had returned to normal today. On the first day of the week, traffic increased on Guangming Road,...