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• Gary Glitter refuses to leave Thailand
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• Glitter held at Thai airport after prison release
British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, refused to board airplanes out of Thailand on Wednesday after being denied entry into the...
• Gary Glitter agrees to leave Thailand
Former British Glam-Rocker, Gary Glitter, listens to the guilty verdict being read out at the People's Courthouse March 3, 2006 in Ba Ria, Vietnam. (Paula Bronstein, Getty Images) BANGKOK, Thailand ...
• Thailand To Deport Gary Glitter
He made the decision after Thai police brushed aside his claims of ear and heart problems and said he would be put on the first available plane to London whether he liked it or not. It was not immedi...
• Former Thai PM to seek asylum in UK
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who skipped bail last week and flew to London, plans to seek political asylum in Britain. His lawyer Watchara Saengprathum said: "He is in the proc...
• Somali Pirates Hijack Thai Cargo Ship with 28 Crew
Pirates attacked the Thor Star on Tuesday, senior analyst Cyrus Mody said, in the latest of a string of attacks in lawless Somali waters. Mody was unaware of any demands for ransom. The ship is owned...
• Man extradited from Thailand over 2004 murder
Scott Storey absconded after stabbing mother-of-four Bridget Cameron, 35, in the neck on April 24 2004 at the house they shared in Edinburgh.The 43-year-old was initially remanded in custody, but he w...
• Thailand to deport Gary Glitter to Britain
Thailand declared British former glam rocker Gary Glitter "persona non grata" Wednesday and moved to deport him to Britain, one day after he finished prison time in Vietnam for child sex offences. The...
• Thailand to deport Glitter to Britain
Thai immigration police say they will deport shamed British glam rocker Gary Glitter to London "as soon as possible", despite his claims of health problems preventing him from flying. Glitter, whose ...
• Thailand To Deport Glitter
will deport former glam rocker Gary Glitter to Britain "as soon as possible," the immigration chief said Wednesday, a day after his release from a Vietnamese jail where he served time for child sex ...
• Singapore welcomes moves by Thailand, Cambodia to resolve temple dispute
Singapore Wednesday welcomed the efforts of Thailand and Cambodia to hold talks on the Preah Vihear Temple issue. A spokesman for the Singapore Foreign Ministry said in a statement that resolving the ...
• Thai exile PM accuses PAD for falsifying arrest warrant
Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is now living in England, has ordered his team of legal advisers to take legal action against the five core members of the People's Alliance fo...
• Glitter faces detention after refusing to board flight from Thailand
British rocker Gary Glitter walks towards an airline gate at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport where he refused to board a plane back to the UK. Photographer: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters Disgraced former g...
• Thais call for Thaksin’s return
ThousandS of protesters gathered outside the British Embassy yesterday to demand that the UK extradite former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra to face charges at home. Thaksin and his wife fled to Bri...
• Gary Glitter refused entry into Thailand
BANGKOK British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in...
• Gary Glitter fakes illness in Bangkok to miss UK flight
Shamed rocker Gary Glitter was stuck at Bangkok airport after faking illness to avoid boarding a flight to Britain following his release from a Vietnamese prison for child sex abuse, Thai police sa...
• Thai baht hits nine-month low
Bangkok - The Thai baht hit a nine-month low against the dollar Wednesday, trading at 34.15 to the greenback, bank sources said. The sharp decline in the currency was attributed to heavy buying of dol...
• Cambodia, Thailand to discuss 2nd phase of troop redeployment at disputed border area
Cambodian and Thailand have agreed to arrange a second-phase troop redeployment at the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear Temple in the eponymous province of Cambodia, foreign minister Hor Nam...
• Thailand declares Glitter
Thailand declared British former glam rocker Gary Glitter "persona non grata" Wednesday and threatened to deport him back to Vietnam, where he has just finished prison time for child sex offences. The...
• Thailand, Cambodia agree to step up border marking
FOREIGN ministers from Cambodia and Thailand said yesterday they have agreed to step up efforts to mark the border around a disputed temple that has been the scene of a military standoff.At the weeken...
• Thai protesters want Thaksin back from UK to stand trial
Protesters gather outside British Embassy in Bangkok Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 to demand that London extradite former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to face criminal charges at home. (AP Photo/Sa...
• Thailand declares Glitter persona non grata
BANGKOK - Thailand declared British former glam rocker Gary Glitter "persona non grata" Wednesday and threatened to deport him back to Vietnam, where he has just finished prison time for child sex off...
• Cambodia says temple border with Thailand to be closed indefinitely
Phnom Penh - Although talks with Thailand over disputed border territory achieved modest progress, the border crossing at the ancient Preah Vihear temple would remain closed indefinitely, Cambodian Fo...
• Glitter refuses to leave Bangkok airport
Shamed glam rocker Gary Glitter is stuck at Bangkok airport after refusing to board a flight to Britain following his deportation from Vietnam, where he had spent nearly three years in prison for chil...
• Thai Central Administration Court To Rule On Mins
-(Dow Jones)- Thailand's Supreme Administrative Court has said that the decision on whether Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee and two other ministers should step down amid an ongoing court case ...
• Gary Glitter Refuses to Leave Bangkok Airport
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Shamed glam rocker Gary Glitter was stuck at Bangkok airport on Wednesday after refusing to board a flight to Britain following his deportation from Vietnam, where he had spent nea...
• Second Thai-Cambodian foreign ministers
No substantial agreement has been reached after a one-day verbal tug-of-war between Thai and Cambodian delegations led by respective foreign ministers over the disputed border around the Preah Vihear ...
• Union vows to fight BMTA budget cuts
A Transport Ministry-backed plan to shed almost 3,800 employees from the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) payroll could face stiff union opposition. The ministry says in addition having old, decr...
• Interim pact on settling border dispute
PHETCHABURI : Thailand and Cambodia yesterday agreed to an interim agreement to solve the row over the disputed border area surrounding the Preah Vihear temple. The agreement was reached in the ...
• Extraditing Vatana could be a tough task
Bringing convicted one-time deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame back from Cambodia could be difficult because his offences were committed before Bangkok and Phnom Penh had an extradition treaty....
• PAD demands UK extradite ex-PM for trial
Thousands of supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) marched to the British embassy yesterday, demanding that London deny political asylum to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra a...
• Student protesters caned by teacher Pupils marched against their school
A teacher at a school facing relocation to make way for the new parliamentary site has been accused of caning eight students, including a girl who was allegedly struck 18 consecutive times. They...
• Qualified people only may apply
Being a beggar will not be so easy anymore if draft legislation approved by the cabinet yesterday becomes law. The bill proposed by the Human Security and Social Development Ministry sets conditions f...
• Police unit to be upgraded
The cabinet yesterday approved in principle an upgrade of the national police's forward operation centre in Yala to aid operations dealing with the ongoing violence in the deep South. Deputy governmen...
• Samak clears the air with party members
People Power Party (PPP) leader Samak Sundaravej cleared the air with disgruntled PPP members over the distribution of arrest warrants for Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, a party source said. Mr Sama...
• Eight BMA officials on land scam charges
The National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) has resolved to charge former Bangkok governor Bhichit Rattakul and seven other senior officials of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for allege...
• Shamed Glitter in Thai hotel claiming a heart attack
No is he nothing if not smart - claim a heart attack and no doubt the taxpayers will have to provide him with a private jet/air ambulance to bring him 'home'. I say make him walk home.
• EC defers decision on PPP
The Election Commission (EC) has deferred its decision on the fate of the People Power party (PPP) for two weeks, so its investigators have time to photocopy a document. The commissioners were due to ...
• Suspect held for murder
Police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a traffic policeman who tried to arrest illegal motorbike racers in the early morning of Aug 13. Jirawat Putbumrung, 20, was apprehended last night in ...
• China asked for river info
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) in Thailand has asked the Foreign Ministry for help in its bid for information from China regarding its management of sluice gates on the Mekong river. The move follo...
• The plan to replace slums with parks
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's plan to remove all city slums, replacing them with public parks is appalling but not surprising. It's no surprise either that his controversial plan (or ultimat...
• Mastering the art of chairmanship
In late July of this year, Thailand took over the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) from Singapore. During the next year, it will also host a number of key summits bet...
• The long arm of the law
It took almost two decades from the initial public exposure of massive corruption involving the 23-billion-baht Klong Dan waste water treatment project for the case to run its course, but now justice ...
• Al Dhahrani Meets Thai Ambassador
During A Meeting With The Newly Appointed Thai Ambassador Suphat Chitranukroh, Al Dhahrani Said That The Representatives Council Is Preparing For The Set Of A Friendship Committee With Its Thai Counte...
• Government plan to boost domestic rice production
BANGKOK, 19 August 2008 (IRIN) - Thailand's Finance Ministry has announced it will lease some 160,000 hectares (ha) of unused state-owned land to poor farmers and agri-businesses to boost domestic ric...
• Focus Is on Establishing Centers of Excellence and the Tourist Medicine Market
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• Anti-Thaksin protesters march on British embassy in Bangkok
BANGKOK: Thousands of protesters clad in bright yellow marched through central Bangkok to the British embassy to demand the extradition of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
• Hutchison Telecom 1st Half Net Down; May Sell Thai Operations
in cash available for investments and it is seeking opportunities in emerging telecom markets. Fok said in a statement Tuesday the company evaluated a number of opportunities to expand its operation...
• Thai Fin Min Vows To Stay Unless Court Orders Otherwise
-(Dow Jones)- Thailand's Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee said Tuesday he will stay in his job unless the Supreme Administrative Court orders otherwise.
• Cambodian foreign minister eyes end to Thai border issues
Diplomatic solution: Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag (R) meeting his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong (L) during dinner at the Thai beach resort of Hua Hin yesterday.Picture: AFP
• Thai, Cambodian ministers start 2nd-round meeting over border row
BANGKOK — Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong began second-round talks Tuesday morning at a Thai beach resort, aiming to end a monthlong border conflict....
• Thai beats world champ
The quarter-finals also saw the mighty Cubans flourish as all three of their fighters who climbed into the ring also eased into the semi-finals. Manus, who famously squandered US$600,000 (RM2.01 milli...
• Rixos rocks up in Thailand
'Without a doubt, Rixos will be distinctive to the residents of Thailand as well as all of those who travel to Thailand as an attractive tourist destination. Our concept is different to that of other ...
• Thai Vote Agency Confirms Ruling Party Dissolution Case Delay
-(Dow Jones)- Thailand's Election Commission has delayed a decision on asking the Constitution Court to dissolve the ruling People Power Party until
• Protesters in Thailand ask Britain to refuse ex-premier asylum
Bangkok, Aug 19 : Thousands of Thai protesters marched on the British embassy here Tuesday to demand that Britain refuse asylum to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, Pojaman, who f...
• Man charged with seeking guide to child sex in Thailand
Disneyland shirts and chocolates.The 51-year-old faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of a child sex tourism charge.The investigation into Mahoney began last week after immigration officials no...
• City bus plan still getting flak
While the Transport Ministry remains upbeat about its plan to lease 6,000 new air-conditioned buses to improve the public bus service, critics are still unconvinced it is the right solution for the de...
• Request to lift deep South curfew during Ramadan
The Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC) has been asked to temporarily lift martial law in the deep South during Ramadan to facilitate religious activities at night. The peace...
• Abuse of children on the rise, meeting told
The Asia-Pacific region needs specific laws to monitor and counter child pornography being promoted over the Internet, activists against the sexual exploitation of children say. They were speaki...
• Fugitive Vatana gets 10 years in prison for graft
The Supreme Court sentenced former deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame to 10 years in jail yesterday, convicting him of corruption in the long-running Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant scanda...
• Special labels for carbon reductions
A new system of carbon labelling is planned to enable consumers to identify goods manufactured with a minimal release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Sirithan Pairojboriboon, director o...
• Be patient, Samak tells troops on border
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej yesterday advised soldiers guarding the border to be patient as Thailand and Cambodia attempt to resolve the row over the disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple thr...
• Science Week event that
HRH Prince Dhipankara Rasmijoti, the youngest son of HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, joined hundreds of his schoolmates in a pioneering science and technology activity programme for kindergarten...
• Soldiers to be told of need for new House
The army has assigned unit chiefs to explain to their subordinates the necessity and advantages of moving away from the 130 rai of land selected as the location of the new parliament complex in a bid ...
• The games of the Olympics
Most of the reports from the Beijing Olympics continue to be positive, upbeat. If the second week of the Games go as smoothly as the first, Chinese authorities and, more especially, the people of Chin...
• EC to rule on dissolution of PPP today
The Election Commission (EC) will announce today whether it will recommend the dissolution of the People Power party (PPP) for complicity in vote-buying by a party executive member in the Dec 23 gener...
• Border spat key issue at Cambodian, Thai talks
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia): Border talks topped the agenda yesterday for Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers heading into a meeting to find a lasting solution to a lingering territorial dispute that broug...
• Air Astana increases frequency of Almaty - Bangkok - Almaty
Air Astana, the national flag carrier of Kazakhstan and one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, is introducing an additional 4Th frequency on Mondays from 27 October 2008 between Almaty &n...
• Man missing in Thailand likely killed by friends
BANGKOK (Kyodo) A Japanese man who went missing Aug. 5 in Thailand is likely to have been killed by two Japanese acquaintances, Thai police said Monday.
• Tourist visits double at Preah Vihear Despite a Dispute Between Thai and Cambodian Soldiers
Domestic tourism to Preah Vihear has more than doubled since its UNESCO World Heritage listing on July 7, despite the dispute between Thai and Cambodian soldiers which has been centred on the temple g...
• Worst Mekong river flooding in 100 years
NONG KHAI, 18 August 2008 (IRIN) - It is 4pm and Pranee Soongkhaeng is hurriedly piling up sandbags in a bid to prevent flooding in front of her shop on Meechai Street in Nhon Khai Province, northeast...
• Thai-Cambodia talks on temple row
Thailand and Cambodia are to hold high-level talks on the territorial row over Preah Vihear temple, amid signs tensions over the issue are easing. The two foreign ministers will meet in the Thai re...
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