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BANGKOK: Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra will address thousands of "Red Shirt" supporters at a rally this weekend in neighbouring Cambodia, his followers said Monday.
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NARATHIWAT, Thailand: Thai police have arrested four suspects in connection with a series of devastating bomb blasts in the insurgency-plagued deep south, an official said Thursday.
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PHNOM PENH: Thailand said Wednesday its security services have to "work harder" after a triple car bomb attack demonstrated the increasing sophistication of militant tactics in the violence-plagued south.
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BANGKOK - The Thai government on Tuesday ruled out peace talks with militants in the deep south following the deadliest bomb attacks to rock the region in recent years.
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BANGKOK: Thailand is fighting against more than 3,000 Muslim militants waging a shadowy insurgency in the deep south that has claimed thousands of lives, army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha said Monday.
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BANGKOK: The newly elected Aung San Suu Kyi now faces a huge weight of expectations, but analysts say the inspirational dissident may have to temper her grand political goals and deal with bread-and-butter issues.
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BANGKOK: A deadly fire at a hotel in southern Thailand was caused by a car bomb planted by suspected insurgents, the national police chief said in remarks televised on Sunday.
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BANGKOK: One person was killed and dozens injured in a fire Saturday at a hotel in Hat Yai, the largest city in southern Thailand, officials said.
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YALA, Thailand: Three bomb attacks minutes apart killed nine people and wounded more than 100 on Saturday in the main town in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south, a hospital worker said.
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YALA, Thailand: Seven people were killed and dozens wounded in three bomb attacks Saturday in the main town in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south, the military said.
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THAILAND: The Myanmar community in the Thai capital Bangkok is eager for the results of this weekend's by-election in which democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is contesting a parliamentary seat.
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THAILAND: Thailand has become the 35th country in the world to have Google Street View in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket.
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BANGKOK: Thai police said Monday they had discovered 10 rocket launchers and grenades they believed were to be smuggled to ethnic minority rebels across the border in Myanmar in exchange for drugs.
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BANGKOK: Thailand will spend more than $70 billion on infrastructure over the next five years, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said as she outlined the challenges facing the country after last year's floods.
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BANGKOK: Four Thai policemen have been arrested after they seized narcotics worth US$1 million in raids on drug gangs and kept them to sell themselves, senior police said.
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YALA, Thailand: Thailand's military Wednesday admitted troops had shot dead four Muslim villagers on their way to a funeral in the insurgency-hit south due to a "misunderstanding" in late January.
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BANGKOK: A job perk that has tapped into a bit of outrage - government sponsored, fully loaded iPads for all 650 MPs and senators in Thailand.
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BANGKOK: A Lebanese man arrested two months ago in Thailand on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges of breaking weapons control laws, his lawyer said.
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BANGKOK: A Lebanese man arrested two months ago in Thailand on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges of breaking weapons control laws, his lawyer said.
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BANGKOK: A Lebanese man arrested two months ago in Thailand on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges of breaking weapons control laws, his lawyer said.
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BANGKOK: A Lebanese man arrested two months ago in Thailand on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges of breaking weapons control laws, his lawyer said.
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BANGKOK: Myanmar troops have committed serious rights abuses against civilians in an offensive against ethnic rebels that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
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BANGKOK: Billionaire Chaleo Yoovidhya, the co-founder of energy drink Red Bull and the second richest man in Thailand, died Saturday at the age of 89, a company spokeswoman said.
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BANGKOK: A Thai taxi driver Friday returned 8.2 kilogrammes of gold ornaments worth around US$410,000 to their owner who had left them in his car three days ago, police said.
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BANGKOK: A Thai taxi driver Friday returned 8.2 kilogrammes of gold ornaments worth around US$410,000 to their owner who had left them in his car three days ago, police said.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities on Thursday applied for a court order to extradite to Thailand an Iranian man suspected of involvement in an alleged bomb plot against Israeli diplomats in Bangkok.
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BANGKOK: Thai authorities have blocked thousands of web pages deemed insulting to the monarchy in the past three months, police said on Wednesday, amid growing debate about the kingdom's lese majeste law.
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BANGKOK: An elderly British man and his Thai wife were beaten to death in a suspected robbery at a beach resort in Thailand, police said Wednesday.
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BANGKOK: Thailand is to hold inquests into the deaths of 16 people killed during a crackdown on "Red Shirt" anti-government protests two years ago, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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BANGKOK : Bangkok has re-opened a bid to supply tablet PCs to students - a key election promise of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government.
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