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Pattaya Visitors Be Aware of Thievs!

May 14, 2012

A Russian tourist in Pattaya went for a walk. Took off his pants and shirt and sat on the beach. Moments later two snatch & grab thieves stole his belongings.
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Pattaya Visitors Be Aware of Thieves!

May 14, 2012

A Russian tourist in Pattaya went for a walk. Took off his pants and shirt and sat on the beach. Moments later two snatch & grab thieves stole his belongings.
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Wan Lai Day in Pattaya kicks off on Wednesday

April 16, 2012

CHONBURI, 16 April 2012 -The water-splashing fun lives on, with Wan Lai Day, Pattaya's version of Songkran Festival, being held from April 18th -20th. All hotel rooms have reportedly been booked up quickly and the city is expected to generate up to 2.5 billion baht in revenue.
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Wan Lai Day in Pattaya kicks off on Wednesday

April 16, 2012

CHONBURI, 16 April 2012 -The water-splashing fun lives on, with Wan Lai Day, Pattaya's version of Songkran Festival, being held from April 18th -20th. All hotel rooms have reportedly been booked up quickly and the city is expected to generate up to 2.5 billion baht in revenue.
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Drunk Go-Go Dancer & Russian Caught In Sex Act On Pattaya Beach

March 20, 2012

A Thai Go-Go dancer with a Russian male friend on a Pattaya beach not far from the police station started drinking when they were drunk they took off their clothes and went into the sea to make love with many people watching them. The couple was arrested.
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Drunk Swede Arrested For Sexual Attack in South Pattaya

March 16, 2012

A Pattaya female notified the police to arrest a drunk Swedish citizen who groped her at a minimart
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Brit & Thai Wife Murdered at Beach Resort 90 Kms From Hua Hin

March 15, 2012

A Briton and his Thai wife were brutally murdered at a beach resort in Prachuab Khirikhan province. The police are interrogating three suspects.
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Elephants celebrate Thai Elephant Day with giant fruit cake

March 13, 2012

PRACHUAB KHIRI KHAN, 13 March 2012 - The Hutsadin Elephant Foundation in Hua Hin is celebrating the Thai Elephant Day today by providing a 25-ton fruit cake for the pachyderms under its care.
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Internal Trade Dept on path to control prices of ready-to-eat food

March 11, 2012

BANGKOK, 11 March 2012 - The Internal Trade Department is pushing ahead with its campaign to offer reasonably-priced ready-to-eat food to Thai consumers across the country.
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Pattaya Cops Crack Down On Prostitution & Gambling – 100 Hookers & 8 Gamblers Caught

March 2, 2012

Pattaya police arrested 100 beach roaming hookers charged pestering people in public areas to buy their sexual services. The police arrested and fined them each 100 THB then warned before releasing them. In addition, the police caught 8 dice gamblers on the same day.
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German Knifed By His Drunk Thai Girl Friend in Pattaya

February 11, 2012

A 58-year-old German quarrelled with his Thai girl friend, a fight broke out and the man was stabbed in the back.
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Kofi Annan agreed to lend help to Thai Truth Commission

January 28, 2012

BANGKOK, 27 January 2012 (NNT) - Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will visit Thailand in February to meet with the Thai truth commission and lend his help on the country's reconciliation process.
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Army dismisses reports of Thai-Cambodian military clash

January 26, 2012

BANGKOK, Jan 25 – The Royal Thai Army on Wednesday dismissed reports of a renewed clash between Thai and Cambodian soldiers at Ta Kwai Temple, but conceded that one soldier was wounded in a gunshot accident.
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Obese 150 kg Chonburi Lady Falls and Dies In the Bathroom

December 13, 2011

A middle aged, obese woman weighing 150 kg and suffering from hypertension lived with her five-year-old daughter. Coming back from the hospital she felt dizzy and went to the bathroom, slipped hit her head on the floor and died instantly in front of her daughter who had called for help.
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Thai men extradited over Luke Mitchell’s death

December 7, 2011

The accused killers of Good Samaritan Luke Mitchell may not be forced back to Australia for another two years - despite a Thai court yesterday ordering their extradition.
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Pattaya Police Arrests Frenchman & Thai Couple Selling “Ya-Ice”

August 23, 2011

Pattaya police catching methamphetamine dealers. Latest drug seller arrest: Middle-aged Frenchman and Thai couple in Soi "PP".
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Swedes and Thai Women Caught With “Ya-Ice” & Marijuana in Pattaya

August 15, 2011

Two Swedish men and two Thai women were arrested with amphetamines and marijuana possession at an apartment in Nongprue. Also at the drug fuelled party was a the two-year-old daugther of the Thai woman.
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Bangkok Top Travel Destination For Thai Domestic Travel 2010

August 7, 2011

The Director General of Department of Tourism revealed the statistics of Thai domestic travel in 2010. Bangkok was the number one travel destination for Thais.
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Two Arrested In Drug Buy-Bust Operation

May 30, 2011

In an undercover operation, Pattaya police arrested a Uganda man and his Thai girlfriend with possession of Yah-Ice drugs.
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“RICE OF APRIL” at Ginger and Lime Restaurant

April 13, 2011

“RICE OF APRIL” at Ginger and Lime Restaurant Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya
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Russia outraged over Thai decision to extradite accused arms dealer to U.S.

November 16, 2010
Russia outraged over Thai decision to extradite accused arms dealer to U.S.

BANGKOK - Thailand extradited an alleged arms dealer to the United States on Tuesday, drawing anger from Russia, which claimed the action was illegal.
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Depressed Elderly Thai Woman Jumps to Her Death in Jomtien

October 22, 2010

An elderly Thai woman is thought to have committed suicide by jumping from the 19th floor of a Jomtien condominium complex on Thursday.
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TNZ uses TV soap to woo Thais

October 12, 2010

BANGKOK, 11 October 2010 –Tourism New Zealand will support a popular Thai television soap opera to boost holiday bookings during the  off-peak season, TNZ Thailand manager, Roskamol Vongchowanart said Friday. She was commenting on trade support in the local market on the sidelines of a product workshop, “Tourism New Zealand Frontline Agent Training” held...
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French Paedophile Appears in Court over Pattaya Offences

September 7, 2010

A 61-year-old Frenchman has appeared in a Paris court on Monday charged with multiple counts of sexually assaulting 10 Thai girls under the age of 11.
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Many Thai workers, now out of poverty, are in dissent

June 9, 2010
Many Thai workers, now out of poverty, are in dissent

NONBON, THAILAND -- San Silawat has three dogs, two cows and a parrot. He grows rice and spring onions on a small plot of land. But he's hardly a pauper: He's added a second floor to his house and built a blue-tiled patio. His son plays computer games in the front room
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Thai soldiers overrun protesters’ camp; ‘red shirt’ leaders surrender

May 20, 2010
Thai soldiers overrun protesters’ camp; ‘red shirt’ leaders surrender

BANGKOK -- Thai soldiers launched an assault Wednesday against "red shirt" protesters in a military operation that forced anti-government protest leaders to surrender but left parts of Bangkok in the grip of near-anarchy. Thailand - Bangkok - Recreation - Asia - Prime minister
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Thai soldiers advance on ‘red shirt’ protesters’ encampment in Bangkok

May 19, 2010
Thai soldiers advance on ‘red shirt’ protesters’ encampment in Bangkok

BANGKOK -- After weeks of escalating confrontation, soldiers backed by armored vehicles deployed in force early Wednesday in the center of the Thai capital, moving toward the fortified encampment of anti-government protesters entrenched behind bamboo barricades in this modern Asian metropolis. Bangkok - Thailand - Asia - Government - Red Shirt
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Thai government to impose curfew in Bangkok

May 16, 2010
Thai government to impose curfew in Bangkok

TOKYO -- A deal to end street chaos in Bangkok was so close a week ago that some protest leaders had begun packing their bags to go home. Red Shirt demonstrators, it seemed, had forced the Thai government to call an early election. Thailand - Asia - Bangkok - Government - Embassies and Consulates...
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As deaths surge, Thai leader defends crackdown on protest

May 16, 2010
As deaths surge, Thai leader defends crackdown on protest

BANGKOK -- Thailand's leader on Saturday defended the deadly army crackdown on protesters besieging the heart of the capital, saying that the country's future is at stake. Thailand - Asia - Bangkok - Abhisit Vejjajiva - Business and Economy
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UDD rally could cost Bt70bn

April 18, 2010

If the anti-government rally carries on to mid-May the country could lose approximately 50 billion to 70 billion baht, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) reported on Sunday.
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