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Cambodia wants World Court to rule on Thai border

AP - Wednesday, February 10

O SVAY, Cambodia - Cambodia will complain to the World Court that Thailand is occupying its land, the prime minister said Tuesday while visiting the territory at the heart of a bitter border dispute. More »

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Thailand tightens security ahead of Thaksin ruling
AP - Tuesday, February 9
BANGKOK - Thailand has started deploying about 20,000 security forces to brace for protests ahead of a widely anticipated court ruling on the $2.2 billion fortune of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra, a spokesman said Monday.
Thailand deploys 20,000 forces on Thaksin ruling
AFP - Monday, February 8
BANGKOK (AFP) - - The Thai government has begun to deploy at least 20,000 extra security forces across the country ahead of a court ruling on the fortune of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, a spokesman said Monday.
Laos 'moving toward' Hmong access: US diplomat
AFP - Sunday, February 7
HANOI (AFP) - - Laos was "moving toward" allowing access to ethnic Hmong whose repatriation by Thailand in December sparked international outrage, a US diplomat said Saturday.
Cambodia rebukes Google over disputed Thai border map
AFP - Saturday, February 6
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - - Cambodia has accused Internet giant Google of being "professionally irresponsible" over its map of a ancient temple at the centre of a border dispute with Thailand, a letter seen by AFP Saturday showed.
Thai army says Myanmar refugees' return halted
AP - Saturday, February 6
BANGKOK - The Thai army said that the planned return of more than 100 ethnic Karen refugees to military-run Myanmar _ opposed by rights groups as dangerous _ was halted Friday.
Thai PM downplays fears of Thaksin 'People's Army'
AFP - Friday, February 5
BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thailand's prime minister Thursday played down threats by a retired general allied to ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra to form a "People's Army" and topple the government.
SKorean marines storm beach in war games with US
AP - Friday, February 5
HAT YAO BEACH, Thailand - More than 800 U.S., Thai and South Korean marines stormed a beach in Thailand on Thursday with Seoul joining the annual joint war games for the first time.
Thailand to rule next week on N.Korea weapons plane
AFP - Thursday, February 4
BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thailand will rule next week on whether to try five alleged arms traffickers who flew a sanctions-busting planeload of heavy weapons into the country from North Korea, the Thai premier said Thursday.
Thailand to probe suspect 'bomb detecting' devices
AP - Thursday, February 4
BANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai government set up a committee of scientists and other experts Wednesday to test British-made "bomb detectors" on which the army has spent about $15 million but which critics charge are useless and a fraud.
Thailand braces for fresh political instability
AFP - Wednesday, February 3
BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thailand is entering a new phase of political turbulence, bracing for a key court ruling on the frozen fortune of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra amid rumours of another coup.
Thai coalition to defy PM in push for constitutional change
AFP - Wednesday, February 3
BANGKOK (AFP) - - Five parties from Thailand's shaky coalition government will push ahead with plans to amend the constitution without the support of the prime minister's leading Democrat party, a minister said Monday.
Thailand can quash insurgency by year-end: minister
AFP - Wednesday, February 3
GENEVA (AFP) - - Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Tuesday that his government is capable of quashing insurgency violence in the country's restive south by year-end.
Myanmar may free Suu Kyi during polls: Thailand
AFP - Wednesday, February 3
GENEVA (AFP) - - Aung San Suu Kyi may be freed during the national elections in Myanmar, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Tuesday, predicting the polls could be held during the second half of 2010.
Iran denies link to weapons seized in Thailand
AP - Wednesday, February 3
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran denied on Tuesday claims by Thailand that a planeload of North Korean weapons seized there in December was headed to Iran.
Protester throws excrement into Thai PM's house
AFP - Tuesday, February 2
BANGKOK (AFP) - - A suspected anti-government protester threw bags of human excrement into Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's home in the latest sign of growing political tensions, his deputy said Tuesday.
Strong economy to help Thailand face protests: PM
AFP - Tuesday, February 2
DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) - - A stronger economy has encouraged Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to believe he can ride out a looming new round of mass protests against his government.
Rights groups push Laos on access to returned Hmong
AFP - Tuesday, February 2
HANOI (AFP) - - Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and 16 other rights groups on Monday urged Laos to give foreign observers access to thousands of ethnic Hmong expelled from Thailand.
North Korean weapons mystery continues
AP - Tuesday, February 2
BANGKOK - Thailand said Monday that an aircraft loaded with North Korean weapons was flying to Iran when it was intercepted in December but the ultimate destination of the arms is still not known.
Cambodian, Thai troops clash on border: Phnom Penh
AFP - Sunday, January 31
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - - Cambodian and Thai troops have had a brief shoot-out on their disputed border, a Cambodian defence ministry spokesman said Saturday, in the latest such flare-up.