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Death threats for Thai PM in pro-Thaksin stronghold: MP

Death threats for Thai PM in pro-Thaksin stronghold: MP
AFP - Saturday, November 21

BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visited the north of the country amid heavy security Saturday after receiving death threats over a planned trip to a stronghold of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. More »

  • Thailand must end detention of Hmong: rights group

    Thailand must end detention of Hmong: rights group

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - A leading rights group Saturday called on the Thai government to allow 158 Lao Hmong refugees, who have been detained for three years pending deportation, to be resettled in four western countries.

  • Cambodia confirms takeover of air traffic company

    AP - Saturday, November 21

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The Cambodian government on Friday confirmed its temporary takeover of management of the country's air traffic control company after one of its Thai employees was arrested last week on a spying charge.

  • Thai police make 4th arrest for rumors about king

    AP - Friday, November 20

    BANGKOK - Police in Thailand have detained a fourth person suspected of using the Internet to spread rumors about the king's health, but plan no further arrests, a senior police officer said Thursday.

  • Fourth charge over Thai king health rumours

    Fourth charge over Thai king health rumours

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai police have charged a fourth person with spreading false rumours about the health of the country's revered king, after concerns over his condition sent stocks plunging, police said Thursday.

  • Former Thai coup leader heads political party

    Former Thai coup leader heads political party

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - A Thai general who led a 2006 coup that ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra became the leader of a new party Wednesday, saying he could even one day work with the toppled tycoon's allies in government.

  • Thai diplomats visit alleged spy in Cambodia

    Thai diplomats visit alleged spy in Cambodia

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Cambodian officials allowed Thai diplomats Tuesday to make their first visit to a Thai national held on charges of spying on fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the Thai premier said.

  • 6 suspected insurgents shot dead in Thai south

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    PATTANI, Thailand - Security forces killed six suspected insurgents Tuesday in a gunbattle in southern Thailand.

  • Thai anti-govt protesters to hold prolonged rally

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 18

    By Chalathip Thirasoonthrukul

  • Thai security forces kill 6 suspected rebels

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 18

    PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Security forces in Thailand's restive south killed six suspected Muslim insurgents on Tuesday in a gunbattle, police said.

  • US man gets nearly 20 years for Thai pedophilia

    US man gets nearly 20 years for Thai pedophilia

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    NEW YORK (AFP) - - A US court has handed 19-and-a-half years in prison to an actor convicted of abusing children as young as six on trips to Thailand and posting the images on the Internet.

  • Thailand probes grenade attack on anti-Thaksin rally

    Thailand probes grenade attack on anti-Thaksin rally

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai police said Monday that a grenade was responsible for a blast at a rally by opponents of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as the number of injured rose to 12.

  • Carter, wife helping build homes in Thailand

    AP - Monday, November 16

    CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter helped the housing charity that he champions, Habitat for Humanity, launch a campaign Monday to build homes for 50,000 families in the Mekong River region over the next five years.

  • Anti-Thaksin protesters rally in Thailand

    AP - Monday, November 16

    BANGKOK - Opponents of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, riled by his comments about Thailand's monarchy and the warm welcome he received in neighboring Cambodia, rallied Sunday night in the Thai capital.

  • Thai protesters denounce Thaksin's royal remarks

    Reuters - Monday, November 16

    By Ploy Ten Kate

  • Thaksin departs, Cambodia-Thai relations in trouble

    Thaksin departs, Cambodia-Thai relations in trouble

    AFP - Saturday, November 14

    SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AFP) - - Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday, ending a contentious four-day visit that deepened a diplomatic crisis between the neighbours.

  • Ousted Thai PM rallies supporters to Cambodia

    AP - Saturday, November 14

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Thailand said Friday it would not be provoked into violence in its diplomatic tussle with Cambodia over fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, even as the ousted leader taunted the Bangkok government by meeting with political supporters in the neighboring country.

  • Cambodia, Thailand expel senior diplomats

    AP - Friday, November 13

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - 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 sides.

  • Thai ex-Cabinet member sentenced for corruption

    AP - Friday, November 13

    BANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai court on Thursday gave prison sentences to 11 people, including a former Cabinet minister still on the run, for their parts in one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country's history.

  • Fugitive ex-Thai PM set to give Cambodian lecture

    Fugitive ex-Thai PM set to give Cambodian lecture

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    PHNOM PENH (AFP) - - Thaksin Shinawatra was set to deliver a lecture in his new role as Cambodia's economic adviser Thursday, amid tensions over Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite the fugitive former Thai premier.

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