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Briton arrested with roasted human foetuses for use in black magic ritual

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 06:07
Six human foetuses which had been roasted and covered in gold leaf as part of a black magic ritual have been seized from a British citizen in Bangkok, Thai police said ...
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Thailand police arrest British citizen with foetuses for black magic

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 05:39
Bangkok: Six human foetuses which had been roasted and covered in gold leaf as part of a black magic ritual have been seized from a British citizen in Bangkok, Thai police said on Friday.Chow Hok ...
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Thai court disqualifies 'Red Shirt' Thai lawmaker

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 05:37
A Thai court stripped a top "Red Shirt" leader of his parliamentary seat today, in a move likely to anger supporters of the movement whose protests in Bangkok in 2010 descended into ...
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Police, red shirts prepare for second anniversary commemoration

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 05:33
May 18, 2012 3:55 pm Police plan to deploy more than 1,000 police to the red shirts' commemoration of the second anniversary of the political violence at Ratchaprasong intersection on ...
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Phuket hotel receptionist denies raping tourist

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 04:55
Chalong Police Superintendent Sirisak Wasasiri said the German tourist no longer needs to stay in Phuket to attend court proceedings as police now have her and her friend's statements. Photo: ...
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Constitution Court disqualifies Jatuporn

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 04:23
May 18, 2012 2:20 pm The Constitution Court Friday disqualified Jatuporn Promphan as a Pheu Thai MP. The Constitution Court judges voted 7:1 to disqualify Jatuporn on ground that he was not ...
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Facebook sets 38-dollar share price for record IPO

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 03:13
May 18, 2012 1:44 pm San Francisco - Facebook on Thursday finalized the price at which it will offer its shares to the public for the first time on Friday in the largest ever initial public offering ...
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Myanmar media censorship to end next month

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 03:13
May 18, 2012 1:39 pm Yangon - The Myanmar government's strict censorship of political news content will cease next month with the establishment of a press council, media industry sources said ...
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SET index opens down 13.78 pts,1.17%

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 02:03
May 18, 2012 10:47 am Thai composite stocks index (SET) opened Friday at 1,159.78, down 13.78 points, or 1.17 per cent in line with regional shares. Blue chip SET-50 index was at 811.29, down ...
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Controversial Thailand dam to be ready by 2016

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:08
The Mae Wong Dam project in Nakhon Sawan, western Thailand will be completed in 2016, Agriculture minister Theera Wongsamut told a House meeting ...
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Wall St ends down on Greece concerns

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 23:32
May 18, 2012 10:04 am U.S. shares closed down for for fifth day after Fitch Rating agency took negative action on Greece's ratings and following several gloomy economic reports. The Dow Jones ...
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Soft Start Expected For Thai Stock Market

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 22:53
5/17/2012 10:00 PM ET (RTTNews) - The Thai stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last five trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had ...
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UAE, Thailand discuss trade cooperation

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 22:47
UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi and Thai Minister of Commerce Boonsong Teriyapirom discussed in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, ways to bolster bilateral relations between UAE and ...
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Combating Hardship in Rural Thailand

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 21:36
From Thailand, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one social entrepreneur's efforts to combat hardships and instill a new way of thinking in the rural regions of the relatively ...
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Unused Aus vacations, an opportunity for Thailand

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 21:25
This year is the year for Thailand to draw in more Aussie travellers, according to the Consul General of Thailand Biravij Suwanpredhes, who said the growing number of unused Australian vacation time ...
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Democrats call for action over KTB loan scandal

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 09:02
May 17, 2012 6:43 pm The opposition Democrat Party Thursday called on the AttorneyGeneral's Office to decide soon whether to file charges against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 31 ...
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Ministry to probe BMA's Skytrain contract

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 09:02
May 17, 2012 6:34 pm Deputy Interior Minister Choochat Hansawas said he would investigate the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)'s decision to hand a Bt190-billion contract to the ...
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Dead Tigers Discovered in Thailand Freezer

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 09:02
Thailand following a tip-off. The body of a complete Bengal tiger, two halves of another, a panther and a wild cat were found in the freezer. Police Lt Col Theerapat Tharithai said the arrested ...
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Bt50m sought to clear illegal rubber farms

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 07:45
May 17, 2012 6:32 pm The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is seeking Bt50 million to clear extensive illegal rubber plantations in headwater areas in the South. There has been ...
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Late Italian journalist's case to go to court in July

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 07:45
May 17, 2012 6:24 pm Police revealed Thursday that the case of the Italian journalist, who was killed in the government crackdown on red shirts in 2010, would be heard in court from July 23. ...
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