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3 hrs ago | Bangkok Post

Police arrest fraud suspects

Thai authorities have arrested an Italian man and a French woman who are both wanted on fraud charges in their respective countries.

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5 hrs ago | Bangkok Post

Unesco talks opposed

Thailand's delegates to the World Heritage Committee meeting in June will oppose any discussion on the Preah Vihear temple, the government says.

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9 hrs ago | World-Grain

Thailand: Thailand Rice Convention 2013 to kick off on May 26 in Chiang Mai

The Department of Foreign Trade will host the Thailand Rice Convention 2013 in Chiang Mai to promote the country as a major rice exporter.

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11 hrs ago | Bangkok Post

Sex-change thief caught during surgery

A lady boy was arrested just as he was undergoing surgery for a sex-change on Thursday and charged with stealing 300,000 baht from a Kuwaiti man to pay for the operation.

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12 hrs ago | Phuket Gazette

Phuket Cinema: Funny ghost love story breaks Thai box office records

Davika Hoorne and Mario Maurer in 'Pee Mak Phrakanong' showing across Phuket. Their love is greater than war and death.

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13 hrs ago | Phuket Gazette

Phuket illegal taxi driver charged with sexual assault

Paitoon Kruain, 32, who operated an illegal taxi picking up tourists at Phuket International Airport, has been charged with sexual assault and is now being held at Phuket Prison.

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13 hrs ago | Business Times

Thailand will not cut on rubber exports

BANGKOK: Thailand, the world's biggest rubber producer and exporter, will not extend restrictions on exporting the commodity when the measure expires on May 31, a government official said on Thursday, adding that the curbs had little impact on prices.

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13 hrs ago | The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Burmese Migrant Workers' Group Receives International Award

A policeman marks the arm of an underage Burmese illegal migrant worker awaiting deportation in Ranong province, south of Bangkok.

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16 hrs ago | The Standard

Italian on the run nabbed in Thailand

An Italian who is suspcted to have defrauded millions of dollars from Italian financial institutions and other crimes, has been arrested by police in Thailand.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Bangkok Post

FTI wants answers after outage

Business leaders yesterday demanded compensation from authorities for firms affected by Tuesday's massive power outage, while the Energy Ministry ordered a review of the emergency decision-making process.

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Related Topix: World News, Travel, Asia Travel, Surat Thani, Thailand Travel, Thailand Travel, Southeast Asia

Bangkok Post

PM urged to take amnesty stance

The Democrat Party has called on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to clarify her stance on the reconciliation and amnesty bills.

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Bangkok Post

South hit by huge electricity blackout

A massive power blackout hit 14 southern provinces Tuesday night after a transmission failure in Prachuap Khiri Khan cut off supply from the Central Region.

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Centers for Disease Control and Preve...

Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolate with Novel Genetic Background, Thailand - "Myanmar

To the Editor: Vibrio cholerae O1, a causative agent of cholera, was classified into 2 biotypes, classical and El Tor .

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The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

On Salween River, Growing Signs that Work on Hat Gyi Dam Resumes

Karen communities calling for the protection of the Salween River release a bamboo raft on the river in Papun District, Karen State, on Friday.

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Hotel News Resource

Hotel Industry in the Asia Pacific Region Reports Negative Results For April 2013

In April, the Asia/Pacific region's occupancy ended the month with a 0.5-percent decrease to 68.6 percent, its average daily rate dropped 2.3 percent to US$127.20 and its revenue per available room was down 2.8 percent to US$87.22. Hotels in the Asia/Pacific region experienced decreases in the three key performance metrics in April 2013 when ... (more)

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TIME.com

Savage Escalation Threatened in Thailand's Southern Insurgency

Thai soldiers inspect a military vehicle after a roadside bomb attack by suspected separatist militants in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on May 5, 2013 "Children and women will not be spared," warned the leaflet.

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The Peninsula

Thai army chief urges self-imposed curfew for teachers

BANGKOK: Thailand's army chief on Wednesday urged teachers in the country's insurgency-racked south to stay at home after 6pm to avoid falling victim to militants as the new school year gets under way.

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The Nation

Ministry to take action against sex-trafficking in Chachoengsao

Social Development and Human Security Ministry officials have vowed action after discovering a rise in the number of immigrant workers in Chachoengsao province, especially Laotians working as prostitutes in karaoke bars.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Asia News Network

BANGKOK: Can Thailand learn from the success of Singapore?

The tiny city-state has outperformed its neighbours because it has vision and discipline, precisely the things we lack in fractious, divided Thailand Singapore is a city-state the size of Phuket.

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The Nation

Foreigner found dead on train track

A male foreigner died of a sudden blood-circulation failure just before his body was hit by a train yesterday morning in Prachin Buri's Muang district, an autopsy revealed yesterday.

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