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13 Nov 09 visit Cambodia’s Embrace of Thaksin Stirs Tensions The warm welcome given to the former Thai prime minister in Cambodia is the latest in a series of tense gestures between the two countries.
07 Nov 09 visit Thailand Recalls Its Ambassador to Cambodia The Thai government said the appointment of Thaksin Shinawatra as economic adviser to Cambodia’s prime minister showed a lack of respect.
06 Nov 09 visit Thai Border on Guard for Drugs From Myanmar Traffickers from Myanmar’s ethnic minorities use Thailand as their hub for the Pacific region.
05 Nov 09 visit Thailand Recalls Ambassador to Cambodia Over Thaksin Job Thailand recalled its ambassador from neighboring Cambodia on Thursday after the former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a fugitive from justice, was named an adviser to the government in Phnom Penh.
24 Oct 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Rights Panel Formed Southeast Asian governments meeting in Thailand inaugurated their first human rights commission on Friday in what they hailed as a milestone for a region.
23 Oct 09 visit Ailing Thai King Makes Public Appearance BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej appeared in public Friday for the first time since he was hospitalized over a month ago at a Bangkok hospital.
17 Oct 09 visit Rally in Bangkok Seeks Pardon for Ousted Premier Former Primer Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted in 2006 continues to be a divisive figure in Thailand.
15 Oct 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: King’s Health ‘Good’ Thai markets tumbled Wednesday on fears over King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s health; the palace issued a statement saying he needed time to recover from pneumonia.
05 Sep 09 visit Southern Thailand’s Turmoil Grows The government has sent more troops to three southern provinces, where ethnic Malay Muslims want autonomy from the Buddhist majority.
31 Aug 09 visit Killings in Southern Thailand on the Rise More than 317 people, including civilians, soldiers and insurgents, have been killed so far this year, compared with 284 in the same period last year.
31 Aug 09 visit Lens: Forgotten Elephants Elephants wander Bangkok’s streets, reduced to offering rides for tourists and helping their owners beg.
28 Aug 09 visit Activist Gets 18-Year Term for Insulting Thai King A political activist was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday for damaging the “reputation and honor” of the king and queen of Thailand.
21 Aug 09 visit Myanmar Troops Gain on Rebels as Villagers Flee For the first time in at least a decade, Myanmar controls most of its own border with Thailand, where it has been fighting ethnic Karen rebels.
11 Aug 09 visit Thailand Won’t Extradite Suspected Arms Dealer A Thai judge rejected a request that Viktor Bout be sent to the U.S. to face charges of global arms trafficking.
29 Jun 09 visit Suspected Arms Dealer Challenges U.S. Tactics Viktor Bout is pursuing what his lawyer calls a rare legal procedure that accuses American officials of overstepping their jurisdiction during a sting operation in Thailand last year.
21 Jun 09 visit Insurgents in Southern Thailand Recruit From Schools Insurgents in southern Thailand are using a network of Islamic schools to recruit fighters, but their movement does not appear linked to foreign groups, a study says.
20 Jun 09 visit Harem Envy A wide-ranging history of Western man’s erotic fixation on the East, from ancient Chinese sex manuals to Flaubert in Egypt to today’s Bangkok.
09 Jun 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: 10 Killed in Mosque Attack Gunmen opened fire on a mosque in southern Thailand during evening prayers Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding an additional 19.
30 Apr 09 visit Practical Traveler: Problems, and Deals, in Thailand Will the anti-government protests in Bangkok in mid-April keep away the visitors who have been gradually returning since the devastating tsunami of 2004?
24 Apr 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: State of Emergency Will Be Lifted A state of emergency in Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, will be lifted Friday, nearly two weeks after the imposition of emergency rule to quell violent street protests.
17 Apr 09 visit Gunmen Attack a Thai Protest Leader One of the leaders of the “yellow shirt” protest movement that brought the country to a standstill last year was shot by gunmen in Bangkok.
17 Apr 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Attempt to Kill Former Protest Leader A doctor at Vajira Hospital in Bangkok said doctors were operating on the leader, Sondhi Limthongkul, who was shot on Friday.
16 Apr 09 visit Exiled Former Thai Prime Minister Granted Nicaragua Passport Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s fugitive former leader, now has a Nicaraguan passport, complicating efforts to extradite him.
15 Apr 09 visit Thai Protests Reveal Deep Divisions The street battles in Bangkok highlighted the feeling of injustice felt by the protesters regarding the workings of Thailand’s troubled democracy.
14 Apr 09 visit Thai Protesters Begin to Disperse Protesters in Thailand announced they would end their siege of the prime minister’s office and disperse, offering a respite for the embattled government.
13 Apr 09 visit Clashes Over Thai Protests Intensify Unrest spread through a wider swath of Bangkok on Monday as soldiers armed with assault rifles fought running street battles with protesters.
13 Apr 09 visit Protesters in Thailand Challenge Premier The police clashed with demonstrators on Monday, firing automatic weapons as people in the crowd threw rocks and gasoline bombs, witnesses said.
12 Apr 09 visit Thailand Cancels Summit After Protests A summit of East Asian leaders was canceled after protesters smashed their way into a convention center.
11 Apr 09 visit Protesters in Thailand Delay Asian Summit Thousands of protesters blocked the main entrance to the convention center where East Asian leaders were gathering.
08 Apr 09 visit Thousands Protest in Bangkok Many more antigovernment protesters were streaming into the Thai capital from the countryside, with authorities expecting the crowd to number 80,000 or more.
04 Apr 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Jail for Insulting King A Thai citizen was sentenced to 10 years in prison for insulting the king and his family by posting edited photos of the monarchy on the Internet, Bangkok Criminal Court said.
03 Apr 09 visit Cambodian and Thai Troops Exchange Fire at Border A brief gunfight broke out Friday between Thai and Cambodian soldiers near a temple in a clash that Thailand called “a misunderstanding” amid a tense border dispute.
03 Apr 09 visit Government of Thailand Faces Growing Opposition Less than four months after coming to power, a fragile government is challenged by protesters loyal to its chief rival, ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
13 Mar 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: From Dubai, Ex-Premier Lashes Out at New Government The fugitive former prime minister of Thailand surfaced briefly on Thursday, calling the current Thai government a “dictatorship” and a “junta” that was out to get him.
24 Feb 09 visit Thousands Demand Dissolution of Thai Parliament BANGKOK (AP) -- Thousands of protesters surrounded the prime minister's office Tuesday demanding Thailand's parliament be dissolved and new elections held, the latest challenge to the two-month old coalition government.
31 Jan 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: Boat People Not From Here, Leaders Say Myanmar’s junta finally entered the fray over the ethnic Rohingya boat people washing up in Thailand, India and Indonesia, denying Friday that they were from Myanmar.
21 Jan 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: U.N. Inquiry on Refugees The United Nations refugee agency requested access to 126 refugees from Myanmar being held in southern Thailand.
19 Jan 09 visit Thailand Is Accused of Rejecting Migrants Human rights groups have accused Thai authorities of detaining as many as 1,000 boat people from Bangladesh and Myanmar and sending them back out to sea in boats without engines.
17 Jan 09 visit Thailand Accused of Returning Migrants to Sea, Where Many Are Missing Thai authorities have detained as many as 1,000 boat people from Bangladesh and Myanmar and sent them back out to sea in boats without engines, human rights groups say.
08 Jan 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Web Sites Are Blocked The Thai government said it has blocked 2,300 Web pages that it says contain material insulting to the country’s highly revered monarchy.
02 Jan 09 visit At Least 59 Die in Bangkok Club Fire A fire at a high-end Bangkok nightclub killed at least 59 people and injured more than 200 shortly after midnight as revelers were celebrating the new year, the police said.
02 Jan 09 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Victims of Nightclub Fire Include a Foreigner The Bangkok police said Thursday that one foreigner, a Singaporean, died in a fire at a high-end Bangkok nightclub on New Year’s Eve that killed at least 59 people.
01 Jan 09 visit At Least 59 Die in Fire at Bangkok Nightclub A fire at a high-end Bangkok nightclub killed at least 59 people and injured more than 200 as revelers were celebrating the new year, the police said.
01 Jan 09 visit Bangkok Journal: Police Patrols, With Smiles That Never Tire In a country that calls itself the Land of Smiles, highway policemen will spend the first week of the year wearing anti-pollution masks painted with smiles to lift motorists’ moods.
31 Dec 08 visit Thai Premier Evades Protesters Antigovernment protesters forced the prime minister of Thailand to deliver a speech inaugurating the work of his new government at an alternate location.
29 Dec 08 visit Protesters Surround Thai Parliament With power changing hands in Thailand, the protests shifted as well, this time to the “red shirts” who support Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister who was ousted in a coup in 2006.
26 Dec 08 visit Worst Slump in Decades for Thai Tourism Tourism in Thailand is going through its worst slump in decades, a result of the global economic slowdown and its own political turmoil.
23 Dec 08 visit Thai King Swears in Government King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand’s single unifying figure, swore in the country’s new government Monday and called on lawmakers to “ensure happiness and public order.”
19 Dec 08 visit World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Return of Ex-Premier Sought Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva called on the former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, to return home and face justice on corruption charges.
18 Dec 08 visit Thailand’s Winds Shift, Setting a Political Boss Adrift Without a sympathetic government in power to protect him, Thaksin Shinawatra has become more vulnerable to the workings of institutions he once commanded.

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