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Thailand Tries to Allay Tourists’ Fears After Killings

The Thai police say they will start handing out whistles to foreign women who visit this country after the latest in a long series of periodic sexual assaults and killings. ...full story at New York Times

from New York Times on Wed, Mar 26 2008

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