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Obit Thailand Samak

AP News yesterday

In this photo taken Jan. 21, 2008, Thailand's former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is seen in Bangkok, Thailand. A Thai hospital has confirmed that Samak, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV celebrity who briefly served as prime minister, has died on Tuesday, ...

Alleged Thai spy files bail request in Cambodia: lawyer

AFP Asian Edition 2 days ago

The lawyer for a Thai national held on charges of spying on fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra said he filed a bail request to a Cambodian court Monday. Siwarak Chothipong, 31, an employee at the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was arrested on ...

Chinese rights lawyer's wife gets US asylum: supporters

AFP Asian Edition 4 days ago

The United States has granted political asylum to the wife and children of jailed Chinese civil rights lawyer Guo Feixiong who the family says is suffering abuse, supporters said Saturday. Guo, who is serving a five-year prison sentence for "running an illegal ...

Thailand must end detention of Hmong: rights group

AFP Asian Edition 4 days ago

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. New York-based Human Rights Watch said the group were being ...

Former Thai coup leader heads political party

AFP Asian Edition 7 days ago

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. Former army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin was chosen ...

Thai diplomats visit alleged spy in Cambodia

AFP Asian Edition 8 days ago

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. Siwarak Chothipong, 31, an employee at the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was ...

Thailand says diplomats visit alleged spy in Cambodia

AFP Asian Edition 8 days ago

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, Thai officials said. Siwarak Chothipong, 31, an employee at the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was arrested ...

Thai protesters denounce Thaksin's royal remarks

Reuters US Online Report World News 9 days ago

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of Thais gathered in central Bangkok on Sunday to protest at remarks made about the monarchy by fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The demonstrators were also angry about the ousted premier's visit last week to neighboring Cambodia, which ...

Thailand probes grenade attack on anti-Thaksin rally

AFP Asian Edition 9 days ago

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. Organisers said the small explosion at the protest in central Bangkok ...

Singapore APEC

AP News 10 days ago

APEC Leaders from left, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet listen to the Leaders Declaration at the APEC Leaders Summit in ...

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