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Thailand, Cambodia say row won't lead to conflict

AFP - Saturday, November 28

BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thailand and Cambodia's diplomatic row over fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will not cause further clashes between their armed forces, their defense ministers said after meeting Friday. More »

  • Cambodia cancels $41.2 million loan from Thailand

    AP - Saturday, November 28

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia informed Thailand on Friday it was canceling a US$41.2 million loan from Bangkok meant to finance the upgrade of a highway from the Thai border.

  • Cambodia cancels pact for loan from Thailand

    AP - Saturday, November 28

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia has informed Thailand it is canceling an agreement under which Bangkok would make a 1.4 billion baht (US$ 41.2 million) loan to upgrade a highway from the Thai border.

  • Thai and Cambodian defence ministers vow to keep peace

    Reuters - Friday, November 27

    By Ambika Ahuja

  • Thai PM cancels trip to Thaksin stronghold on security fears

    AFP - Friday, November 27

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thailand's prime minister announced Thursday that he had cancelled a visit to a northern stronghold of his rival, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, owing to security concerns.

  • Thai PM cancels trip to north amid fears of unrest

    AP - Friday, November 27

    BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister on Thursday canceled a planned visit to the northern city of Chiang Mai after being warned that his political opponents might stage violent protests.

  • Thailand looks to limit sex change surgery

    AP - Friday, November 27

    BANGKOK - Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult _ including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year _ over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday.

  • Thaksin supporters call off Thai protest

    AFP - Thursday, November 26

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra Wednesday called off rallies due to start this weekend after the fugitive former premier said the protests were too close to the king's birthday.

  • Thailand tightens sex change laws

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Punlop Tongchai is awake for the entire two hours it takes to be turned into a woman on the operating table of a Bangkok sex change clinic, realising a childhood dream.

  • Former Thai PM Samak dies at 74

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who was forced from office in 2008 for starring in television cooking shows, died of liver cancer Tuesday at the age of 74, associates said.

  • Death threats for Thai PM in pro-Thaksin stronghold: MP

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visited the north of the country amid heavy security Saturday after receiving death threats over a planned trip to a stronghold of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

  • Thailand must end detention of Hmong: rights group

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - 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.

  • Thai police make 4th arrest for rumors about king

    AP - Friday, November 20

    BANGKOK - Police in Thailand have detained a fourth person suspected of using the Internet to spread rumors about the king's health, but plan no further arrests, a senior police officer said Thursday.

  • Fourth charge over Thai king health rumours

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai police have charged a fourth person with spreading false rumours about the health of the country's revered king, after concerns over his condition sent stocks plunging, police said Thursday.

  • Former Thai coup leader heads political party

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - 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.

  • 6 suspected insurgents shot dead in Thai south

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    PATTANI, Thailand - Security forces killed six suspected insurgents Tuesday in a gunbattle in southern Thailand.

  • Thai anti-govt protesters to hold prolonged rally

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 18

    By Chalathip Thirasoonthrukul

  • Thai security forces kill 6 suspected rebels

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 18

    PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Security forces in Thailand's restive south killed six suspected Muslim insurgents on Tuesday in a gunbattle, police said.

  • US man gets nearly 20 years for Thai pedophilia

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    NEW YORK (AFP) - - A US court has handed 19-and-a-half years in prison to an actor convicted of abusing children as young as six on trips to Thailand and posting the images on the Internet.

  • Thailand probes grenade attack on anti-Thaksin rally

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - 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.

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