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M16 'snipers' claim they only fired blanks
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/08/2012
» Two army snipers admit to DSI investigators they were deployed above the red-shirt protestors near Lumpini Boxing stadium in 2010, but say they only fired blanks.
Kaew gets promotion; retires from boxing
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/08/2012
» Retiring Olympic silver medallist Kaew Pongprayoon will soon be promoted from sergeant to sub-lieutenant and amateur boxing will get full army support, the army chief said yesterday.
Troops leave Preah Vihear area
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/07/2012
» Police have replaced soldiers on both sides of the Thai-Cambodian border as the two countries respond to an International Court of Justice order.
GT200: Not quite dead yet
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/07/2012
» It was praised by the military as a top-quality explosives detector until tests proved it was completely ineffective. That does not seem to have stopped its use, however.
BBC royal documentary rediscovered
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/05/2012
» Few Thais have seen the BBC’s remarkable three-hour documentary on His Majesty the King shot in the late 1970s and entitled Soul of the Nation. That is likely to change.
Sanan denies acting for Thaksin
Online Reporters, Published on 23/03/2012
» Chartthaipattana Party advisory chairman Sanan Kachornprasart denied as baseless a report that he received money from former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in exchange for information about who was really behind the 2006 coup.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/03/2012
» Southern insurgents stepped up their attacks on the security forces this week, killing six soldiers and wounding 13; in Japan, Prime Minister Yingluck assured Japanese investors that last year's devastating flood will not be repeated and their factories are now safe; and the government has started the process to compensate victims of political violence.
Dead "not insurgents"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/02/2012
» Government and military authorities are coming closer to admitting that the killing and injuring of Muslim villagers in Pattani Sunday was a bad mistake.
Big changes ahead
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/01/2012
» New defence minister is likely to have much cooler relations with army chief and his subordinates.
Police believe terror suspect roaming city
Published on 15/01/2012
» Police are hunting a terror suspect believed to be at large in Bangkok as the number of foreign embassies issuing travel warnings to Thailand increased to 11 Saturday.