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First private moon flight passenger to invite creative guests
Associated Press, Published on 18/09/2018
» LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: After announcing that he'll take the first-ever commercial rocket trip around the moon, Yusaku Maezawa said he wants company for the weeklong journey. The Japanese billionaire said he plans to invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people to join him on board the SpaceX rocket "to inspire the dreamer in all of us".
4 arrested for savage Hua Hin attack on elderly Brits
Associated Press, Published on 28/04/2016
» <p><span style="font-size: 16px;">PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - Four men have been arrested for a savage attack on an elderly British family holidaying in Hua Hin over the Songkran holiday after a video of the incident went viral on the internet.</span></p>
Koh Tao murder defendants' lawyer details police 'torture'
Associated Press, Published on 12/10/2015
» The lawyer defending two Myanmar migrants in the murders of two British tourists on Koh Tao accused police Monday of torturing his clients, beating them and threatening to “make them disappear” in order to extract confessions.
Koh Tao murders defence details torture, intimidation
Associated Press, Published on 25/09/2015
» Defence witnesses for two Myanmar migrant workers accused of murdering two young British tourists on Koh tao testified that torture and intimidation are commonly used by local investigators.
8 fishing 'slaves' pulled from Thai boat in PNG
Associated Press, Published on 31/07/2015
» Authorities in Papua New Guinea have rescued eight fishermen held on board a Thai-owned refrigerated cargo ship, and dozens of other boats are still being sought in response to an Associated Press report that included satellite photos and locations of slave vessels at sea.
Somyot: Koh Tao case DNA 'not lost'
Associated Press, Published on 10/07/2015
» Authorities have possession of crucial DNA evidence in the murder trial of two Burmese migrants accused of killing two young British tourists on Koh Tao, the national police chief insisted Friday, disputing reports that it might have been lost.
Overfishing driving slavery on Thailand's seafood boats
Associated Press, Published on 26/02/2015
» SAMUT SAKHON — Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Myanmar man lies wearing only a t-shirt and a diaper.
Myanmar opium fight failing
Associated Press, Published on 17/03/2014
» NAMPATKA, Myanmar - Every morning, more than 100 heroin and opium addicts descend on the graveyard in this northeastern Myanmar village to get high. When authorities show up, it is for their own quick fix: Soldiers and police roll up the sleeves of their dark green uniforms, seemingly oblivious to passers-by.
Indian officials 'ordered' gang-rape
Associated Press, Published on 23/01/2014
» Police in India's West Bengal state say a young woman has been gang raped on the orders of a village council because she fell in love with a man from a different religion.
Four men given death sentences in India gang rape
Associated Press, Published on 13/09/2013
» An Indian court Friday sentenced to death four men for the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack that riveted India, where it became a symbol of the rampant mistreatment of women and the government's inability to deal with crime.