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Boat carrying Rohingya stops off Koh Lanta: Official
AFP, Published on 01/04/2018
» A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees trying to reach Malaysia briefly stopped off Koh Lanta in Krabi province, an official said Sunday, as fears grow about overcrowded camps for the stateless minority fleeing violence in Myanmar.
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Lights out, volume down in Bangkok's party heart
AFP, Published on 15/10/2016
» With soldiers closing down Bangkok's notorious go-go bars and tourists forced to sneak sips of beer from paper cups, the country is dialling down its raucous party scene out of respect for His Majesty King Bhumibol.
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All TV channels carry monochrome broadcasts
AFP, Published on 14/10/2016
» All television channels -- including international satellite networks -- were replaced with black and white palace broadcasts late Thursday following the death of King Bhumibol.
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Police say two held in frozen body case are American
AFP, Published on 27/09/2016
» Police said Tuesday that two men accused of hiding a dismembered body in a Bangkok house freezer and of running a fake passport ring are Americans.
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Green-powered boat readies for round-the-world voyage
AFP, Published on 12/09/2016
» SAINT-MALO, France - Dubbed the "Solar Impulse of the Seas," the first boat to be powered solely by renewable energies and hydrogen hopes to make its own historic trip around the world.
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Duterte: No letup in 'shoot to kill'
AFP, Published on 06/08/2016
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to maintain his "shoot to kill" order against drug dealers while in office, saying "I don't care about human rights."
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Fall of a forger: 'The Doctor' behind the Thai passport trade
AFP, Published on 29/07/2016
» For a few thousand dollars "The Doctor" opened doors to the world, supplying pristine fake passports to gangsters and rebels, refugees and migrant workers -- all from an unassuming, scruffy house in the Bangkok suburbs.
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New tech fuels 'global boom' in child sex tourism
AFP, Published on 12/05/2016
» Technology is transforming the global sex trade and making it easier than ever for travellers to prey on children, a landmark study on paedophiles warned Thursday.
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A year on, Asia's boat people trapped in desperate limbo
AFP, Published on 03/05/2016
» BAYEUN, INDONESIA – A year after struggling ashore during Southeast Asia's human-trafficking crisis, Sonamia and hundreds of other desperate Rohingya migrants remain in limbo, forgotten footnotes as record numbers worldwide flee violence and persecution.
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Indonesia: We won't take Hambali back
AFP, Published on 11/03/2016
» JAKARTA — Indonesia does not want one of the country's most notorious terrorists, Hambali, returned home should the United States close the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre, a senior minister said on Friday.
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