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Thailand 'aided CIA' in torture
AFP, Published on 06/02/2013
» WASHINGTON - Thailand was listed Wednesday among 54 governments worldwide that assisted the US Central Intelligence Agency in an anti-terrorist campaign that included harsh interrogations of suspects.
Raucous celebrations as Asia greets Year of Snake
AFP, Published on 10/02/2013
» A billion-plus Asians ushered in the Year of the Snake on Sunday with a cacophony of fireworks, after a Chinese televised gala featuring megastars including Celine Dion kicked off a week of festivities.
16 gunmen killed in Thai military base attack
AFP, Published on 13/02/2013
» In one of the most deadly attacks in Thailand's long-running insurgency, scores of heavily-armed gunmen stormed a southern army base Wednesday, authorities said, leaving 16 militants dead.
Thai 'kissathon' aims at world record
AFP, Published on 12/02/2013
» PATTAYA - Nine Thai couples locked lips Tuesday in hopes of setting a certified world record for the longest kiss ever, but the effort proved too much for a septuagenarian couple who dropped out after just one hour.
Couple smooch to a new world record
AFP, Published on 15/02/2013
» A kiss lasting nearly two-and-a-half days propelled one determined couple to a new record for the world's longest smooch on Valentine's Day, organisers said Friday.
Nepalese ex-prince suffers heart attack
AFP, Published on 20/02/2013
» Former Nepalese crown prince Paras Shah is in intensive care in Thailand after suffering a heart attack, the Nepalese embassy in Bangkok said Wednesday.
3 hurt in US copter 'hard' landing (update)
AFP, Published on 20/02/2013
» A United States Marine helicopter on Wednesday made a "hard landing" during military exercises in the northern province of Phitsanulok, seriously injuring some of the passengers, the US embassy in Bangkok said.
Myanmar talks peace in Chiang Mai
AFP, Published on 20/02/2013
» CHIANG MAI - Myanmar's government on Wednesday held peace talks with a federation of ethnic groups to try to resolve issues including the conflict in the northern state of Kachin.
Trial of red-shirt leaders postponed
AFP, Published on 29/11/2012
» BANGKOK - A court on Thursday postponed the start of the terrorism trial of 24 leaders of red-shirt protests that rocked Bangkok in 2010 until next month because one of the defendants was ill.
Cop 'under stress' kills himself
AFP, Published on 07/01/2013
» CHON BURI - A police inspector committed suicide in a police station on Monday, and his colleagues say he was likely stressed out from work over the New Year festival.