India, Thailand review FTA talks, push trilateral highway
August 10th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) India and Thailand Friday reviewed the progress in their negotiations for a free trade treaty and decided to step up work on landmark connectivity projects ... Read more...
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UAE charities help Myanmar refugees in Thailand
August 10th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Aug 9 (IANS) Food, clothes and 34 tonnes of dates donated by UAE charities have been distributed to displaced Myanmar Muslims in Thailand.The effort is aimed at helping the ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka donates flood relief to Thailand
November 23rd, 2011 - 9:49 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 23 (IANS) Sri Lanka has donated over $50,000 worth of aid to Thailand as flood relief, the external affairs ministry said.External Affairs Minister G.L Peiris handed over a ... Read more...
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Chinese cargo ships attacked on the Mekong River, 11 killed
October 10th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIJING (BNO NEWS) -- Eleven people were killed on Wednesday when two Chinese cargo ships were attacked in the Golden Triangle of the Mekong River, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed ... Read more...
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Thai ‘Red Shirts’ commemorate first anniversary of deadly attack
April 11th, 2011 - 1:03 am ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) -- Thousands of anti-government "Red Shirts" on Sunday held a mass rally in the Thai capital to commemorate the first anniversary of a deadly clash with security troops, MCOT ... Read more...
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Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout extradited to U.S.
November 16th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK, THAILAND (BNO NEWS) -- Russian alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout on Tuesday was extradited from Thailand, and boarded a U.S. government jet in order to be tried in the country, ... Read more...
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Russian arms dealer extradited to US
November 16th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Nov 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former Russian army officer and alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout has been extradited from Thailand to the US, the Russian consul said in Bangkok Tuesday.Bout was ... Read more...
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U.S. State Department issues travel warning for Thailand
May 15th, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The United States on Saturday issued a travel warning for Thailand as violence continues to grip the country's capital.The U.S. State Department warned U.S. citizens against traveling ... Read more...
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Dead Kill Bill star David Carradine to fly home Saturday
June 5th, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
The body of dead Kill Bill and 70’s television series Kung Fu star David Carradine is expected to be repatriated to the US on Saturday.Bangkok Lumpini police chief Police Colonel Somprasong ... Read more...
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David Carradine may have died as a result of sex game
June 5th, 2009 - 2:26 pm ICT by admin
BANGKOK, Thailand (BNO NEWS) -- "Kung Fu" and "Kill Bill" star David Carradine was found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok on Thursday, a U.S. State Department official told BNO ... Read more...
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“Kung Fu” and “Kill Bill” star David Carradine dead at 72
June 5th, 2009 - 2:06 am ICT by admin
BANGKOK, Thailand (BNO NEWS) -- "Kung Fu" and "Kill Bill" star David Carradine was found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok on Thursday, a U.S. State Department official told BNO ... Read more...
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Sobhraj ready to take on Bollywood, with or without old foe
March 4th, 2009 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 4 (IANS) The entry of his old foe in the ring once again does not scare yesteryear's super criminal Charles Sobhraj, who says he is ready to take on Bollywood, ... Read more...
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Oz man rejects offer to return home for stay in Thai jail
December 26th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 26 (ANI): A Melbourne man, living in miserable conditions in a crowded Bangkok immigration jail cell, has turned down the Australian Governments help to return home.Since four years, Colin ... Read more...
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Britain revokes visa for former Thai premier
November 8th, 2008 - 10:57 am ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Nov 8(DPA) Britain has revoked tourist visas for fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman, media reports here said Saturday.Thai newspapers claimed a cancellation notification was sent ... Read more...
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Ousted Thai premier seeks political asylum in Britain
August 21st, 2008 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Aug 21 (DPA) Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, Pojaman, have started legal procedures for seeking political asylum in Britain, media reports said Thursday."At this moment, Thaksin's legal team ... Read more...
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US asks Thailand to extradite Russian arms dealer
May 9th, 2008 - 11:43 am ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 9 (RIA Novosti) Thailand has received an official request from Washington to extradite an alleged arms dealer to the US where he has been indicted on charges of conspiracy ... Read more...
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Myanmar expels BBC reporter
May 7th, 2008 - 12:25 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Yangon, May 7 (DPA) Myanmar's junta, which has appealed for international aid to cope with the disastrous impact of Cyclone Nargis, is barring foreign journalists from entering the country and has expelled ... Read more...
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