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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 05:00 am

Thailand News

News on Thailand continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

2 hrs ago | Human Rights Watch

Thailand: Stop Forced Returns of Karen Refugees to Burma

Thai security forces should immediately stop forcing Karen refugees and asylum seekers to return to Burma from refugee camps in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

hosted Reuters | Reuters

Thailand fears more attacks after dubious "ceasefire"

By Darren Schuettler

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand feared a spike in violence in its Muslim deep south on Friday after an unknown rebel group announced a "ceasefire" dismissed by some analysts as a hoax that might enrage real fighters on the ground.

The surprise announcement by the so-called Thailand United Southern Underground on Thursday was rubbished by security experts and ex-army commanders who said its leaders had no influence in the region, where more than 3,000 people have been killed since 2004.

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North County Times

Thai farmers look to bats as free, flying food

BAAN TOOM, Thailand - While movie fans the world over rave about the new Batman film, the only stir bats are causing in this poor farming village is in a cooking pot.

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The Huffington Post

Jennifer Winstanley: Rallying For Harm Reduction In Thailand

A few months ago I went to a rally in support of harm reduction services outside a UNAIDS meeting in Chiang Mai.

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Chillicothe Gazette

In the service

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb W. Fields, son of Charles M. Fields, of Chillicothe, and his fellow shipmates aboard USS Dubuquerecently participated in a community relations project in Phuket, Thailand, ...

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

The National

Empty promises of peace in deep South not welcome

Despite Chetta's claims, the idea of an unconditional armistice in the South belongs in the realm of fantasy It was somewhere between a cheap political ploy aimed at putting pressure on the Malay Muslim ...

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The National

Thai Army pushes back Karen refugees

Thai army on Thursday pushed back 58 Karens, mostly women and children, displaced by fighting between Burmese government troops and rebel soldiers from Karen National Union, according to a border sources.

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The National

South's rebel leader announces end to separatism

A self-proclaim spokesman of eleven "underground" separatist groups announced a ceasefire in the three southernmost provinces, ending secessionist movement in the Malay-speaking region.

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The Macon Telegraph

Cambodia, Thailand deploy more troops

Cambodian soldiers walk in the foggy morning as they patrol around Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, Thursday, July 17, 2008.

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Bangkok Post

Insurgent heads say ceasefire agreed in South

Two men claiming to head a group responsible for the southern insurgency said on national TV on Thursday they had agreed to an immediate halt in attacks.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Kazinform

Bombs rock southern Thailand

Two bombs were triggered on Wednesday in Thailand's southernmost province of Yala, but caused no casualties, police said.

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New Straits Times

Najib: Insurgency is Thailand's internal issue

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak with Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej at the 48th Malaysia-Thailand General Border Committee meeting in Bangkok yesterday.

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Canada.com

Family demands action on man shot dead in Thailand

The family of a Calgary man killed after he was shot from point-blank in northern Thailand is urging the Canadian government to step up pressure on the Thai government to close the case.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

www.asianewsnet.net | Sunan Suchart

30-40b baht is in the offing to help those hardest hit by high costs

The Thai government will today unveil an economic-stimulus package worth 30 billion baht to 40 billion baht and plans to inject more money into the economy to help those hardest hit by rising energy costs, ...

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www.tivarati.com | Hylas

Major Property Developer Urges Solar-Cell Subsidy

Property Perfect Plc , one of Bangkok's leading Property Developers, has urged the government to subsidise solar cell materials for energy-saving homes.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

www.tivarati.com | Hylas

Property Developers Find Middle Market More Appealing

Mid priced houses have received more interest from more property developers as its demand grows and the rate of unsuccessful mortgage request is low.

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

Bangkok Post

Democrats: Govt trying to amend the charter again

The government is renewing its attempt to amend the charter prior to dissolving the House and calling a new election, the Democrat party said yesterday.

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Bangkok Post

PPP ready to set up new party

Yongyuth guilty verdict could see it dissolved PRADIT RUANGDIT & NAREERAT WIRIYAPONG The People Power party is preparing to set up a new political entity if ex-deputy leader Yongyuth Tiyapairat is disqualified ...

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Earth Times

Burmese flock to Thailand looking for work

Nearly one-third of the Myanmar nationals who during the first six months of 2008 crossed to Thailand over the Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot border town failed to return home, media reports said Monday.

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Phuket Gazette

Thailand's rich get richer: Forbes

PRETTY IN PINK: SEA Property leads the fleet downwind in the first race of the inaugural Multihull Championship regatta on Saturday morning.

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