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Rumsfeld Seeks To Sell Advanced F-16s To Thailand
Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 1:24 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld reportedly tried to sell F-16 warplanes, capable of firing Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), to Thailand two days after he lashed out at China for upgrading its own ... More >>
Osama bin Laden & 9.11 Souvenirs In S.E. Asia
Wednesday, 1 June 2005, 2:24 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Osama bin Laden cigarette lighter is adorned with his raised, chrome portrait, an embossed "9.11", sketches of the World Trade Center, an approaching airplane, and a big red splotch. More >>
Call For Info On Corrupt U.S. Bomb-Detector Deal
Friday, 20 May 2005, 1:42 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Thailand wants Washington to confirm no Thai government officials received bribes in an attempt to sell American bomb-detectors to Bangkok's international airport, after the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, ... More >>
Triple Bombing In Burma Leads To CIA Intrigue
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 12:05 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand said it will pursue terrorists described by Burma as CIA-trained, because "maybe someone did something along the border," resulting in a synchronized triple-bombing in Burma which killed 19 people. More >>
US Co. Involved In Thai Security Bribery Case
Friday, 29 April 2005, 1:13 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission into "foreign corrupt practices" by an American company selling airport bomb-detectors, and the alleged involvement of Thai officials, have created ... More >>
Suffocation Inquiry - Senior Thai Officers Guilty
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 2:08 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Senior military officers were "guilty of dereliction of duty," causing 78 Muslims to suffocate to death in army trucks and used "excessive force" to kill 31 armed rebels in a mosque, a government commission said. More >>
Nepal's Seeks US Help To Squash Maoist Rebellion
Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 10:39 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Nepal needs U.S. weapons and technology to battle Maoist guerrillas, and expects Washington to continue supplying military aid despite a political takeover by Kathmandu's king, according to a top Nepalese official. More >>
Richard Ehrlich: Thai Tsunami Volunteer Kidnapped
Friday, 11 March 2005, 12:40 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The nightmare of Asia's tsunami took an ugly twist with the alleged kidnapping of a woman who was held for 24 hours and interrogated about the forensic identification of Thai and foreign corpses. More >>
The Indiana-Jones-Like Tale Of A Stolen Thai Crown
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 12:19 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A murky tale of thieves, greed and disputed possession of a ruby-and-pearl-studded gold crown, which may have been worn by a Siamese king but now glistens in San Francisco, is a mystery worthy of Indiana Jones. More >>
Hans Blix - Iran Has Legal Right To Enrich Uranium
Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 10:57 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Iran has ''a legal right'' to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes, but an attack by the U.S. or Israel would probably push the Iranians to build a nuclear bomb, former top U.N. weapons inspector Dr. Hans Blix said. More >>
'Texan' Thai PM Plans To Follow In Bush Footsteps
Friday, 4 February 2005, 3:50 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra boasts he and U.S. President George Bush "are both Texans", and following the success of his superpower ally, expects to be re-elected on Sunday (Feb. 6). More >>
Backpackers To Prop Up Post Tsunami Thai Tourism
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 12:16 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Low-budget, international backpackers will prop up Thailand's crippled travel industry, after tsunamis killed more than 5,300 people, destroyed beach resorts and made wealthier tourists fearful, the author of Lonely Planet's ... More >>
Ghost Stories Haunting Thailand's Tsunami Zones
Thursday, 20 January 2005, 11:23 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Many Thais believe ghosts are wandering tsunami-hit beaches, spooking taxi drivers, making the Andaman Sea hungry for more victims, and jinxing an economic recovery for devastated resorts. More >>
Tattoos Help Identify Tsunami Victims' Bodies
Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 10:15 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
PHUKET, Thailand -- The popularity of tattoos among foreigners and Thais has helped identify bodies recovered from the tsunami, especially when it is difficult to match DNA with a relative, or find dental records, according to a U.S. government forensic ... More >>
Ehrlich: Body Identification Ruckus In Phuket
Monday, 17 January 2005, 11:04 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
PHUKET, Thailand -- Egotistical squabbles among international embassies, recovery and forensics teams in which "everybody wanted to be the boss," caused problems while identifying the tsunami's dead at the main morgue in a Buddhist temple, according ... More >>
Tsunami Corpse Turf Wars Break Out In Phuket
Monday, 17 January 2005, 10:15 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
An embarrassing turf war has erupted between Thailand's respected, forensic expert and angry police about the thousands of corpses of foreigners and Thais being examined for identification, where they are kept, and who is issuing death certificates. More >>
Tsunami Report: Thai Shops Selling Gruesome Photos
Friday, 14 January 2005, 11:38 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
PHUKET, Thailand -- Shops are selling high-quality, color photographs of bloated, blackened corpses of foreign tourists and Thais who perished in the tsunami, and video compact disks showing waves battering and flooding Thailand's tiny islands. More >>
UK Mourners Offered Govt. Paid Trips To Thailand
Thursday, 13 January 2005, 1:53 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
PHUKET, Thailand -- The British government is offering free airfare and accommodation for British families who lost relatives in the tsunamis, so they can grieve amid the wreckage of hotels, inspect the devastated beaches and escort the remains back ... More >>
Free Airfares For British Tsunami Victims Families
Thursday, 13 January 2005, 9:24 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
PHUKET, Thailand -- The British government is offering free airfare and accommodation for British families who lost relatives in the tsunamis, so they can grieve amid the wreckage of hotels, inspect the devastated beaches and escort the remains back ... More >>
Tsunami Forensics Bury Bodies To Preserve For DNA
Wednesday, 12 January 2005, 11:19 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
PHUKET, Thailand -- Forensic teams buried the cadavers of foreign tourists and Thais in shallow graves "to slow the decomposition" while conducting DNA tests, because refrigeration was not available for thousands of bodies recovered from the ... More >>
