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Massage Tycoon-Turned-Politician Refused US Visa
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 12:07 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's massage parlor tycoon-turned-politician said the American Embassy rejected his visa application, barring him from joining a Thai government trip to visit FBI, DEA and other U.S. officials. More >>
Passport Smuggler
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 6:04 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Security forces said they arrested an Algerian-born British man who was about to fly to Europe with 452 French, Spanish, Belgian and Portuguese passports, and were investigating any possible links with terrorists. More >>
Aung San Suu Kyi Victory Over The Burmese Junta
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 1:33 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Muted in her gloomy, lakeside mansion in Burma by a decade of depressing house arrest, the world's most famous political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi, scored a psychological victory when she helped force the Association of ... More >>
Baby Roasting Monk Caught Tricking Women Into Sex
Wednesday, 20 July 2005, 2:32 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A defrocked Buddhist novice who roasted a baby to create a powerful ghost has been arrested for allegedly tricking women into giving him cash and sex during useless animist rituals, according to police and anti-corruption officials. More >>
Iranian Ambassador Accuses Bush Of Interference
Monday, 18 July 2005, 3:59 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. President George Bush is "interfering" in Iran by demanding the release of Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji from prison, Iran's ambassador said in an interview. More >>
Thai Officials Order Hmong Refugees Abandoned
Friday, 8 July 2005, 2:29 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- About 6,500 ethnic Hmong, who illegally crossed the Mekong River into Thailand, suffered the death of a baby girl after Thai officials reportedly ordered people not to feed or help them. More >>
Thai Beheadings Copycat Iraqi Slayings - Minister
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 12:46 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Eight gruesome beheadings in Thailand's south, where Muslim separatists are escalating their fight, were "copied from the violence in Iraq," according to Thailand's interior minister. More >>
Richard Ehrlich: Aung San Suu Kyi's 60th Birthday
Monday, 20 June 2005, 10:59 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The world's most famous political prisoner, Burma's Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, will not be celebrating a happy birthday on Sunday (June 19) when she turns 60, because she is locked under house arrest. More >>
US Veteran Deported From Laos For Assisting Rebels
Monday, 13 June 2005, 12:37 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An American, Ed Szendrey, said a former CIA-backed Lao general helped finance his trip into communist Laos, which ended in expulsion last week because Szendrey bought illegal satellite telephones for Hmong rebels, set up a "communications ... More >>
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 >>
