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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 >>
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 >>
