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Ehrlich: A Sudden Change In Juntas In Burma
Wednesday, 20 October 2004, 12:23 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Anti-American hardliners in Burma's military regime arrested Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, who was also head of Military Intelligence, and locked him under house arrest for alleged corruption, according to conflicting reports from ... More >>
Don Henley Slams Bush & Iraq War In Thailand
Thursday, 14 October 2004, 1:08 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Don Henley, lead singer of the American rock band, ''The Eagles'', said America's war in Iraq ''was not necessary'' and he does not like U.S. President George Bush. More >>
King Norodom Sihanouk's Succession In Cambodia
Wednesday, 13 October 2004, 11:56 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk, originally crowned in 1941 when Nazi-backed Vichy France controlled Indochina, said he will leave the throne and allow his son, former dancer Prince Norodom Sihamoni, to replace him. More >>
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk To Bow Out
Monday, 11 October 2004, 12:00 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk, originally crowned in 1941 when Nazi-backed Vichy France controlled his country, said he will abandon his throne, sparking concern over who might replace him. More >>
Ehrlich: Thailand's War On Drugs Begins A Fresh
Wednesday, 6 October 2004, 11:43 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand has declared a fresh war on drugs, vowing to send dealers and smugglers to "hell", and shrugged off complaints by human rights groups that the previous crackdown left 2,500 people dead, mostly in unsolved murders. More >>
Bird Flu Moves To Human Transmission In Thailand
Friday, 1 October 2004, 12:58 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand has declared bird flu as its ''enemy'' after the world's first ''probable'' human-to-human infection killed at least one Thai woman and perhaps infected her relatives. More >>
Laos Govt. Accused Of Atrocities Against Children
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 12:12 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The military in communist Laos committed ''war crimes'' and ''atrocities against Hmong children'' by raping, killing and mutilating descendents of a tribe formerly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in its failed bid ... More >>
Thailand's Women Lead The Nation To Olympic Glory
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 12:25 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- This Buddhist kingdom achieved surprise enlightenment at the Athens Olympics when five of its daughters defied popular expectations that Thai females should be shy and delicate. More >>
American Bounty Hunter Jonathan ''Jack'' Idema
Wednesday, 18 August 2004, 10:38 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- American bounty hunter Jonathan "Jack" Idema, who was put on trial in Kabul for allegedly torturing Afghans, arrived in Afghanistan alongside U.S. invasion forces in 2001 and enjoyed threatening to kill journalists. More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Bangkok And The 9/11 Attacks
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 12:16 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Three Saudi hijackers, who died in the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon, escaped CIA surveillance by travelling to an al Qaeda meeting in Bangkok before flying to America, according to the U.S. government's 9/11 Commission Report. More >>
Richard Gere Speaks Out Against War In Thailand
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 4:35 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. film star Richard Gere opened an international AIDS Film Festival by condemning America's ''insane war in Iraq'' and refusing a suggestion that he become the next president of the United States. More >>
Thai Drug War Fuels Prison AIDs Epidemic
Monday, 12 July 2004, 1:42 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The government's "war on drugs" in which more than 2,000 people died, also locked thousands of suspects in prisons rife with AIDS, allowing the disease to spiral out of control, according to a United Nations report. More >>
The Sergeant Who Wants To Come In From The Cold
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 12:20 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An American sergeant who slipped into North Korea in 1965 may soon emerge from his time-warp existence, if he can dodge a U.S. court martial for allegedly deserting the army and defecting to the communist regime. More >>
Richard Ehrlich: Indonesia's Presidential Election
Saturday, 3 July 2004, 7:57 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- President Megawati Sukarnoputri's perplexing rule has been punctuated by terrorists' bombs in Bali and Jakarta, while her nicknames as ''The Queen of Silence'' and ''The Sphinx'' have not kept her from condemning the U.S. ... More >>
US Black Hawks Asist Thai War On Drugs/Militants
Wednesday, 30 June 2004, 9:50 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Washington has delivered 30 helicopters to Bangkok to help it crush Muslim militants in the south and guard against illegal drug trafficking in the north. More >>
Burma Rewrites Its Constitution In A Unique Manner
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 12:01 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's military regime has told delegates creating the country's new constitution they must bathe correctly, avoid junk food and live in a self-contained camp where they can enjoy karaoke, movies and golf. More >>
Thai Muslim Guerillas Warn Tourists To Stay Away
Monday, 3 May 2004, 12:20 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Muslim guerrillas have told the "people of the world" not to visit southern Thailand, where Thai troops killed more than 100 Islamic militants and bloodied a mosque in Pattani, but the stark warning also included Phuket island, a wealthy, tourist playground ... More >>
Thai Mosque Attack Leads To Political Bickering
Friday, 30 April 2004, 11:36 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Military officers, politicians, Muslim leaders and others bickered on Thursday (April 29) about the army's killing of 107 armed Islamic militants, and destructive assault on a mosque, during Thailand's bloodiest clashes in modern times. More >>
Thai Security Forces Attack Mosque, Kill Militants
Thursday, 29 April 2004, 8:34 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Backed by armored personnel carriers and helicopters, security forces attacked a mosque on Wednesday (April 28) killing Islamic "militants" at the site, during scattered clashes and ambushes which left more than 100 suspects ... More >>
Thai Insurgents Steal Ingredient For Huge Bomb
Friday, 2 April 2004, 11:20 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The day before British police seized a half-ton of ammonium nitrate in England, "insurgents" in Thailand's Muslim-majority, violent south successfully stole three times that amount, enough for a bomb similar to the explosives which ... More >>
