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Thailand's PM Wary Of Assasination
Monday, 9 June 2003, 11:20 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Drug gangs and "dark influences" may be plotting to assassinate Thailand's prime minister while he prepares to visit Washington, but he insists the risk won't stop his war on crime in which more than 2,200 people mysteriously perished. More >>
Deaths Blamed On Aung San Suu Kyi's Party Members
Friday, 6 June 2003, 3:33 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Aung San Suu Kyi's foul-mouthed, rock-throwing party members may have set fire to a car, killing four people who were trapped inside when the flaming vehicle crashed, according to Burma's explanation for locking her up. More >>
Burma Sanctions Effort Blunted By China, India
Friday, 6 June 2003, 11:52 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma has boasted its two "very good neighbors," China and India, will blunt U.S.-led sanctions amid attempts in Washington for tightening boycotts to support detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. More >>
Analysis: Aung San Suu Kyi's Re-Arrest
Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 3:47 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's surprise detention of Aung San Suu Kyi comes amid scattered bombings, a crippling international boycott and demands by Washington for an end to the military dictatorship which blocks her from power. More >>
Burma’s Former Dictator General Ne Win Dies
Friday, 6 December 2002, 10:10 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The death of Burma's elderly former dictator, General Ne Win, ended the life of a bizarre, brutal leader who used superstition, military repression and a mummified economy to turn a prosperous Southeast Asian nation into a pauper ... More >>
Gore Pinched My Photos - Veteran Vietnam Cameraman
Tuesday, 12 December 2000, 10:19 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Famed "killing fields" combat photographer Al Rockoff says Al Gore lied and snatched his photos in 1971 during their military service in Vietnam, but revenge was achieved by Rockoff's Florida vote for George W. Bush. More >>
Aung San Suu Kyi Fights To Keep Her House
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 9:34 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is trapped under virtual house arrest, but she is fighting to keep her stately lakeside home from being seized by her estranged US-based brother. More >>
Thai Prison Escapees Gunned Down
Friday, 24 November 2000, 2:33 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Security forces shot dead nine prisoners and freed their kidnapped victims Thursday (November 23) ending the latest attempt by Burmese to seize hostages in Thailand, much to the dismay of anti-terrorist specialists, Burmese democracy ... More >>
Buddhist Crimes
Wednesday, 1 November 2000, 10:07 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Buddhist monks who allegedly murdered people, enjoyed sex with women and, in a macabre ritual, roasted a dead baby have wreaked hell on Thai society and its saffron-robed clergy. More >>
Tommy Suharto Sentenced To 18 Months Jail
Thursday, 28 September 2000, 11:46 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The Supreme Court's sentencing of former president Suharto's youngest son to 18 months in jail for corruption, is the first time a Suharto family member has been convicted. More >>
Thailand’s Poisoned Prince
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 9:50 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A mystery of a double poisoning, the corpses of two princes, a palace stuffed with valuables, an alleged "sex machine," and a group of rival wives is enthralling Thailand with its real-life, fatal soap opera and years ... More >>
