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Thailand stories: 119 news summaries

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 Transsexuals Dazzle 
 in Thai Pageant 

Annual contest celebrates the 'third gender'

May 16, 09 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Americans took a breather from Miss California beauty pageant drama, Thailand held its 12th annual Miss Tiffany Universe contest today, featuring only transsexuals or transvestites, Huffington Post reports. The contest seeks to advance human rights causes for the country’s transgender population, whose “third gender” status is classified... More »

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 Bangkok Lifts 
 State of Emergency 

Anti-government protesters vow to continue struggle

Apr 24, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thailand's prime minister has lifted a state of emergency imposed on Bangkok two weeks ago when violent protests rocked the capital, reports the BBC. Abhisit Vejjajiva said the move was to help reconcile the anti-government red-shirted protesters with their yellow-shirted pro-government rivals. Some protest leaders have been arrested, but others... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thai protesters • Abhisit Vejjajiva

 Gunmen Attack  
 Thai Protest Leader 

Supporters say attack that wounded 'yellow shirt' leaders was politically motivated

Apr 17, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(AP) - The founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement that shut down Bangkok airports last year was shot and wounded today in an attack that his supporters called politically motivated. Police say at least two men in a pickup truck ambushed Sondhi Limthongkul's car as he was being driven to... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • shooting • People's Alliance for Democracy • Thai protesters • Sondhi Limthongkul

 Thai Protests Break Up 

Thaksin supporters end standoff as troops move in

Apr 14, 09 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anti-government protesters have begun to disperse in Bangkok following orders from their leaders, the BBC reports. Thousands of protesters have ended their 3-week siege of the country's seat of government and some protest leaders have surrendered to authorities. After two deaths yesterday, leaders say they urged their followers to leave... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • political protest • Thai protesters • Abhisit Vejjajiva


 Thai Army Battles Protesters 

Dozens injured as troops move to quell Bangkok protests

Apr 13, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of people were injured today as the Thai military moved to crush protests causing chaos in Bangkok. Soldiers opened fire at demonstrators who had taken control of a major junction and set fire to a bus they had commandeered. Most aimed over the protesters' heads but some fired live... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • state of emergency • Thaksin Shinawatra • political protest • Thai protesters

(Newser) - Anti-government protesters ignored Thailand’s state of emergency by the thousands today while former PM Thaksin Shinawatra called on them “to come out in revolution,” the New York Times reports. In defiance of a ban on gatherings of more than five people in Bangkok, demonstrators rallied outside the... More »

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Thailand • protests • Bangkok • arrest • state of emergency • Thaksin Shinawatra • political demonstrations • protesters • Thai protesters

 State of Emergency 
 Declared in Bangkok 

Gov't bans gatherings of more than 5 in capital

Apr 12, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(AP) - Thailand's embattled government, humiliated by demonstrators who shut down a 16-nation Asian summit, declared a state of emergency in the capital today and ordered armored vehicles into the streets to stem a tide of protest across the country. Bands of anti-government protesters roamed Bangkok as the decree was announced. They... More »

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Thailand • protests • Bangkok • state of emergency • political demonstrations • Thai protesters

(AP) - Anti-government protesters stormed a building where leaders of Asian nations were to meet today, prompting Thailand's government to cancel the summit and declare a state of emergency in the seaside city that was to host it. More than 1,000 protesters smashed through the convention center's glass doors and ran... More »

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Thailand • ASEAN • Abhisit Vejjajiva • Pattaya

 Thai Protesters Disrupt 
 Asian Summit 

Demonstrators want to show world the flaws in their government

Apr 10, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of demonstrators in the Thai tourist town of Pattaya blocked the entrance to the building hosting an East Asian summit meeting today, giving foreign leaders a firsthand look at the country’s political schism. Economic concerns weighed heavily with the protesters, most supporters of ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra; one... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • ASEAN • protesters • summit meeting • financial crisis • Abhisit Vejjajiva

 Protesters Swarm Bangkok 

More than 30,000 red-shirts gather for 'D-Day' attempt to oust PM

Apr 8, 09 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The political protests in Thailand continued to rage as some 30,000 red-shirted supporters of exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra thronged the main government offices in Bangkok, where fellow protesters have staged a sit-in for the past two weeks. Thousands more are expected for a “D-Day” push to... More »

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 Thai, Cambodian 
 Troops Trade 
 Border Fire 

Fighting flares around disputed jungle temple; no injuries reported

Apr 3, 09 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thai and Cambodian troops have clashed near a disputed temple in a border area, CNN reports. The troops exchanged gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades after Cambodian forces "intruded" into Thai territory, according to a Thai general. A Cambodian government spokesman said the clashes began after Thai troops entered Cambodian territory.... More »

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Thailand • Cambodia • border dispute • temple

Body of Pirate
Victim Found at Sea

Attackers said they were desperate for a boat to get to shore, according to police

Mar 27, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The body of a British yachtsman murdered by pirates off the coast of Thailand was found by a fisherman yesterday floating in the sea, reports AP. Malcolm Robertson, 64, was beaten with hammers and his throat slit as his wife lay bound in the cabin of their sailboat earlier this... More »

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Thailand • murder • piracy • sailing • sailor • Britain • yachts • Malcolm Robertson

 Economy Spurs 
 Renewed Thai Protests 

20,000 Thaksin supporters march on PM's office

Mar 26, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(AP) - More than 20,000 supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra surrounded the Thai prime minister's office today to demand the resignation of the government and new elections. The latest mass protest in Bangkok began shortly after the government of PM Abhisit Vejjajiva began doling out $55 checks to millions of Thais to... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • Thai protesters • financial crisis • Abhisit Vejjajiva • Kentucky Fried Chicken

Sailor's Widow Stunned She Survived Pirate Attack

Victim made gestures asking if pirates planned to kill her

Mar 26, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British grandmother was trussed "naked like a chicken" in her sailboat cabin while pirates beat her husband with hammers and slit his throat off the coast of Thailand, she told the Times of London. Three men "tied and gagged me, then went toward the forward cabin,"... More »

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Thailand • yachting • piracy • pirates

 Pirates Kill Brit Yachtsman 

Wife hears sounds of a scuffle, then silence

Mar 25, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British yachtsman was killed off the coast of Thailand by three fisherman-pirates who locked his wife in the cabin, reports the Times of London. The body of the vacationing 64-year-old businessman was not found, but police believe he was thrown overboard after his throat was cut. His wife managed... More »

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 Monkeys Teach 
 Their Young 
 to Floss 

'Monkey see, monkey floss' behavior surprises scientists

Mar 13, 09 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Monkeys in Thailand have been filmed apparently teaching good oral hygiene to their young, the BBC reports. Macaque mothers living in an urban area north of Bangkok were seen flossing with strands of human hair, and doing so with slower, more exaggerated movements when their infants were watching. Researchers—amazed... More »

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 Protests Return to Bangkok 

'Red shirt' demonstrators surround PM's office, demand elections

Feb 24, 09 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Protests returned to the streets of Bangkok today, Bloomberg reports, as thousands of supporters of the exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra demanded fresh elections. The "red shirt" demonstrators assembled outside the new government's offices but vowed not to occupy it, as the yellow-wearing People's Alliance for Democracy did... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • People's Alliance for Democracy • Thai protesters • Abhisit Vejjajiva

 Thais Woo Tourists 
 With New Cocktail 

Authorities hope concoction will cure hangover from airport protests

Feb 20, 09 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Thailand's tourism authority is hoping the Siam Sunray will wash away the lingering aftertaste of airport anarchy, the Guardian reports. The newly invented cocktail—made with vodka and traditional Thai ingredients like Kaffir lime and lemongrass—was unveiled yesterday as part of a campaign to bolster a tourism industry battered... More »

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alcohol • Thailand • tourism • drink • cocktails

Indonesia Rescues 200 Boat People Thais 'Left to Die'

Refugees say Thai military towed them to sea, set them adrift

Feb 3, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - The Indonesian navy has rescued 200 more Burmese refugees who say the Thai military abandoned them to die at sea three weeks ago, the Daily Telegraph reports. The refugees, from Burma's persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority, say their motorless wooden boat was part of a flotilla of nine, containing more than... More »

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Indonesia • Thailand • refugee • Myanmar • Burma • Aceh

Groups Say Thailand Sends Refugees to Sea

Hundreds missing
after being left with
little food or water

Jan 24, 09 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Human rights groups say the Thai military is effectively sentencing refugees to death by herding them out to sea on boats with little food or water. Hundreds of Muslim refugees from Burma are missing, they say. Last month, 1,000 were detained on a remote island, then towed to sea... More »

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Thailand • refugee • Myanmar • Burma

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