Thai Junta Warns Of Risks Of Lifting Martial Law
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The American Embassy pressured Thailand's military junta to lift martial law within 10 days, but coup leader Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratkalin warned of problems "if martial law is lifted too soon."Thai Coup Leaders Promise Corruption Investigation
BANGKOK, Thailand -- During ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's reign, his family's 1.9 billion U.S. dollar...Thailand's Coup Plotters Award Themselves Immunity
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The military junta unveiled a draft constitution awarding themselves "complete immunity" after they toppled Thailand's elected government in a bloodless coup, declared martial law, shredded the previous...Post-Coup Fears Stop US Troops From "R & R" in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. military in South Korea warned its troops not to travel to Thailand...Thailand's New Constitution May Change Democracy
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's new constitution should boost the right to strike and form unions, end discrimination against politicians without Bachelor's degrees, nationalize public and security infrastructure, and allow people to vote from any...After the Coup: Protests, Petitions & Prosecutions
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The wife of self-exiled billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, and two of their adult children, did not flee abroad after a bloodless military coup toppled his elected government, paving the way for possible prosecution of his family...Coup Leaders Pursue Thaksin's Collaborators
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Military coup leaders hunted for politicians, officials and other collaborators of the toppled elected government and hauled some in for questioning, after the billionaire prime minister, his family...The Coup Leaders' First Moves
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The six highest-ranking, U.S.-trained, military and police officers...Thailand's US-Trained Military Mounts a Bloodless Coup
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Troops from Thailand's U.S.-trained military, backed by tanks and armored...Burma Boasts At UN Of Big Northern Friends
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Dragged by the U.S. into the United Nations Security Council for critical...Thai Counter-Insurgency Officials are Secret Coup Plotters?
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After surviving an alleged car bomb assassination plot, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra now faces about 10 military counter-insurgency officials charged with attempting to murder him, including a sergeant who confessed to planning...22 Simultaneous Bank Bombs Explode In Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand -- In a bloody, stunning display of discipline, suspected Muslim insurgents exploded 22 time-bombs in 22 banks killing one person, a week after an apparently unrelated car bomb "assassination plot" against...Prime Minister Says Assassination Attempt Part Of A Coup
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After surviving what he described as an assassination attempt, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said a car bomb, packed with explosives near his house, was a plot by military officers to stage a coup.American Embassy In Burma Attracts Junta's Ire
BANGKOK, THAILAND -- U.S. and British diplomats met opposition...Assassination Attempt On Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An assassination attempt against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra almost succeeded, but he "left an hour earlier than usual" from home, while police seized a potential car bomb and an army officer who drove...John Mark Karr's Last Night In Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Accused murderer John Mark Karr's last hours in Bangkok were spent dressing up and discussing Chopin and classical music, while listening to his Thai jailer serenade him with a personal, impromptu version...Why Did John Mark Karr Confess to Murdering JonBenet Ramsey?
BANGKOK, Thailand -- When John Mark Karr stepped out of his grungy room on Si Bamphen street, delicious scents of grilled food wafted in Bangkok's sweaty air, while coquettish male and female prostitutes vogued on the sidewalk and taxis offered rides towards..."I Was With JonBenet When She Died"
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A pale, clean-cut American was arrested in Bangkok a decade after the beating and strangulation murder of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, and said, "I was with JonBenet when she died" in her Colorado basement...US Cancer Quack "Doctor Ozone" Jailed In Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Hellfried E. Sartori, whose medical license was revoked in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington state, has been jailed in Thailand during an international investigation into the death of patients who received his "Doctor...Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi is on MySpace
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Aung San Suu Kyi, the word's most famous political prisoner, now has a MySpace.com Web page, created by a Washington DC organization which hopes Internet activists will help free her from house arrest in Rangoon and donate money."God's Army" Surrenders To Burma's Military
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Mystical twin boys, reputedly born with black tongues and bullet-proof animist powers, no longer lead a deadly God's Army of 200 guerrillas along the violent Burma-Thailand border.4,500 of the "CIA's Hmong" Look For a Ticket to Amnerica
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The CIA's saturation bombing of Laos killed thousands of people and reduced the tiny country to ruin three decades ago, but 4,500 men, women and children now hope America's failed "secret war" will result in free air tickets to...Letter To Bush Puts Thailand's Prime Minister In Hot Water
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The surprise publication of a secretive letter to U.S.President George W. Bush...Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi is Doomed, Says Junta
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's military regime warned the world's most famous political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi, that her days "are numbered," and she is "heading for a tragic end.""Love, Drugs, And Politics" in Burma
BANGKOK, Thailand -- "Sex, drugs, rock and roll," may be the hedonistic slogan of young people in the West, but the repressive regime in Burma is more worried about youths involved in "love, drugs, and politics."Thai Attorney-General Declares Thaksin's Election Illegal
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's shaky government has suffered a devastating decision by the attorney-general's office, which ruled that the prime minister's party, and the biggest opposition party, "both violated the law" and should be dissolved.Turkey's Politics
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- "Ten or 15 years ago, we had Romanian girls in Istanbul selling their bodies as prostitutes," said Hassan, an office worker in Istanbul's old Sultan Ahmet neighborhood.A Letter From Turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- The cylindrical "fez" hat, with its dangling black tassel, provokes feelings of resentment, humiliation and grim memories of repression among many proud, nationalistic Turks.Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Resigns
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resigned and appointed a loyal colleague, to end anti-Thaksin street protests before the June arrival of the world's kings, queens and other royalty to honor Thailand's revered...Election Aftermath In Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Despite an opposition boycott of the upcoming nationwide poll, Thailand's billionaire prime minister expects to be re-elected but then suffer insults, allegations and condemnation by thousands of protesters determined to cripple...Tuol Sleng Survivor Paints Pictures Of Torture
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Vann Nath is one of seven survivors of Cambodia's Tuol Sleng torture chambers, and escaped when Pol Pot's "killing fields" regime suddenly collapsed in 1979.Thaksin Shinawatra is Portrayed As Adolf Hitler
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Unable to topple Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after weeks of street protests, opponents are venting their fury by portraying him as Adolf Hitler, sparking a denouncement by Israel's embassy.Thailand Not A Happy Place For Thaksin Shinawatra
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's American-educated prime minister thought he could use capitalist tools and democratic elections to bask in a family sale netting 1.8 billion dollars, tax-free, while crushing demands that he resign.Bush Recalls The Capture Of Hambali In Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand -- When CIA and Thai authorities caught Hambali in Thailand in 2003, nothing was said publicly about his alleged involvement in a 9/11-style plot to fly an airplane into a skyscraper in Los Angeles.Thailand Seeks Aung San Suu Kyi's Release
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand will push Burma "as hard as we can" to free Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, while also opening a new bridge across a river to link the two Southeast Asian nations.Letter from Jinghong
JINGHONG, China -- Punk fashions, shopping malls and Mandarin-language rap are helping China create a sanitized, communist-controlled, parallel universe which mimics the outside world.American Euthanasia Promoter Faces Imprisonment In Cambodia
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An American facing possible expulsion or imprisonment for creating a Web site luring suicidal people to die in Cambodia, said he made no money from his morbid venture and did it after failing to convince a California town to legalize...Nixon's US Defense Secretary Melvin Laird Blasts Bush's Cowboy Approach To Iraq
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Former U.S. Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird blasted President Bush...Comfort Woman Continues Quest For Compensation
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A kamikaze suicide pilot fell in love with imprisoned "comfort woman" Lee Yong Soo, but that did nothing to stop the atrocity of her being raped by hundreds of Japanese soldiers during World War II.Burma's Military Regime Says Bush is a Murderer
BANGKOK, Thailand -- America's war on terrorism is an excuse allowing the "bloodthirsty murderer" to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, kill innocent people, and strip survivors of their human rights, according to Burma's military regime. Burma's newest tirade...Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Tells Islamic Official To Read the Koran
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's Buddhist prime minister angrily told the Saudi Arabian-based Organization of Islamic Conference to "read the Koran" before criticizing his military crackdown in the south, where more than 1,000 people have died in the...Roman Polanski Not Worried About Thailand's Extradition Law
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Roman Polanski, who recently dodged possible extradition from England to America where he was convicted for illicit sex with a 13-year-old California girl, said he has "no problems" being arrested as a fugitive while traveling to other...Burma Rejects Tutu & Havel
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma has condemned former Czech president Vaclav Havel and South Africa's retired archbishop Desmond Tutu for demanding UN intervention into "absurd" allegations of forced labor, torture, opium production, child soldiers and...U.S. Soldiers Trade Images Of Iraqi Dead For Porn
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. troops in Iraq have traded hundreds of images of mutilated...Two Marines are Tortured to Death
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Suspected Muslim insurgents avoided capture after torturing to death two marines by beating and stabbing their bound-and-gagged victims behind a human shield of defiant Muslim women and children, horrifying the...Tsunami Aftermath Contains Lessons For New Orleans
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Katrina's victims may learn lessons from Thailand's tsunami where DNA and real estate profits have become priorities, and thousands of survivors still cannot cope eight months after rescue.Massage Tycoon-Turned-Politician Refused US Visa
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's infamous massage tycoon suffered a rejection...Passport Smuggler
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.Aung San Suu Kyi's Small Victory Over The Burmese Junta
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..Baby-Roasting Monk Caught Tricking Women Into Sex
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.Iranian Ambassador Accuses Bush Of Interference
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. President George Bush is "interfering" in Iran by demanding the release...Thai Officials Allegedly Order Hmong Refugees Abandoned
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.Thai Beheadings Copy Iraqi Slayings
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.Aung San Suu Kyi's 60th Birthday
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 when she turns 60, because she is locked under house arrest.US Veteran is Deported From Laos For Assisting Rebels
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...Rumsfeld Seeks To Sell Advanced F-16s to Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld reportedly tried to sell F-16...Souvenirs Featuring Osama bin Laden and 9/11 Are On Sale in Southeast Asia
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.Call For Information On Corrupt U.S. Bomb-Detector Deal
BANGKOK, Thailand -- American bomb-detectors for Bangkok's international airport...Triple Bombing In Burma Leads To Alleged CIA Intrigue
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.U.S. Company Involved in Thai Security Bribery Case
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange...Suffocation Inquiry Says Senior Thai Officers Guilty
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.Nepal Seeks US Help To Squash Maoist Rebellion
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Nepal needs U.S. weapons and technology to battle Maoist guerrillas...Thai Tsunami Volunteer Kidnapped?
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.An Indiana Jones-Style Tale Of A Stolen Thai Crown
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.Hans Blix Says Iran Has Legal Right To Enrich Uranium
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An attack by the U.S. or Israel would probably push the Iranians to build a nuclear bomb...Thailand's 'Texan' Prime Minister Plans To Follow in Bush's Footsteps
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra boasts he and U.S. President George Bush...Backpackers Prop Up Thailand's Post-Tsunami Tourism
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...Ghost Stories Are Haunting Thailand's Tsunami Zones
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.Tattoos Help Identify Tsunami Victims' Bodies
PHUKET, Thailand -- Investigators use the tattoos to identify the dead...Body Identification Ruckus In Phuket
PHUKET, Thailand -- Egotistical squabbles among international embassies, recovery and forensics teams in which "everybody wanted to be the boss," caused problems while identifying the tsunami's dead at the main morgue in a Buddhist temple...Tsunami Corpse Turf Wars Break Out In Phuket
PHUKET, Thailand -- An embarrassing turf war has erupted between Thailand's respected, forensic expert and angry police about the thousands of corpses of foreigners and Thais being examined for identification, where they are kept, and who is issuing death certificates.Tsunami Report: Thai Shops Selling Gruesome Photos
PHUKET, Thailand -- Shops are selling high-quality, color photographs of bloated, blackened corpses of foreign tourists and Thais who perished in the tsunami, and video compact disks showing waves battering and flooding Thailand's tiny islands.British Mourners Offered Free Governent-Paid Trips To Thailand
PHUKET, Thailand -- The British government is offering free airfare and accommodation for British families who lost relatives in the tsunamis, so they can grieve amid the wreckage of hotels, inspect the devastated beaches and escort the remains back...Tsunami Forensic Teams Bury Bodies To Preserve For DNA
PHUKET, Thailand -- Forensic teams buried the cadavers of foreign tourists and Thais in shallow graves "to slow the decomposition" while conducting DNA tests, because refrigeration was not available for thousands of bodies recovered from the...Tsunami Scavengers, Survivors, Nuns, and Corporate Logos
KHAO LAK BEACH, Thailand -- Scavengers, survivors, nuns and corporate logos have appeared along this mangled, death-pocked coast where vehicles jut from wet sand and bonfires consume five-star trash.Tsunami Report: Tourists Return To Stench & Sand
PHUKET, Thailand -- Americans are tossing a Frisbee, Germans are eyeing the lapping sea, and an Italian is thinking of Pompeii here on Patong Beach where tsunamis killed so many and destroyed so much, leaving a stench which now wafts on a tropical breeze.Tsunami Report: Cyberspace Blogs & Gruesome Photos
PHUKET, Thailand -- Internet Websites, blogs, chat groups and databases are flooded with tsunami scams, gruesome morgue photos, official warnings, donation requests, Islamic propaganda against Thailand, and ridiculous jokes, causing confusion and...Tsunami Report: Need For Thai Orphanages Urgent
PHUKET, Thailand -- There is "a real need for orphanages" for Thai children who survived the tsunami, according to an executive director of an American-founded Christian group who helped set up churches in the stricken zone.Tsunami: Interview With A Corpse-Carrier
PHUKET, Thailand -- A Canadian who helped carry and separate about 500 corpses into "Asian" and "foreign" piles at a Buddhist temple, said bodies were covered in dry ice until forensic teams could decide who could be cremated in...U.S. Families Paying Investigators To Find Bodies
PHUKET, Thailand -- After seven days of searching, no trace emerged...Tsunami: Thousands of Cremations, Other Grim Tasks, Helped by "Corpse Meditation"
PHUKET, Thailand -- Cremating thousands of tsunami victims at Buddhist temples has become a grim task, but Thailand's monks are trained by "corpse meditation" and staring at photos of decomposing bodies to deal with the transitory nature of...Tsunami: The Missing In Phuket
PHUKET, Thailand -- Similar to the bleak aftermath of September 11 in New York, a slew of private photographs, international names, personal details and agonized pleas for help appear on walls, amid hopes of finding people missing or dead fromU.S. Trio Wait For The Tsunami On The Beach
PHUKET, Thailand -- Three Americans remained on a beach enjoying the "beauty," "energy" and "mass of white" of an approaching tsunami, and marveled in awe when it suddenly sucked all the water from the bay.Tsunami Eyewitness: 72-yr-old Swept Out To Sea
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A 72-year-old American who felt an earthquake but shrugged off breakfast conversation about a tsunami, was slammed two hours later by a "line of cumulous clouds" of water at Golden Buddha Beach Resort and carried out to sea.Thailand's Tsunami Survivors
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Foreign tourists rescued from a tiny island off the coast of Phuket said they thought a terrorist was shooting people, a dam had burst or a hurricane hit moments before they saw huge waves sweep helpless victims into the Andaman Sea.Thailand's Tsunami Death-Toll Rising
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Bloated corpses floated off the coast and littered Thailand's beaches...Sex Change Operations
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After a former U.S. Army corporal became a grandfather, he stopped secretly...Thailand Air Force Drops 100 Million Paper Birds on Muslims
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand will air drop more than 100 million paper "birds of peace" onto the Muslim-majority south, despite complaints it will create tons of garbage and not lessen anger against the army which suffocated 78...Thailand Recieves Anti-Terror Training From U.S. Department of Defense
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. Defense Department has trained and equipped police on the tourist...Despotism Led To Prime Minister's Arrest, Says Burmese Regime
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Human enslavement, crimes involving jade and pearls, plus bribery and military insubordination along the Burma-China border led to the arrest of Burma's prime minister along with other despots, the Burmese regime said.Insurgents Threaten To Burn Bangkok in Revenge
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Suicide Muslim insurgents threatened to use ''fire and oil'' to ''burn down'' Bangkok in revenge for the deaths of 85 people, including 78 Muslim men who suffocated after Thai security forces crammed them into army trucks, laying...Mass Suffocations in Southern Thailand's Security Assault
BANGKOK, Thailand -- At least 84 people died, mostly from suffocation so severe their eyes bled, after being arrested and locked inside army trucks in Thailand's Muslim-majority south during clashes with security forces, officials said.Bird Flu Kills 59 Tigers
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The disease, according to the U.N.'s World Health...29 Tigers Possibly Killed By Bird Flu
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After being fed the diseased, raw carcasses of chickens infected with bird flu...A Sudden Change In Burma's Junta
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...The Eagles' Don Henley Slams Bush & Iraq War
BANGKOK, Thailand -- America's war in Iraq ''was not necessary'' and he does not like U.S. President George Bush...King Norodom Sihanouk's Succession In Cambodia
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.Thailand's War On Drugs Begins Again
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.Bird Flu Moves To Human Transmission In Thailand
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.Laos Government is Accused Of Atrocities Against Children
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Raping, killing and mutilating descendents of a tribe formerly used by the U.S....Thailand's Women Lead The Nation To Olympic Glory
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.American Bounty Hunter Jonathan ''Jack'' Idema
BANGKOK, THAILAND -- Before becing jailed for allegedly torturing Afghans, Jonathan "Jack" Idema arrived in Afghanistan alongside U.S. invasion forces in 2001 and enjoyed...Bangkok's Role in the 9/11 Attacks
BANGKOK, Thailand -- According to the U.S. government's 9/11 Commission Report...Richard Gere Speaks Out Against the War
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. film star Richard Gere opened an international AIDS Film Festival...Anti-Drug War Fuels Prisons' AIDs Epidemic
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.The American Sergeant Who Wants To Come In From North Korea's Cold
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- If he can dodge a U.S. court martial for allegedly deserting the army...Indonesia's Presidential Election
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Condeming the U.S....US Black Hawks Asist Thai War On Drugs & Muslim Militants
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.Burma Rewrites Its Constitution While Avoiding Junk Food
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.Thai Muslim Guerillas Warn Tourists To Stay Away
BANGKOK, Thailand -- 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...Thai Mosque Attack Leads To Political Bickering
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Military officers, politicians, Muslim leaders and others bickered about the army's killing of 107 armed Islamic militants, and its destructive assault on a mosque, during Thailand's bloodiest clashes in modern times.Thai Security Forces Attack Mosque, Kill Militants
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Backed by armored personnel carriers and helicopters, security forces attacked a mosque killing Islamic "militants" at the site, during scattered clashes and ambushes which left more than 100 suspects...Thai Insurgents Steal Ingredient For Huge Bomb
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...The Massage Parlor Tycoon Who Would Be Governor
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's biggest and most notorious massage parlor tycoon said he employed 20,000 women during the past decade and compiled a blacklist naming police who allegedly accepted his pay-offs.Tom Ridge Talks Homeland Security In Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge said he "would...Thai Nightlife Granted Cinderella Decree Reprieve
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's bars, nightclubs, massage parlors and other adult entertainment places are thanking their lucky neon stars for permission to remain open past midnight.The Body Shop's Anita Roddick: Wal-Mart is Evil & Bush is a War Criminal
BANGKOK, Thailand -- President George W. Bush is a war criminal, businesses are "more powerful than religion" and Wal-Mart is evil, according to The Body Shop's founder, Dame Anita Roddick.Half-Truths Led To Bird Flu Deaths, Just Like an American Black Con-Artist Tricked New York
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Bird flu killed people because Thais told "half-truths" similar to the way a black American con-artist deceived wealthy white society by pretending to be the son of Oscar-winning Sidney Poitier, according to the government's...Nightmare Bird Flu Scenario Comes True In Vietnam
BANGKOK, Thailand -- According to the U.N.'s World Health Organization...Humans Working On Chicken Cull Are At High Risk
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Millions of diseased chickens...Thailand Denies Bird Flu Cover-up
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After widespread condemnation of dangerously unethical behavior, the Thai government denied it covered up the spread of bird flu, suspected of killing at least one person in Thailand and five others in Vietnam.Muslim-Buddhist Religious Conflict & Sensitivities
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The government warned against a Muslim-Buddhist "religious conflict" after assassins killed two Buddhist monks and a novice in southern Thailand, while the army cancelled sending Israeli-trained Thai troops to Iraq because they might anger Iraqis.Laos Rebels Draw Eye Of USA
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. State Department has warned of increased security concerns in tiny Laos...Thailand Rocked By Bombing Spree
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Despite a massive security crackdown, explosions killed at least three police, one day after attackers killed four soldiers, set fire to schools and police checkposts and stole weapons in the Muslim-majority...Vietnam Buys Russian Warplanes For 100 million U.S. dollars
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Vietnam reportedly signed a 100 million U.S. dollar deal to buy four...Amnesty International is Barred From Seeing Aung San Suu Kyi
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's military regime blocked Amnesty International from meeting Aung San Suu Kyi, the world's most famous political prisoner, during an investigation into "the grave deterioration" of human rights throughout the country, the London-based...Executing Meth Dealers
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand used its new lethal injection system for the first time to enforce its controversial war on drugs by executing four people in a single day, including three convicted for possessing a massive amount of methamphetamines.Limp Bizkit Cancels Southeast Asia Tour Due to Terror Warnings
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Limp Bizkit, an American rap-metal band notorious for tough, defiant songs, cancelled their upcoming performances in Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia because they feared "warnings of increased security risks" issued by...After 2,625 Deaths Thailand Declares Drug War Victory
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Thai government is declaring victory in its nationwide, U.S.--backed war on drugs...The United Nations' AIDS & Sex Tour for Afghans Includes Thai Massage Parlours
CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- When a U.N.-sponsored tour about communities with AIDS led five doctors from Afghanistan into a risque Thai massage parlour, the men were thrilled to learn a few tricks of the trade.Condoleezza Rice is Being Used by White House, Says Jesse Jackson
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice does not represent the black...US Selling High Tech Missiles To Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. is supplying Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs)...Carlos Santana Tells Bush to End His Evil Ways
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After denouncing the U.S.-led war in Iraq, rock legend Carlos Santana told...
Israel Responds To Malaysia's Remarks by Mahathir
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Israeli embassy has demanded "the Muslim world" and others condemn Malaysia's leader for invoking anti-Semitic ideas which enabled Nazis to kill more than six million Jews.Bush Cites Danger After Osama bin Laden's Tape
BANGKOK, Thailand - U.S. President George Bush said Osama...Thai Terror Concerns Heightened As APEC Approaches
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. President George Bush and 20 other leaders meet in this nervous...Thailand Switches To Lethal Injection
BANGKOK, Thailand - This majority Buddhist nation will soon legally kill people by pumping chemicals into their veins instead of shooting them, when Bangkok switches to lethal injection, a change condemned by Amnesty International.
420 Thai Troops Dispatched To Iraq
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Anxious to strengthen its military partnership with America and qualify as a "major non-NATO ally," Thailand has dispatched more than 420 troops to Iraq.
Myanmar Times Says Burmese Want U.S. Invasion
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Many Burmese want U.S. President George W. Bush and the U.N. to invade Burma...
"Bikini Killer" Charles Sobhraj May be Protected
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An alleged serial murderer known as "The Bikini Killer" who preyed on American, French, Australian and other backpackers in Asia, may be protected by a statute of limitations despite being arrested in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Landmines Used for Torture in Burma
BANGKOK, Thailand -- To reveal where explosives are buried...
Burma Gets New Leaders: Intelligence Chief Becomes Prime Minister
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Reeling from bomb blasts, U.S.-led economic sanctions and demands to free Aung San Suu Kyi...
Tin Mines & Sewage: Why Phuket’s Water Is Foul
PHUKET, Thailand -- Many of Phuket's small lakes and tranquil lagoons began as poisonous pits where greedy tin miners dug the earth, extracted ore, and left behind craters filled with rainwater.
Why Strict Islamic Rule is Unpopular in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Washington has linked al Qaeda to the bomb attacks on Bali and the JW Marriott Hotel, but Muslim extremists' demands for a strict Islamic society are not popular in Indonesia.
Bali Bomber Imam Samudra Welcomed Death
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Accused Bali bomber Imam Samudra welcomed prosecution demands for his death, claiming it would bring him "near to God," amid an international debate about whether or not executing terrorists makes them martyrs.
Indonesian Prosecutors Seek 15 Years For Bashir
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Prosecutors demanded a 15-year jail sentence for a Muslim extremist leader allegedly linked to al Qaeda, if he is found guilty of involvement in deadly church bombings and an attempted assassination.
Indonesia's Severed Head
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- This densely-populated capital has descended into gloomy suspense after police identified a severed head found in the wreckage of the JW Marriott Hotel as that of a suspected Islamic extremist responsible for the car bomb which killed...
Cambodians Go To The Polls
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- In this haunted tropical land of mass graves, political intimidation and languid post-French colonial charm, people who survived Pol Pot's "killing fields" and Prime Minister Hun Sen's tough regime, hope the election won't...
Freed Journalists Describe Laotian Guerillas
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Americans supporting anti-communist Hmong guerrillas in Laos should realize they lost the CIA's support in 1975, and the abandoned stragglers must be rescued because they cannot fight, according to two European journalists who were...
CIA's Tony "Poe" Poshepny's Legacy of Collecting Enemy Ears and Decapitated Heads
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Anthony A. Poshepny, a decorated, former CIA official who collected enemy ears, dropped decapitated human heads from the air onto communists, and stuck heads on spikes, was buried in California after waging failed secret war...
Americans In Thailand Warned Of Terror Attacks
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. Embassy has advised Americans in Thailand to conduct anti...
Radioactive "Dirty Bomb" Sting
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. investigators said they want to send to America a sample of the illegal...
An American And Two Europeans Arrested In Laos
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Two European journalists said they were arrested in Laos with an American pastor, after Lao troops killed an ethnic Hmong guerrilla in a jungle ambush, according to a Canadian teacher who met them near the scene.
Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Wary Of Assasination
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 drugs in which more than 2,200 people mysteriously perished.
Burma's Deaths Blamed On Aung San Suu Kyi's Party Members
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 official explanation for locking her up.
Burma Sanctions Effort Blunted By China & India
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma has boasted its two "very good neighbors," China and India, will blunt U.S....
Analysis: Aung San Suu Kyi's Re-Arrest
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.
Burma's Former Dictator General Ne Win Dies
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...
Al Gore Seized My Photos, Claims Veteran American Cameraman
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.
Aung San Suu Kyi Fights To Keep Her House
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is trapped under house arrest, fighting to keep her stately lakeside home from being seized by her estranged US-based brother.
Prison Escapees Gunned Down
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Security forces shot dead nine prisoners and freed their kidnapped victims, ending the latest attempt by Burmese to seize hostages in Thailand, much to the dismay of anti-terrorist specialists, Burmese democracy...
Buddhist Crimes
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.
Tommy Suharto Sentenced To 18 Months Jail
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.
Thailand's Poisoned Prince
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...
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burma
Bangkok -- Suppressing Burma's "Beacon" / Democracy Activist Suu Kyi Completes 13 Years of House Arrest; Junta Still Unrelenting
washington times
Bangkok -- Burma: U.S. Relief Ready For Delivery
washington times
Bangkok -- Burma's Generals Take Aid Credit
washington times
Bangkok -- Military Junta Won't Let Cyclone Slow Vote
washington times
Bangkok -- U.S. Aid Team Stuck Waiting For Burma Visas
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afghanistan
Bangkok -- U.S. Mercenary Made His Mark With Viciousness / Intimidated Reporters While in Afghanistan
washington times
Mir Bacheh Kowt -- Afghanistan: Terror-Training Videos Found in Al Qaeda Camp
washington times
Kabul -- GIs Sit Ready at 'Ghostlike' Former Soviet Base
washington times
Kabul -- British Begin Patrol as Italians Take 'Fort'
washington times
Kabul -- Afghanistan: Judge Decries Taliban's Killing 'Justice'
washington times
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bangladesh
Rangamati -- Far From World's Eyes, Religious War Rages in Bangladesh
washington times
bhutan
Lhasa -- Bhutan Finally Ready for Prime Time
washington times
New Delhi -- King of Bhutan Secretly Wed Four Sisters, and Now Has Four Queens
Thimpu -- The King of Bhutan is Guided by India
united press international
cambodia
Bangkok -- Sihanouk's Son Named King / Prime Minister and Half-Brother Back Sihamoni's Ascension to Throne
washington times
Phnom Penh -- America's Felons Deported to Cambodia
electronic times
Phnom Penh -- Placing Khmer Rouge on Trial / Making a Case for Trying the Guerrilla Leadership
bangkok post
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china and tibet
Lhasa -- Life Gets Tougher For Tibetans
washington times
Gyantse -- Tibet Castle, Chinese Propaganda
city times
On The Friendship Highway -- On the Road in Tibet
city times
Lhasa -- Potala Palace: Chinese Corporate Logo
city times
Lhasa -- The Tibetan Book of the Living Dead
city times
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europe etc.
Vatican City -- Vatican Rapes
city times
Budapest -- Gypsies
city times
Prague -- Prague Prison and the Communist Legacy
city times
Prague -- The Golem
city times
Paris -- Doors Singer Jim Morrison's Grave May Be Evicted
elle magazine (thailand)
Amsterdam -- Reefer Refugees
san francisco bay guardian
india
Calcutta -- Only the Doms Can Burn the Dead
Calcutta -- Hope, Despair in "City of Dreadful Night" / A Diary of Life in Calcutta
washington times
Srinagar -- Guerrilla Prefers Grenades: Kashmiri Brags of His Killings
washington times
Srinagar -- Medical Records Document Torture of Kashmiris
washington times
Sopore -- Outsiders Join "Jihad" in Kashmir
washington times
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malaysia
Bangkok -- President Bush Unleashed "Slaughter and Humiliation" in Iraq, According to Malaysia's Most Famous Convict, Anwar Ibrahim
european press network
Bangkok -- Nurul Izzah Anwar, Her Father's Daughter
city times
Kuala Lumpur -- Police Clash With Anwar's Supporters in Violent Protests
washington times
Kuala Lumpur -- The Trial of Anwar
city times
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nepal
Kathmandu -- Nepalese Maoists "On a Roll"
washington times
Kathmandu -- The Slaughter of Nepal's Royal Family
city times
Kathmandu -- Canadians In Bid To Light Up Nepal Villages
bangkok post
Kathmandu -- Communist Rebels Wage War High in Nepal
washington times
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pakistan
Islamabad -- Pakistan's General Musharraf Seized Power in Coup But is America's Friend
european press network
Islamabad -- Benazir Bhutto, the Candidate
Islamabad -- Pakistan's Women Are Lifting Their Veils
Lahore -- America and Pakistan Behind the Scenes in Election
Lahore -- Bhutto Backers Loud and Menacing
washington times
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philippines
Manila -- Macapagal-Arroyo Refuses to Identify Her Foes
washington times
Manila -- Uprising Gives New Twist to Technological Revolution
washington times
Manila -- New Philippine Leader Gets Off to Shaky Start
washington times
Manila -- An Unbowed Estrada Refuses To Go Quietly
bangkok post
Manila -- The Backlash Against Gloria Arroyo
city times
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sri lanka
Bangkok -- Sri Lanka Negotiations: Talks Are First Step on Long Road
bangkok post
Pamunugama -- Multi-millionaire Herman Steur was sleeping peacefully in his new mansion on a tropical beach...
Bentota -- Endless Strife Tearing Apart Once Gentle Sri Lanka
washington times
Colombo -- Corpses Dumped Along Jungle Highways During Election
Jaffna Peninsula -- A Tamil Tiger Guerrilla Unreeled a Thin Braid of Blue and Brown Electric Wire Beneath Some Palm Trees...
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united states of america
New York -- Visiting Ground Zero: New York Trauma
the foreign correspondents club of thailand's *dateline* magazine
New York -- Gas Masks
european press network
New York -- Where Was God on September 11?
european press network
New York -- America's First Anti-War Demonstration After World Trade Center Attack
european press network
San Francisco -- Hello My Big Big Book Tour
the foreign correspondents club of thailand's *dateline* magazine
New York -- throat talk...
international house news, new york city
New York -- Human Marvels: "I Take Off My Clothes in Public"
Brooklyn -- Son of Sam / "He Should Be Hung Upside-Down From a Tree and Destroyed"
San Francisco -- Q and A with William Burroughs: "I've never been interested in politics, nor do I feel that politics have accomplished much or changed things. There has been a terrific cultural revolution that has made more alterations"
san francisco phoenix
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vietnam
Bangkok -- Country Joe Still Says No
washington times
Bangkok -- Vietnam Buys Russian Warplanes for 100 Million Dollars
www.scoop.co.nz
Hanoi -- Vietnam Repression: Rights Groups Charge Abuses of Minority Highlanders
washington times
Hanoi -- Ho's Ideas Shunned in Vietnam: Minh Combines Capitalism, Iron Political Grip
washington times
Hanoi -- Market Strategy Mixes Artisans With Piracy
washington times
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