News: Thailand

We have started to collect the most important news related to Thailand in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• December 31st 2009 – November 10th 2009
• November 6th 2009 – August 17th 2009
• August 16th 2009 – May 28th 2009
• May 22nd 2009 – April 9th 2009
• April 8th 2009 – February 24th 2009
• February 21st 2009 – January 11th 2009
• January 6th 2009 – December 6th 2008
• December 5th 2008 – November 26th 2008
• November 26th 2008 – October 30th 2008
• October 28th 2008 – October 7th 2008
• October 7th 2008 – August 31st 2008
• August 30th 2008 – July 29th 2008
• July 28th 2008 – April 17th 2008
• April 11th 2008 – January 8th 2008
• January 4th 2008 – September 18th 2007
• September 18th 2007 – June 16th 2007
• June 15th 2007 – April 15th 2007
• April 12th 2007 – February 5th 2007
• February 2nd 2007 – December 6th 2006
• November 28th 2006 – September 28th 2006
• September 26th 2006 – August 24th 2006
• August 23rd 2006 – May 23rd 2006
• May 15th 2006 – March 27th 2006
• March 26th 2006 – February 1st 2006
• January 26th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Thailand: news

Thai PM Samak refuses to resign

Saturday, August 30th 2008, 14:53

Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej says he will not resign, despite mounting anti-government protests.
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Pressure mounts on Thailand's PM

Friday, August 29th 2008, 15:00

Pressure is building on Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, amid spiralling protests against his rule.
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Pressure mounts on Thailand's PM

Friday, August 29th 2008, 15:00
related places: Bangkok

Pressure is building on Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, amid spiralling protests against his rule.
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Pressure mounts on Thailand's PM

Friday, August 29th 2008, 11:07
related places: Bangkok

Pressure is building on Thailand's PM Samak Sundaravej, as protesters calling for his resignation gain force.
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Thailand PM vows not to use force

Thursday, August 28th 2008, 8:40

The Thai PM says he will not use violent means against protesters besieging Government House, in an apparent change of heart.
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Thai protesters ordered arrested

Wednesday, August 27th 2008, 20:14
related places: Bangkok

Thai police surround the prime minister's office, to try to evict protesters who took over the building on Tuesday.
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Deep divisions

Wednesday, August 27th 2008, 14:54
related places: Bangkok

Why protesters have returned to Bangkok's streets
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Thai protesters 'want new coup'

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 19:34
related places: Bangkok

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej accuses protesters in Bangkok of trying to provoke a coup, as a stand-off develops.
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Without a trace

Monday, August 25th 2008, 10:06

Mystery of Thai island backpacker's disappearance
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Prosecutors seek Thaksin's assets

Monday, August 25th 2008, 8:27

Prosecutors in Thailand ask the Supreme Court to seize $2.2bn (£1.2bn) in assets belonging to ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Paedophile Glitter arrives in UK

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 9:54
related countries: Hong Kong

Disgraced pop singer Gary Glitter returns to the UK after serving three years in a Vietnamese jail for abusing two girls.
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Glitter refused Hong Kong entry

Thursday, August 21st 2008, 4:40
related countries: United Kingdom

Convicted paedophile and former pop star Gary Glitter is refused entry to Hong Kong after being deported from Thailand.
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'Heart attack' halts Glitter trip

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 7:34
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Bangkok

Former pop star Gary Glitter's return to the UK is delayed as he said he was having a heart attack at Bangkok airport.
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Thais demand ex-PM's extradition

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 13:51
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Bangkok

Thai protesters march to the British embassy in Bangkok to demand the extradition of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thai-Cambodia talks on temple row

Monday, August 18th 2008, 8:51
related countries: Cambodia

Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers are to discuss the Preah Vihear dispute, a day after troops withdrew from the site.
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Court to try Thaksin in absentia

Friday, August 15th 2008, 13:58
related countries: United Kingdom

A corruption case against ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra will proceed even though he has fled to the UK, a Thai court rules.
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Canadian sentenced for sex abuse

Friday, August 15th 2008, 12:41
related countries: Canada

Canadian Christopher Neil is sentenced to more than three years in jail for abusing a 13-year-old boy in Thailand.
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Somali pirates 'seize Thai ship'

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 16:14
related countries: Somalia

Pirates have hijacked a Thai ship off the coast of Somalia, the International Maritime Bureau says.
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Troops 'to leave border temple'

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 9:55
related countries: Cambodia

Cambodia and Thailand reach a deal to withdraw most troops from a disputed hill-top temple, Cambodian officials say.
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Former Thai PM flees to the UK

Monday, August 11th 2008, 15:35
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Bangkok

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he will not return to Thailand from the UK to answer corruption charges.
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Thais accused over new temple row

Sunday, August 3rd 2008, 9:06
related countries: Cambodia

Cambodia says Thai troops are occupying a Cambodian temple, threatening to escalate a row over a separate, disputed temple.
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In the dock

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 16:20

Ex-Thai prime minister's family checked by court
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Ex-Thai PM's wife guilty of fraud

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 7:12

The wife of Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is given a three-year sentence for tax fraud.
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Thai school offers third set of toilets for transsexuals

Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 23:38

The BBC's Jonathan Head visits a school in Thailand which has provided transsexual pupils with their own toilet.
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