stuff.co.nz reported supporters of Thailand’s besieged government have warned of civil war as the country’s army chief said the military is ready to act but only as a last resort to end worsening political unrest. Pro-government Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan told thousands of supporters massing on the outskirts of the Thai capital that if state agencies bend to the demands of anti-government protesters and install their own prime minister “we will escalate our fight…we will not stand for it”. Read Article
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gov.uk reported the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all but essential travel to the provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla on the Thai-Malaysia border. On 10 April 2014 the Australian authorities indicated that extremists may be planning to target westerners in the southern border provinces. See Terrorism The FCO advise against all […]
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thehindu.com reported an apparent grenade attack against anti-government protesters occupying an upscale shopping area of Thailand’s capital killed at least two people on Sunday, the latest violence in a months-long political crisis that is growing bloodier by the day. The attack near the Ratchaprasong intersection in the heart of Bangkok, home to major shopping malls […]
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A British holidaymaker has died in a suspected hit-and-run as he and his wife rode a motor scooter on the last day of their trip to Thailand. Bob Leedham, 58, a former amateur football official, was riding with wife Gemma on the Thai island of Koh Samui when tragedy struck on Sunday. His wife sustained […]
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abcnew.go.com/AP reported Park rangers in Thailand have found the body of an American tourist who was online pharmacy oxycodone / online canada pharmacy / canada pharmacy online legit / canadian family pharmacy review / buy generic viagra / http://pharmacyincanada-online.com/ / levitra vs viagra vs cialis apparently trampled to death by elephants in a reserve outside […]
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mashable.com reported that An organized, monthlong protest in Bangkok began on Monday as some 100,000 demonstrators flooded the streets to oust Thailand’s current prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra. The past two months of protests to force her resignation came to a head as anti-government protestors, headed up by People’s Democratic Reform Committee leader Suthep Thaugsuban, began […]
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According to nationmultimedia.com, police have arrested 11 suspects, most of them minors, for assaulting and seriously injuring a French tourist, in the seaside town of Hua Hin. Simonivet Pou, 26, was attacked in one of the town’s beer bar zones on New Year’s Day after he tried to help another foreigner in a street brawl. […]
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PHUKETGAZETTE.NET: A German man collapsed and died in knee-deep water only meters from the shore at Patong Beach just before sunset yesterday. Patong Police officers were called to the scene, in front the police box at the end of Soi Bangla (map here), at 6pm. “When we arrived, lifeguards were administering CPR [cardiopulmonary resuscitation]. They […]
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Bangkokpost.com reports that an angry Australian tourist on Koh Chang went berserk, tried to attack pedestrians with a kitchen knife, and set fire to three vehicles because his rented motorbike consumed too much fuel, police said on Saturday. Pol Capt Banjerd Krachangsaeng, an investigating officer at the Koh Chang police station, identified the tourist as […]
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According to eturbonews.com, Phuket police believe a Chinese woman murdered her husband at a trendy new resort, then killed herself. Although the investigation is continuing, Lieutenant Jirawat Tanchern gave Phuketwan an account today of the double tragedy that shocked the island yesterday. The 16 surviving members of the tour party – including the dead woman’s […]
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