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Burma's junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe is reportedly worried about possible assassination attempts against him these days, according to military intelligent sources.

A Briton has been stranded in Thailand after being paralysed in a road accident, his sister said.

An eight-year-old schoolboy was killed when a gang of tech school students opened fire on a bus on Ramkhamhaeng Road on Wednesday morning, police reported.

From left: PM Abhisit Vejjajiva with BIS School Manager Dr Nares Pantaratorn and Marketing Manager and Assistant Service Manager Surang Thiplueporn.

" Rather than build up Routes 8 and 12 as a trade route competing with Route 9, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam should jointly develop Routes 8 and 12 as an eco-tourism routes linking the three countries, suggests the Thai ambassador to Laos.

Then-Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler, left, and Police Director Michael Moriarty at a news conference in front of City Hall in 1998.

Tesco, already the biggest supermarket retailer in Thailand and Malaysia, wants to add 61 Carrefour stores to its Asian portfolio Tesco is bidding to increase its dominance of Asian retailing by taking over 61 Carrefour stores.

Police say three people, including a husband and wife, have been killed and seven soldiers wounded in Thailand's restive south.

Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 10:50 am Press Release: ALRC HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre , a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status In a submission to the 14th session of the Human Rights Council, the Asian Legal Resource Centre described ...

A soldier was shot to death in a broad daylight attack in Muang district of Yala province on Wednesday, police reported.

THERE is something fishy about Tyneside's newest beauty spa. Forget run-of-the mill pedicures, at Footlove in Newcastle you can enjoy more than 150 toothless fish nibbling at your feet.

Many of my friends in Chiang Mai told me to be wary of visiting Phi Phi Island. It was over crowded, they said.

The Songklanagarind Hospital in Songkhla has begun raising funds to help send an ailing German man it has been treating for almost a year back home.

Thesis: The Music is Shit "Music, music, music... is SHIT!" shouts the Pre-Madchester band New Fast Automatic Daffodil's lead singer on their second single from the, unsurprisingly, Music is Shit EP.

Bangkok - Thailand's Office of the Attorney General is reviewing the case of alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout and will clarify soon whether he can be extradited to the US, officials said Tuesday.

A British kickboxer wanted in connection with a murder in Thailand has been arrested after flying back into the UK, officials said.

Last week, 31-year-old Piyawan Palasarn of Bangkok, Thailand, was busted trying to smuggle a baby tiger cub out of the country .

Secretly recorded cell phone footage has exposed a teacher at a Catholic boarding school in northeastern Thailand who whacked dozens of students on the buttocks with a cane wrapped with electrical wire.

We featured Koh Samui last February as an affordable retreat in Thailand where one could splash out on beach resorts without breaking the bank; even our most expensive hotel featured in our Trip Pick cost just $180/night. Those who want to really luxe it up on the island retreat, however, might consider the amazing looking Six Senses Hideaway .

Widespread and continuous rain in many areas in the North and Northeast from Aug 24-29 has caused flash floods in 13 provinces, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department announced on Monday.