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Forum: Asia April 19th, 2010, 08:10 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 0
Views: 1,369
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Soldiers heading for a Showdown with Bangkok Protesters

Troops deployed as showdown in streets nears


April 20, 2010



BANGKOK: Hundreds of Thai soldiers armed with assault rifles poured
into central Bangkok yesterday to protect the city's financial...
Forum: Asia April 11th, 2010, 09:46 AM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 1
Views: 1,256
Posted By none[_1_]
Norwegian hit by a stray bullet

Norwegian Randi Hit by Gunshot Just Outside Her Bangkok Hotel
11.04.2010 | news Newsdesk

A Norwegian tourist Randi Fagertun Søderholm was hit by a gunshot when
she and her daughter Iris left heir...
Forum: Asia April 10th, 2010, 06:13 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 0
Views: 1,423
Posted By none[_1_]
9 killed in Bangkok rioting

Later, Bangkok Deputy Governor Malinee Sukavrejworakit said four
soldiers, four civilians and a journalist - believed to be a Japanese
national - had died.

An army spokesman, Col Sansern...
Forum: Asia April 10th, 2010, 03:51 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 1
Views: 1,656
Posted By none[_1_]
Thai soldiers in retreat from battles with Bangkok rioters

Thai troops retreat from battles with protesters
(AP) – 28 minutes ago

BANGKOK — Thailand's army spokesman says that troops have retreated
from street battles with anti-government protesters in...
Forum: Asia April 10th, 2010, 02:05 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 0
Views: 1,258
Posted By none[_1_]
Troops fighting with the REDS ,all BTS closed down in BANGKOK

Troops disperse protesters, Phan Fa 'to be cleared by nightfall'
Published: 10/04/2010 at 04:04 PM
Online news: Local News

Security forces have started clearing red shirt protesters from their
rally...
Forum: Asia April 10th, 2010, 02:01 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 0
Views: 1,283
Posted By none[_1_]
84 injured in Bangkok Riots

84 injured in Ratchadamnoen clashes



Eighty-four protesters and security personnel have been injured in
clashes at Ratchadamnoen Avenue, says the Erawan medical unit.
Dr Petchpong Kamchornkij, the...
Forum: Asia March 22nd, 2010, 06:20 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 0
Views: 1,463
Posted By none[_1_]
More tough security for Bangkok marchers

Thailand to extend security law for extra week

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand will extend a tough security law, enacted
ahead of mass anti-government protests, for an additional week in
Bangkok and two...
Forum: Asia March 19th, 2010, 10:52 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 1
Views: 1,409
Posted By none[_1_]
THE REDS ARE NOW UNSTOPABLE

Implications Of Awakening The Sleeping Thai Elephant


The mass Red-Shirt protest may do more than any other factor to
radically affect Thailand both domestically and internationally,
hopefully for...
Forum: Asia March 19th, 2010, 10:29 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 1
Views: 1,413
Posted By none[_1_]
REDS BRING REINFORCEMENTS TO BANGKOK

Red reinforcements head to Bangkok
Published: 19/03/2010 at 02:51 PM
Online news: Breakingnews





About 600 red-shirts left Udon Thani in 10 buses and one van on Friday
afternoon en route to...
Forum: Asia March 19th, 2010, 10:20 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 0
Views: 1,392
Posted By none[_1_]
M16s and MOLOTOV cocktails been used in BANGKOK

Bangkok Post
19 Mar 2010


Molotov cocktails were thrown at an exhibit tank in front of the
Second Cavalry Division at Sanam Pao on Phahon Yothin road on Thursday
night and gunmen opened fire on two...
Forum: Asia March 19th, 2010, 10:08 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 0
Views: 1,472
Posted By none[_1_]
REDS are BLOCKING BANGKOK SATURDAY

BANGKOK:

-- Traffic policemen at all stations in Bangkok have been instructed
to put more effort into controlling heavy congestion anticipated on
Saturday when antigovernment protestors start their...
Forum: Asia February 25th, 2010, 06:29 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 3
Views: 941
Posted By none[_1_]
Thailand on high alert for trouble brewing

More than 20,000 troops and police have been placed on high alert
across Thailand, ahead of a supreme court decision on the assets of
Thaksin Shinawatra, the country's ousted former prime...
Forum: Asia February 20th, 2010, 08:50 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 1
Views: 889
Posted By none[_1_]
british tourist beaten up over bogus jetski damage ,PATTAYA

A British national who rented a Jetski from a Pattaya Beach operator
has been attacked and severely beaten following an argument over the
victim having allegedly damaged the Jetski he had...
Forum: Asia February 16th, 2010, 06:28 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 28
Views: 3,914
Posted By none[_1_]
Riots expected in Bangkok soon

Government asked to implement emergency decree to head off rioting
By Suchat Sritama


The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Thai Chamber of Commerce yesterday asked the
government to consider declaring a...
Forum: Asia February 5th, 2010, 06:11 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 1
Views: 999
Posted By none[_1_]
Phukets ripoff taxis

http://phuketgazette.net/news/detail.asp?id=8321


Phuket rip-off: the trouble with tuk-tuks
February 6, 2010



Seeing red ... tourists pay 10 times more for tuk-tuks in Phuket than
in Bangkok....
Forum: Asia January 6th, 2010, 01:57 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 1
Views: 626
Posted By none[_1_]
Canadian bashed up by PHUKET Taxi driver

Photo by phuketwan.com
Phuket Has Too Many Tuk-Tuks, says Police Chief

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
IVAN ANWAR says he will come back to visit Thailand again,...
Forum: Asia January 5th, 2010, 06:47 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 2
Views: 706
Posted By none[_1_]
Canadian beaten up by Phuket tuktuk driver

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Karon tuk-tuk driver gets bail

CHALONG, PHUKET: The Karon tuk-tuk driver accused of attacking a
family of French tourists with a metal pole on December 26 turned
himself in...
Forum: Asia January 5th, 2010, 06:37 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 2
Views: 706
Posted By none[_1_]
Canadian beaten up by Phuket tuktuk driver

One-minute trip, 150 baht: A tourist points the finger at a tuk-tuk
driver

Photo by phuketwan.com
Will This Photo Give Phuket Real Public Transport?

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian
Tuesday,...
Forum: Asia January 5th, 2010, 06:23 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 0
Views: 601
Posted By none[_1_]
Brit tourists robbed by thieves on PHUKET

Phuket: Snatch-and-run bandits nabbed in Phuket

The thieves, in handcuffs, re-enact the crime as the two English
victims look on.

KAMALA, PHUKET: A pair of of English tourists will leave Phuket...
Forum: Asia January 2nd, 2010, 03:37 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 6
Views: 1,150
Posted By none[_1_]
Phuket tourists attacked by Taxi driver thugs

Comments

So Sad for Phuket....... but its good that all this issues are finally
addressed by the media. its good in the long-term!
Fact is that public parking is reserved for car and bike...
Forum: Asia January 2nd, 2010, 03:18 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 3
Views: 593
Posted By none[_1_]
Phuket rotten with corruption and greed

Photo by phuketwan.com
Phuket Economy to Suffer Unless Government Acts

By Alan Morison
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Phuketwan News Analysis/Opinion

FIRM and speedy Government action is probably the...
Forum: Asia December 31st, 2009, 01:43 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 6
Views: 1,150
Posted By none[_1_]
Phuket tourists attacked by Taxi driver thugs

French tourists attacked for parking in 'wrong place'

PHUKET: Chalong Police are on the hunt for a man presumed to be a ‘tuk-
tuk / taxi driver’ who allegedly set upon a French family with a...
Forum: Asia December 31st, 2009, 01:42 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore
Replies: 6
Views: 1,150
Posted By none[_1_]
Phuket tourists attacked by Taxi driver thugs

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

French tourists attacked for parking in 'wrong place'

PHUKET: Chalong Police are on the hunt for a man presumed to be a ‘tuk-
tuk / taxi driver’ who allegedly set upon a...
Forum: Asia December 29th, 2009, 04:08 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 1
Views: 1,009
Posted By none[_1_]
French tourists attacked in Phuket Thailand

Exclusive: Man 'Beat My Family Over Car Parking'

By Phuketwan Reporter
Tuesday, December 29, 2009




A DISPUTE between a French tourist on a Christmas holiday and a man
wielding a weapon has...
Forum: Asia November 28th, 2009, 02:01 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
Replies: 1
Views: 595
Posted By none[_1_]
Brit couple drugged and raped on Ko Chang

British couple subjected to vile 'Clockwork Orange' style sex attack
on Thailand holiday
By ANDREW DRUMMOND

Last updated at 12:38 AM on 28th November 2009

A British couple have become victims of a...
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