A trove of security documents discovered after the fall of Tripoli reveal details of the West’s efforts to turn Libya’s mercurial leader Moammar Gadhafi from foe to ally. They also provide an embarrassing example of the US administration’s collaboration with authoritarian regimes in the war on terror. The documents mention a half dozen names of […]
BANGKOK, 4 September 2011 (NNT) – MD Kamron Chaisiri, Thailand’s Zone 14 public health inspector, warned the public of dengue fever outbreak in an interview given in Surin province in the Northeast, as almost 40,000 people across the country have already developed the symptoms. Among 37,728 patients who have the dengue fever, 27 were dead. […]
A FORMER child sex slave from Thailand is preparing to sue a Sydney man who she says prostituted her at a Surry Hills brothel in 1995, when she was 13. Jetsadophorn Chaladone, known as Ning, was trafficked to work at a Surry Hills brothel, where she was forced to have sex with more than 100 […]
Kent Melmblom, 52, got heart problems when he was in Thailand and was hospitalized. So long that his tourist visa in Thailand run out. Then began the worst 12 days of his life. – I never thought that Thailand could be so dangerous, says Kent Melmblom. Kent Melmblom from Stockholm rented a house in the […]
A piece of gossip news has recently spread that a parent of a famous 15-year-old actor encouraged her handsome son to carry condoms for use in case of emergency. This news sparked a criticism in the Thai society on whether the mother is doing the right thing or not. Some support the mother while others […]
BANGKOK, 2 September 2011 (NNT) – Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul has asked former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to clarify the secret deal on Thai-Cambodian maritime zone following a recent announcement of the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority. Mr Surapong told the press that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has already tasked him with investigating the alleged […]
In what seems to be a renewed attempt to seek a royal pardon for fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a pro-red-shirt weekly published an article asking what happened to the petition with 3 million signatures that was submitted two years ago. The article published in the latest edition of Maha Prachachon, which does not […]
BANGKOK, 2 September 2011 (NNT) – Deputy National Police Chief Police General Prewpan Dhamapong has pledged to continue a fight on narcotic drug suppression while expressing his appreciation for the trust that his superiors have given him and made him one of the candidates for the post of national police chief. Police General Prewpan told […]
