MADRID—Spanish police arrested seven men in Barcelona, suspected of stealing passports for radical Islamic cells in Thailand and Pakistan, and collaborating with the group that carried out the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, the country’s Interior ministry said Wednesday. The suspects, six Pakistanis and one Nigerian, are believed to be part of a European network that […]
BANGKOK, 1 December 2010 (NNT) – As December 1st. has been designated the World Aids Day, several events aimed at raising awareness of the danger of Aids were held throughout Thailand today. Highlighting the events held nationwide were demonstrations on how to use condoms; the demonstrations were aimed at urging Thais to have safe sex […]
The tourism business is expected to record a drop of 10-15 per cent this year mainly due to the political turbulence midyear, but the future appears bright for 2011. Prakit Chinamourphong, president of the Thai Hotels Association (THA), said overall tourism should record a drop of 10-15 per cent both in the number of tourists […]
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday called on Thais to be kind to migrants and refugees from her country. “We know it is not easy for Thailand to cope with the situation, but we would so appreciate it if you could do what you can for them,” she said in a phone interview […]
Two-thirds of the Thai media are considered “black” given that youth are exposed to their sex- and violence-oriented content, a seminar on youth development was told yesterday. An Abac poll on “lessons learned from the 2,002 foetuses in establishing creative media” released yesterday revealed that 91 per cent of the young respondents had experienced pornography, […]
BANGKOK, 29 November 2010 (NNT) – The Democrat has been sparred by the Constitution Court who dropped the charge against the Party on grounds that the plaintiff did not follow correct legal procedure. With the votes of 4:2, the judges dropped the charge against the party,ruling that the Election Commission (EC),the plaintiff, had failed to […]
American Tony Poer the pornographer whose arrest reports were wiped clean from all the newspapers in Pattaya claimed yesterday that women flocked to be filmed and his arrest ‘never happened’. This never happened “The matter has been dealt with. As far as everyone is concerned it never happened and that was the agreement reached by […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will not stay in power for a full term – he will dissolve Parliament in April next year, Government whip Withaya Kaewparadai said yesterday. He said if Parliament cleared the bills to amend the Constitution according to legislative procedures in February, the PM would dissolve the House in April. If Parliament […]
