Valeska Paris, an Australian women and former Scientologist, has claimed that the Church of Scientology imprisoned her for twelve years aboard the Scientology-owned cruise ship, Freewinds. Paris claims she was first sent to the ship aged eighteen for two weeks as a teenager but ended up spending twelve years there. Paris also claims that her […]
Sydney – A Sydney-bound Qantas Airways Boeing 747 returned to Bangkok after the pilot shut down one engine following what the Australian carrier described as a “bang.” Sunday’s Q52 flight, which had 356 passengers aboard, landed safely in Bangkok about an hour after take-off, a Qantas spokesman said Monday. Read more: The Nation
A new Experian Hitwise report concludes that Yahoo Search and Microsoft’s Bing provide users with a higher search success rate. That raises an interesting question, which we’ll get to in a minute. But first the Experian Hitwise numbers: · 81.4% of searches using search.yahoo.com — which is powered by Microsoft’s search technology — resulted in […]
An engine fire on a fishing boat brought a climactic end to a day trip for 80 Russian tourists. The tourists had spent the day aboard the fishing vessel in the waters off Bang Saray, south of Pattaya. As the boat was coming back to Pattaya in the early evening, a fire broke out in […]
UDON THANI, July 27 – A Royal Thai Air Force ‘Huey’ helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in a rice field in the northeastern province of Udon Thani, apparently due to engine problems, but was able to fly again after three hours of repairs. Villagers at Phen district told reporters that they heard […]
BANGKOK, 26 July 2011 (NNT) – Thai Army Chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha has slammed some media members and academics for making groundless accusations against the army over corruption in the helicopter maintenance budget in connection with the recent helicopter crashes. General Prayut regarded the three helicopter crashes the greatest loss. He said the costs of […]
Singapore – An A380 superjumbo operated by Singapore Airlines Ltd was forced to return to Singapore airport after experiencing engine problems about 20 minutes into the flight, a spokeswoman for the airline said Tuesday. One of the plane’s four engines shut down after encountering ‘surge and high vibration’ as the plane was ascending on its […]
Honda BRIO Makes World Premiere in Thailand Bangkok, Thailand, March 17, 2011 – Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (HATC), Honda’s automobile production and sales subsidiary in Thailand, unveiled its highly-anticipated Honda BRIO which makes its world premiere debut. The latest innovation from Honda is expected to raise the bar and set a new standard for […]
