Thai PM petitioned to stop extradition of alleged Russian arms trafficker to US Star Tribune | BANGKOK - The lawyer for accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout filed a last ditch appeal Monday to Thailand's prime minister in an effort to stop his client's extradition to the United States. | Bout, a 43-year-old former Soviet air force officer who is reputed to have been one of the world'...
Baby tiger cub found alive in suitcase at Thai airport The Examiner | A sedated two-month old tiger cub was rescused from an unknown future on Thursday at the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport. An alert security official noticed the cub when the suitcase that it was in went through an x-ray machine. The tiger was in luggage filled with stuffed toys to camo...
Indictment Accuses Firm of Exploiting Thai Workers Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | A federal grand jury in Honolulu has indicted six labor contractors from a Los Angeles manpower company on charges that they imposed forced labor on some 400 Thai farm workers, in what justice officials called the biggest human-trafficking case eve...
Saudi Arabia "regrets" promotion of indicted Thai police officer m&c | Bangkok - Saudi Arabia has expressed regrets over the promotion of a Thai police officer indicted this year for his alleged role in the murder of a Saudi businessman, media reports said Saturday. | The Saudi Arabia embassy in Bangkok said in a stat...
Brooklyn's Thai Sky -- cozy weekend lunch spot! The Examiner | Thai Sky restaurant, located at 386 5th Avenue in Park Slope, is a tres chic restaurant with great ambiance aright at the corner of 6th Street. Lunch begins at 11:30am - 4:00pm on Saturday and Sunday for $11.95 or $12.95 depending upon the protei...
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Thai prosecutors to indict top Red Shirts for terrorism Inquirer | BANGKOK—Thai prosecutors said Wednesday they would indict 19 leaders and supporters of the anti-government "Red Shirt" movement on terrorism charges in connection with recent pol...
Thai Supreme Court rejects Thaksin's asset appeal Zeenews Bangkok: Thailand's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family against the seizure of USD 1.4 billion of thei...
Thai Airways International agrees to buy 7 Airbus planes m&c | Bangkok - Thai Airways International on Wednesday signed a purchase agreement with Airbus SAS for seven A330-300 aircraft, with deliveries due to start at the end of 2011. | Airl...
6 charged in human trafficking conspiracy involving Thai guest workers CNN | (CNN) -- Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States. | An indictment unsealed in Hawaii on Thursday accuses employees of a...
L.A. company indicted in trafficking of Thai farm workers LA Daily News Daily News wire reportsPosted: 09/03/2010 08:05:59 AM PDTUpdated: 09/03/2010 08:07:02 AM PDT | Three members of a Los Angeles-based labor-recruiting firm and three other people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Honolulu for enga...
Thai Tiger: Thai Airways puts the Tiger among the pigeons. Regional liberalisation the likely winner TravelDailyNews Thai Airways and Tiger Airways are to form a joint venture, “Thai Tiger”, to operate international and domestic Thailand domestic point-to-point services. The new JV, to be owned 51:49 by Thai Airways, raises the bar in low cost airline operations competition in Asia and could have a major impact on the pace of airline liberalisation in...
