Friday 3rd September, 2010
Thai Indian entrepreneur's wealth soars by 252 percent
The ongoing political turmoil in Thailand has apparently not prevented the kingdom's richest people from getting richer.The biggest gainer in percentage terms is longtime Thai Indian resident Aloke Lohia. His wealth soared by 252 percent when he took his integrated polyester company, Indor
FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers
HONOLULU— Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the large...
Six charged for recruiting 400 Thais
The US Justice Department on Thursday announced indictments against six people for luring 400 Thais to the United States and conspiring to force them into working as farm labourers.A grand jury in Hon...
Indictment: 400 Thai workers exploited in US
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBy MARK NIESSEASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER HONOLULU -- A newly unsealed federal indictment accuses six people of exploiting the labor of about 400 workers from Thailand, forcing them to work on farms in...
Deputy Premier Shaikh Mohammed meets Thai delegation
Bahrain News AgencyManama Sep 02 (BNA) A key meeting was held between the Isa Humanities Award board of trustees and the Thai Prince Mahidol Award delegation at Gudaibiya Palace.
Block on Thailand chemical plants is removed
Financial TimesA Thai court has given the green light to almost all the suspended plants at a controversial petrochemicals and metals refining complex south of Bangkok to resume operations. The courts suspended oper...
Thailand court convicts 'yellow shirts' of defaming ex-PM
Juristsentenced [Thai News Agency report] to six months in prison and ordered to pay fines of 20,000 baht (USD $640). The court suspended the sentence for two years, during which time both Sondi and Sarocha...
Crash Briton stranded in Thailand
Independent.ieA Briton has been stranded in Thailand after being paralysed in a road accident, his sister said.Tom Moss, 26, was left nearly blind and unable to move from the neck down after his moped collided with...
ARF disaster relief meeting begins in Thailand
People's DailyA regional meeting on disaster relief began here on Thursday to promote cooperation on disaster relief management.The 10th meeting of the ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief was attended by...
Interview: Time to upgrade domestic railway system: Thai PM
People's DailyDomestic transportation development seems one of the priorities in Abhisit Vejjajiva's working agenda as Thailand's Prime Minister as he is setting Longyang mag-lev railway station as his first stop i...
Two teenagers held over shooting death of Thai schoolboy, nine
The NationalLast Updated: September 02. 2010 3:23PM UAE / September 2. 2010 11:23AM GMT BANGKOK // Two Thai teenagers ages 16 and 19 were arrested on suspicion of murder today over the shooting of a nine-year-old...
Australian tourist dies in Phuket swimming pool
Phuket GazettePHUKET: An Australian tourist died while swimming in a pool at a well-known Phuket hotel late yesterday afternoon.Kathu Police duty officer Jongserm Preecha identified the deceased as 58-year-old Jame...
Ron Fanelli still at Phuket Prison
Phuket GazettePHUKET: Ronald Fanelli, confessed killer of bar hostess Wanphen Pienjai, today blamed local media coverage for being partly responsible for his decision not to surrender himself to authorities before ...
Thai court lifts suspension on 74 industrial projects
Earth Timesinvestor confidence.The Central Administrative Court ruled that 74 of the 76 projects planned for a heavy industrial estate south-east of Bangkok could go ahead after they had been put on hold in Sept...
Public prosecutors cancels 2nd extradition request against Bout
The NationPublic prosecutors Thursday lodged a complaint with the Criminal Court seeking to cancel the second extradition request against Viktor Bout.Public prosecutors reasoned that since the court approved it...
Sondhi convicted in defaming Thaksin
The NationThaksin Shinawatra and received a suspended jail term for two years due to his first offence.The litigation stemmed from Sondhi's remarks to fellow yellow shirts in the United States in 2007.
Pheu Thai calls for peace
The NationPheu Thai Party Thursday issued a statement to call for peace. Pheu Thai deputy leader Plodprasop Suraswadi held a press conference to read a statement, which was seen as the biggest olive branch to ...
Thai stocks open up 5.87 pt, 0.64 pct
The NationThai composite stocks index (SET) opened on Thursday at 925.21, up 5.87 points, or 0.64 per cent. Blue chip SET-50 index was at 632.81, up 4.13 points, or 0.66 per cent. Top five active (value) stoc...
Fugitive ex-Thai PM 'meets Mandela'
West AustralianEmerging from weeks of silence, fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has appeared in Africa, where he says he is dealing in diamonds and visiting Nobel Peace laureate Nelson Mandela....
Thai king appoints hardliner as next army chief
Earth TimesBangkok - Thailand's king on Thursday officially appointed a hardliner as the country's next army chief, deemed a politically powerful post in the coup-prone kingdom. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in his c...
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