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Gunmen attack anti-government rally in Thailand

 

Supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra have promised to get tough with anti-government protesters

23 Feb 2014

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Tiger cubs rescued from smuggling plot

 

Police arrest two men suspected of smuggling tiger cubs and hundreds of other animals in north-east Thailand

21 Feb 2014

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Four dead as Thai police raid protest site

 

Deaths and injuries reported as Thai police arrest dozens of opposition protesters in Bangkok

18 Feb 2014

Thai police move to reclaim Bangkok from protesters

 

Riot police dispatched across Thailand's capital in bid to dismantle anti-government protesters' camps and reopen occupied areas outside government ministries

14 Feb 2014

Thail couples go for hugging world record

 

Couples in Thailand attempt to beat the current Guinness World Record for the longest hug

13 Feb 2014

Bangkok tourists drawn to 'carnival' protests

On the spot Hundreds of young tourists in Bangkok are ignoring the advice of the Foreign Office to “avoid all protests” in the city

05 Feb 2014

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Burmese smugglers get rich on Yingluck Shinawatra's £13 billion Thai rice subsidies

A populist subsidy on rice by Thailand's ruling party is enabling smugglers from neighbouring Burma to make a quick buck at the expense of Thai taxpayers

04 Feb 2014

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'Thai election right way for democracy'

As anti-government government protests continue Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra maintains that an election was "the right way under the democratic process"

02 Feb 2014

Thailand frustrated as polling stations forced shut

Angry pro-government supporters besiege polling stations demanding to be allowed to vote

02 Feb 2014

Explosions and gunfire rings out in Bangkok on eve of election

People wounded as anti-government protesters marched in Bangkok on the final day of demonstrations denouncing Thailand's election

01 Feb 2014

Thai red shirts leader says 'It's time to get rid of the elite'

As election day approaches in Thailand, supporters of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra vow to take to the barricades in her defence

30 Jan 2014

Tata Motors boss Karl Slym 'rowed with wife before apparent suicide'

The British excutive's wife, Sally, has told Thai police that she wrote her husband a lengthy letter about her feelings and went to bed before waking up to be told he was dead

27 Jan 2014

Tata shares slide after executive's ‘suicide’

Police working on assumption that Tata Motors managing director Karl Slym took his own life

27 Jan 2014

Thai police suspect suicide in Tata executive death

Bangkok police say early investigations show no sign of foul play in death of 51-year-old Karl Slym

27 Jan 2014

Thailand: protesters force closure of polling stations as advance voting begins

The outcome of today's ballot is seen as a harbinger for the main poll, which both the Election Commission and demonstrators want postponed

26 Jan 2014

Thai pro-government leader shot during protests

Thai 'Red Shirt' leader shot and wounded as state of emergency imposed in Bangkok

22 Jan 2014

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Synchronised Thai guards step out of line

Video A row of guardsmen in Thailand perform synchronised maneuvers at an event to mark the country's Armed Forces Day

21 Jan 2014

Thailand declares state of emergency

Thailand's government has declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas to cope with protests that have stirred up violent attacks

21 Jan 2014

Protesters vow to march though Bangkok day after deadly bomb attack

After a 46-year-old man became the ninth fatality of the anti-government demonstrations, protesters vow to turn out in Bangkok again calling for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to leave office

18 Jan 2014

Explosion wounds anti-government protesters in Bangkok

At least 28 demonstrators were injured when an explosive device was thrown at a march in the Thai capital

17 Jan 2014

Thai anti-government protesters threaten to kidnap PM

Demonstrators march on government ministries as PM Yingluck insists she will not resign

14 Jan 2014

Thai PM considers delaying election as protesters block Bangkok

Tens of thousands gather in Thai capital as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra considers delaying February 2 election

13 Jan 2014

Thai protesters occupy key roads in Bangkok

Anti-government demonstrators arrive at major intersections as part of a planned 'shutdown' of the Thai capital

12 Jan 2014

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Pride and pain of the Railway Man’s wife

The story of her husband Eric, a former PoW who confronts his Japanese torturer, is now a film. Patti Lomax talks to Sarah Rainey

10 Jan 2014

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Death Railway survivors remember their experiences

British former prisoners used as forced labour by the Japanese talk to Peter Stanford

10 Jan 2014

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