BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military has held a meeting of senior officers to discuss the political crisis engulfing the nation, but its top general has ruled out a coup, local newspapers reported …

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Bangkok: Thailand may lift an emergency decree amid government plans to hold a referendum on how to end the country's political standoff, in which demonstrators have occupied the prime minister's offi…

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Everything is relative in the realm of hyperviolent movies, and compared to this summer's other assassination thriller, "Wanted," "Bangkok Dangerous" is a model of r…

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Anti-drug activists want the Del Mar Fairgrounds to crack down on marijuana smoking at concerts. If you have an opinion and are willing to be quoted by name, please contact staff writer Terry Rodgers …

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Thailand's prime minister has refused to negotiate with protesters who have occupied his office in a bid to oust him, but a new mediation effort by Parliament has raised a glimmer of hope for ending t…

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Mr Nicolaides is the latest person to be charged with lèse-majesté, the crime of defaming the monarchy. In 2005 he published a novel entitled Verisimilitude, which contains references …

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Bangkok - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has chosen a respected career diplomat to become the country's next foreign minister at a time of heightening political crisis for his government, offici…

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Time is running out: Anti-government student demonstrators marching past a popular shopping district in Bangkok yesterday. Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has bought some time with a referendum aimed …

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Thailand’s struggling government has agreed to buy 40 per cent more rice from farmers this year, a decision that could boost its popularity among rural voters as it prepares to face a national refer…

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A press freedom organization on Friday condemned the arrest of an Australian writer for allegedly insulting the Thai monarchy.The Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders said Harry Nicolaides was …

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