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Re: US Government may be getting the message – Finally, Editorials, April, 30th.
by David Barkdull
Your editorial regarding the word games involved in the political mess that rages in the Middle East and, on a much smaller scale, in the deep South of Thailand calls for a new set of lexicon to more accurately depict [...]

70% of Thai women cannot achieve orgasm, according to survey
A recent global sex survey found that 70 per cent of Thai women cannot achieve orgasm. Others reach orgasm through masturbation or having sex with another woman, while 79 per cent of Thai men climax during sex, according to research by condom manufacturer Durex.
The survey was [...]

Thaksin linked to ownership of ‘Win Mark’ | Foreign documents prove ownership by Thaksin
Evidence from the Malaysian and Singaporean exchange authorities links ownership of Win Mark to Thaksin Sinawatra. The Thai AEC ‘Assets Examination Committee’ is investigating whether Thaksin concealed his assets overseas by failing to declare his ownership in Win Mark. The SC Asset, [...]

Caught Red-Handed, Passport Forger Confesses | 1com News Thailand
A Bangladeshi man has been arrested in a case involving hundreds of fake Thai and other foreign passports. A police raid resulted in the seizure of computers and the forged passports in the home of Mohammed Karim, 56 years old, in Bangkok’s Bang Kae district on Saturday. [...]

First Official Visit of Burmese Leader to Thailand
Thein Sein, Burma’s unelected military Ruler will visit Thailand on his first official visit this week. He is scheduled to arrive Tuesday and begin a series of talks with Prime Minister Samak, regarding trade, drug trafficking, and the development of transportation arteries to speed trade between the two [...]

Thai Rice Millers and Exporters who Benefit, not Farmers
Thai Rice farmers aren’t seeing all the gains as a result of the shortage of rice in Thailand, and the record high prices. The cost of growing rice has also risen exponentially in the last year. Seed prices, land rental and fertilizer have all increased in cost [...]

Thai Military Takeover Rumors Driving Samak Coup Coup
During his weekly address called “Talk in Samak’s Style” on Sunday, Prime Minister Samak addressed the continuous rumors that had been floating about all week regarding a military takeover of the government. A portion of his televised address to the nation was devoted to pointing the finger at [...]

U.S. Govt. Favors More AIDS Deaths to Profit Loss for ‘Big Pharma’
The Thai government’s current policy of making AIDS treatments and other drugs available at affordable prices to patients who otherwise would die horrible deaths, is under attack from the current administration in the U.S. The thought of poor or working class people receiving life [...]

Police in the Middle of Not So Polite Fight between PAD and PPP
Thammasat University vice-rector Prinya Thewanaruemitkul who witnessed the brawl between two political groups, the People Power Party (PPP) and the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) in front of the University on Friday, complained that Bangkok police were not enforcing order. He did [...]