Thai New Year (Songkran) in Chiang Mai Thailand 2008 Thai New Year (Songkran) is almost here again. It will be celebrated from April 13 through 15. Many shops all over the country are gearing up with new high tech devices for delivering jets of water on unsuspecting and not so unsuspecting victims. Squirt gun technology [...]
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Thai New Year (Songkran) in Chiang Mai Thailand 2008
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Thai University Law Students Denounce PPP lawmakers to amend the Thailand Constitution
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Thai University Law Students Denounce PPP lawmakers to amend the Thailand Constitution A group of Thai academics led by Somkid Lertpaitoon of Thammasat University law school has denounced the move my PPP lawmakers to amend the Thai constitution. The current constitution was implemented during the recent period when Thailand was ruled by a military coup. [...]
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Supporters of democracy in Burma/Myanmar are requesting that the people of the nation vote ‘No’ when marking their ballots according to the National League for Democracy (NLD).
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Supporters of democracy in Burma/Myanmar are requesting that the people of the nation vote ‘No’ when marking their ballots according to the National League for Democracy (NLD). The NLD accuses the military junta of drafting the proposed constitution without any input from those opposed to military dictatorship. The proposed constitution gives the military continued power [...]
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Thailand defends new war on drugs
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Thailand defends new war on drugs Thailand has defended its newly-launched war on drugs, reviving a controversial project of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, which critics said cost many innocent lives. Interior minister Chalerm Yoobamrung defended the new campaign, saying: “There will not be any infringement of our people’s liberties and I have never said [...]
