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FBI Observing Carradine Death Satisfied With Thai Police Investigation
FBI observers looking into the Thai police investigation of the strange death of David Carradine have stated that they are satisfied with the procedures of Thai police inspectors working on the case. Rumors had swirled at the time of death that there might have been foul play [...]

World Heritage Site Designation Leads to Thai Cambodian Bickering
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Wednesday that Thailand will request the World Heritage Committee to review the judgment to register Preah Vihear temple, on the border of Si Sa Ket province, as a World Heritage site under the sole administration of Cambodia,
The World Heritage [...]

Thai Economy Expected to Return to Health by End of 2010
Kanit Saengsuphan, director of the Fiscal Policy Research Institute, said Wednesday at a seminar called “Financial Situation in the Current Economic Crisis” that the economy is unlikely to return to normal growth until sometime around the end of 2010. He estimates that the growth rate [...]

Swine Flu Stampedes Through Thailand
Official reported cases of H1N1 flu virus have reached 310, doubling in the last 24 hours. The Public Health Ministry has asked provincial health and hospital officials not to speak to the media about swine flu cases in an effort to calm public concern about the spread of the virus. Suphan [...]