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3 killed in southern Thailand
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| Jan.15 |
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Bird flu reports spreading in Asia
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| Mar.11 |
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Swiss gone on trial over 'insults' to king
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| Mar.14 |
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Angelina Jolie adopts boy
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| Mar.28 |
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Swiss man jailed for Thai insult Oliver Jufer, 57, has been jailed for 10 years after pleading guilty to charges of insulting the Thai king
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| Mar.29 |
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Dissident priest on trial
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| Apr.11 |
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King pardons Swiss man
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Costs to take center stage at climate talks The costs of cutting greenhouse gases and who will pay are likely to be the key issues at a major U.N.-backed meeting of scientists and dipl...
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Deal struck at UN climate talks 
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Bangkok shaken by 6.1 earthquake 
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 with its epicenter in western Laos, west-northwest of the city of Luang Prabang
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| May.30 |
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Key Thai party cleared of fraud
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5-year politics ban for ex-PM A court has disbanded Thai Rak Thai, the political party of ousted Thaksin, finding it guilty of legal violations during elections
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| Jun.4 |
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10 charged with alleged Laos plot
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| Jun.20 |
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Ex-PM Thaksin accused of corruption
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| Jun.26 |
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'No survivors' in plane All 22 people, most of them S. Korean tourists, on board AN-24 which crashed were killed northeast of Bukor mountain in Kampot province
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Thai draft constitution approved
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| Jul.9 |
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Supreme Court will open ex-PM case
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| Jul.30 |
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First Khmer Rouge suspect quizzed
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| Jul.31 |
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First Khmer Rouge leader charged| An ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief Kang Kek Ieu has been charged with crimes against humanity by a UN-backed tribunal | |
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| Aug.7 |
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14 dead in floods, thousands evacuated
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| Aug.8 |
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Death toll rises in floods
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| Aug.19 |
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Thais approved constitution
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| Sep.16 |
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87 killed in plane crash Map of Phuket Thailand A passenger jet crashed at the Phuket Airport in southern Thailand shortly after landing, killing 87 of the 130 people on board
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Clue search after air crash Investigators probing a plane crash at a tourist resort say they have found the flight recorders
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Survivors recount jet crash Experts investigating plane crash have recovered the plane's flight data recorders, as survivors recalled how the jet was engulfed in fire
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Relatives to identify Phuket crash dead Relatives of the 89 people killed in plane crash continued to arrive in the resort town on to try to identify their loved ones' remains
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Top Khmer Rouge leader detained Officials from a genocide tribunal have detained Nuon Chea, the most senior surviving leader of Khmer Rouge regime
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| Sep.26 |
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Bridge collapse kills 52
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| Oct.15 |
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Interpol ID suspected pedophile A suspect sought in a worldwide Interpol manhunt has been identified and is believed to be in Thailand
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| Oct.16 |
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Global hunt for child-sex suspect Thai police named a suspected paedophile as Christopher Paul Neil, a 32-year-old Canadian. He allegedly appears in 200 images abusing young ...
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| Oct.18 |
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Police arrest pedophilia suspect Christopher Paul Neil, a teacher from Canada suspected of sexually abusing young boys in photographs posted on the Internet, has been arrest...
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| Oct.20 |
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Police: 3 boys identify suspect
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| Nov.1 |
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Monk who helped protests escapes
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| Nov.11 |
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Key Khmer Rouge figures arrested
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| Nov.14 |
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Arrest talk on ex-Khmer Rouge PM
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| Nov.18 |
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Former Khmer Rouge leader arrested| Khieu Samphan, the former head of state, was arrested by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal after being taken from a hospital | |
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| Nov.19 |
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Khmer Rouge jailer to face court
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Genocide tribunal begins
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| Nov.21 |
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Tropical storms threaten thousands
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| Nov.23 |
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Typhoons near Vietnam, Philippines
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Bail denied for Khmer Rouge chief
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Thais mark king's 80th birthday Celebrations are taking place to mark the 80th birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest serving monarch
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| Dec.22 |
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First post-coup vote People are voting in the first general election since the military coup that overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
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| Dec.23 |
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Thaksin ally wins Thai election Samak Sundaravej's People Power Party won 228 seats in the 480-seat house, short of the 241 needed for an absolute majority
| the result is a big setback for the military, which has tried to curb Mr Thaksin's influence
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Thai parties in coalition talks Rival political parties have begun what could be protracted negotiations to form a coalition government after the general election
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| Dec.24 |
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Thaksin party 'can form alliance' People Power Party (PPP) which won most seats in election has claimed it has the backing of enough smaller parties to form a ruling coalition
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Thaksin considers Thailand return Former Thai PM, who was forced from power by a military coup more than a year ago, says he is considering returning home from exile
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| Dec.27 |
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Official: Thaksin will face arrest Deposed Prime Minister will be arrested if he returns home from self-imposed exile as planned
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