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A second British man has been arrested in Thailand for alleged involvement in violent anti-government “Red Shirt” protests earlier this year, police said Thursday. Keith Wayne Bush, 49, from Manchester was arrested on arson charges at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday after arriving on a flight from the United Arab Emirates, according to immigration police. His Thai wife, Alisa Bush, 33, was also arrested after she went to the airport to meet him. (Khao Sod Newspaper)
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The White House on Tuesday raised concern about a US church’s plan to burn a Koran and backed its Afghan war commander’s warning that it could put US troops at risk.
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PHUKET: The number of illegal alien workers in Phuket is around 200,000, it was announced at a Senate committee meeting in Phuket on Friday.
About 150 government officers, senators and private-sector representatives met at the Kata Beach Resort on Friday morning to brainstorm better ways to legalize the estimated 1.5 million illegal workers from neighboring countries, especially Burma.
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Democrat Party MP Sirichoke Sopha yesterday released a state-ment concerning a prison interview between him and suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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Kevin Pietersen was fined an “undisclosed amount” for his foul-mouthed Twitter tirade after being dropped from the England squad, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Monday.
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Pakistan’s January Test defeat to Australia came under renewed scrutiny on Monday after it emerged an agent at the centre of a ‘spot-fixing’ scandal met players a few weeks after the match.
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Democrat MP Sirichoke Sopha’s visit to suspected arms trafficker Viktor Bout at the Bangkok Remand Prison in April continues to shadow him.
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Diplomatic tension between Thailand and Saudi Arabia has risen further on Sunday with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban and the middle eastern country’s embassy arguing over whether a senior policeman linked to the 1990 disappearance of a high-profile Saudi businessman should be promoted.
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As of today, BP will be blogging on a more regular basis – well more regular than once a week anyway. Blogging should be more frequent from next week.
BP would like to thank the guest bloggers, namely Saksith (blog and twitter), James Harriman (twitter), Newley (blog and twitter), Thorn Pitidol, Ricefield Radio (blog and twitter), Prach Panchakunathorn, Pokpong Lawansiri (blog and twitter), and some others using pseudonyms, who have been contributing to the blog during my hiatus.
All of these guest bloggers, and some more, will be contributing to a new blog collective that will be launching here on Asian Correspondent soon. Stay tuned.
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