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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 06:04 UTC

Thailand bans film about Thai-Cambodian border row

Thailand's film censors have banned a documentary about the country's long-running border dispute with neighboring Cambodia as a threat to national security, the filmmaker said Wednesday.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, 24.04.13 03:14 UTC

Lives at risk around the world from novelty golf toys sold as 'bomb detectors'

LONDON: When James McCormick told armies, police forces and governments that his bomb detectors worked from deep underwater or a low-flying plane, it might have sounded too good to be true. ...

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Telegraph, 23.04.13 14:40 UTC

Businessman found guilty of selling fake bomb detectors to governments

A businessman who fooled police forces, the military and governments around the world into buying fake bomb-detection kits for millions of pounds is facing jail after being found guilty of fraud.

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Reuters - Business News, 23.04.13 05:28 UTC

Thai tycoon launches $6.6 billion buyout to kick off Asian retail push

By Khettiya Jittapong BANGKOK | Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:11am EDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's richest man has made a $6.6 billion offer to buy cash-and-carry wholesaler Siam Makro Pcl MAKR.BK, the ...

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Seattle Times, 22.04.13 11:37 UTC

4 marines killed by bomb blast in Thailand's south

Officers say four marines have been killed when a homemade bomb exploded as they were inspecting it at a base in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south.

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CNN Top Stories, 22.04.13 11:13 UTC

What happens when Buddhists go to war

Hong Kong (CNN) -- For Thailand's Queen Sikrisit, the 2007 attack on a minibus in southern Thailand's Yala province -- in which suspected Muslim militants shot eight Buddhists through the head in ...

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BBC World News, 22.04.13 11:02 UTC

Drug smuggler Lindsay Sandiford appeals for legal funds

A British woman convicted in Bali of drug smuggling is to ask the Court of Appeal to overturn a ruling upholding the UK government's refusal to fund her appeal against a death sentence.

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Seattle Times, 21.04.13 21:06 UTC

Army boots off, Spokane judge returns to court

With thinning gray hair and intense eyes, Spokane County District Court Judge Vance Peterson presides over his court with a sense of humor and sometimes a hard edge.

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Telegraph, 21.04.13 06:56 UTC

Queen has completed 15,000 official engagements, study finds

When the Queen celebrates her 87th birthday in private today, it will be a rare respite from her official duties.

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Daily Mail, 20.04.13 17:12 UTC

Older Boston bomber brother 'manipulated' his younger sibling and flipped when his 'only American friend' had his throat slit in unsolved murder

PUBLISHED: 15:04 GMT, 19 April 2013 | UPDATED: 16:41 GMT, 20 April 2013 Dead terror suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's best friend had his 'throat slit' in an unsolved murder in 2011 as family members today ...

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