Thailand halts Hmong repatriation
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Thailand stops forced return of Hmong refugees to Laos after Western countries agree to take them.
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Thai coup leaders have banned go-go girls from dancing near tanks and troops on Bangkok streets as a distraction from the serious business of power, a spokesman said on Wednesday. "It is not appropriate to entertain soldiers while they are on duty," Colonel Acra Tiprote told Reuters after a troupe of 10 women in tight camouflage vests and shorts posed with soldiers and tanks while making a music video.
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PATTANI, THAILAND, OCTOBER 26 : Almost 80 people died in military custody in southern Thailand, suffocated while being transported in trucks to Army barracks after a violent demonstration by Muslims, officials said on Tuesday.
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Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was banned from politics for five years on Wednesday and his party, the first to win an absolute majority in the country's history, disbanded.
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NARATHIWAT, Thailand - Hundreds of Muslim men were freed in southern Thailand on Saturday after being detained last week in the wake of protests that left 85 dead and outraged Muslims worldwide.
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The United States has stripped millions of dollars in military aid from its ally Thailand, in protest at the coup by top generals that ousted civilian prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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A UN human rights mission said on Wednesday it was halting a planned visit to Sudan's troubled Darfur region after Sudan declined to give them visas.
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BANGKOK, Oct. 21. - Myanmarâs ruling junta has cancelled peace talks with the countryâs largest ethnic rebel group after the surprise ousting of Prime Minister Gen.
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BANGKOK -- Thailand's new military rulers banned all political gatherings and activities at the local level yesterday, further cementing their powers and preempting any opposition following last week's bloodless coup.
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Thailand's former Prime Minister is back in the region on holiday?and he's making the generals nervous
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Thailand's new military rulers banned all political gatherings and activities at the local level Sunday, further cementing their powers, and the wife of the ousted prime minister left the country to join her husband, an airlines officials said.
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The Italian Government has halted its controversial expulsion policy after being widely criticised for sending plane-loads of illegal immigrants to Libya this week.
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Thai elections slated for next month will be postponed, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has said,  confirming a delay in polls intended to end months of political deadlock.
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Reports from Burma say Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has been removed from his position and placed under house arrest. Officials in Thailand first announced the development Tuesday in Bangkok.
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Thailand's candidate for head of the United Nations has withdrawn from the race after Security Council members made it clear South Korea's Ban Ki-moon would get the job, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said on Thursday.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - Thai police ordered foreign  families and friends on Monday to stay away from tsunami-hit  areas, including temporary morgues in Buddhist temples where  they have searched for missing loved ones.
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The Thai military frees up some political parties, while banning the most popular one.