The New York Times BANGKOK, Thailand Thai police said Friday that a Russian businessman regarded as one of the world's most notorious arms dealers would be held here for investigation even as the United States seeks his extradition. A ...

Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed as prime minister last year by Thailand's military rulers, is now keen to return home with the election victory of his allies ... I want to go back to live my life peacefully in Thailand as a normal citizen, and also I ...

World News IN BRIEF *BANGKOK Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, was scheduled to return home today on a mission to clear his name. Mr Thaksin was due to arrive in Bangkok at 0200GMT where he was expecting to be detained by ...

By Andrew Gumbel Viktor Bout, an international arms dealer known as the "merchant of death" for his colourful and unscrupulous dealings in every troubled hot spot from Africa to the Middle East and Afghanistan, was arrested yesterday at a five-star ...

28 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived Thursday morning at the Bangkok's international airport, wrapping up 17 months of self-exile abroad since a bloodless military coup ousted his administration ... Some of ...

Suriyasai Katasila, secretary-general of the Campaign for Popular Democracy, said the CPD will hand deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra an envelope containing a set of three demands when he returns to Thailand. Mr Suriyasai welcomed a ...

Text of report by Thai newspaper Thai Rat on 9 March [Commentary by "Political News Team": "Beware of Harassment of Bureaucrats, Ugly Practice by the 'Ugly Administration'"] On the day he returned to Thailand, former Prime Minister Thaksin ...

THE Real CONSPIRACY Theory!!! THE Real CONSPIRACY Theory!!! THE Real CONSPIRACY Theory!!! THE Real CONSPIRACY Theory!!! Thoughts on the run up to the next election: ° Israel inexplicably overreacts and launches a major offensive in Lebanon... ...

In Thailand, an army spokesman said he believed that five bombs set off by suspected Muslim insurgents in a Thai-Malaysian border tourist town likely targeted New Year's revelers. The bombs, which wounded 27 people, exploded in the hotel and ...

By Seth Mydans and Thomas Fuller A party that backed the former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, won a parliamentary election Sunday, defeating a party backed by the generals who ousted him in a coup 15 months ago ... The strong showing ...

Will he come home to face the courts, as he promised to do after the election? If he does return to Thailand, what political role will he play? And how much influence will the generals allow him to wield? It seems that Thailand's political crisis is far ...

Reuters: "Export curbs by suppliers like Vietnam , India , Cambodia and Egypt to ensure sufficient domestic supplies have helped to push rice prices to record highs, with values in top exporter Thailand surging to $1,000 a ton. " ...

Will he come home to face the courts, as he promised to do after the election? If he does return to Thailand, what political role will he play? And how much influence will the generals allow him to wield? It seems that Thailand's political crisis is far ...

In the 1980s he turned his hand to writing plays, and the London Theatre Critics named him the Most Promising Playwright of the Year for his 1986 West End play "Made in Bangkok," which explored the sexual mores of a British tour group in Thailand. ...

In the 1980s he turned to writing plays, and the London Theatre Critics named him the Most Promising Playwright of the Year for his 1986 West End play "Made in Bangkok," which explored the sexual mores of a British tour group in Thailand. His ...