Bangkok  - Thailand's Culture Ministry is urging authorities to crack down on a rising trend of Thai students using the internet for direct-sale prostitution, media reports said Sunday.

Culture Minister Theera Salukpetch asked the Education Ministry, the Communications Technology Ministry, police and internet service providers to increase their vigilance against website prostitution, which he blamed on faulty values among the country's youth, The Nation newspaper reported.

Academics urged colleges and the government to take action against the trend of students using social networking websites such as Hi5 to advertise prostitution by posting their pictures with suggestive messages.

Bangkok  - Thousands of protestors on Sunday ended a midnight demonstration at government headquarters in Bangkok after lodging a list of demands from the current administration and setting a 15-day deadline.

An estimated 30,000 Red Shirts, a movement tied to ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, marched on Government House late Saturday night, breaking through police barriers to reach the gates of the compound before midnight.

Bangkok - Thousands of anti-government protestors turned a royal park in central Bangkok into a sea of red Saturday night, putting pressure on a new Thai government that seeks national reconciliation after three years of political upheaval.

The followers of controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinwatra are demanding the government take action against rival demonstrators who closed Bangkok's airports in December, including the current foreign minister, Kasit Pirom.

Bangkok - Thailand will deport the latest group of Rohingya boat people to arrive from Burma, a top immigration official said Saturday.

A group of 78 Rohingyas who claim to be refugees from Myanmar's dire economy will be repatriated "just as soon as we have found a way to do this humanely," Immigration Commissioner Lt-Gen Chatchawan Suksomchit said.

Bangkok - A Thai court on Friday sentenced the son of a former Miss Thailand to more than 10 years in prison for ramming his Mercedes into a crowd of people at a bus stop, killing one woman and injuring several others.

The Phra Khanong district court handed down a term of 10 years and one month to Kanpithak Patchimsawat, 21, after finding him guilty of intentionally causing death and injury for the 2007 incident that sparked widespread public indignation against the rich and powerful in Bangkok.