Bangkok  - Hundreds of Thai Muslims demonstrated Monday in front of Israel's embassy in Bangkok, waving banners, burning the Israeli flag and slingshotting balls of protest statements at the premises in reaction to Tel Aviv's invasion of Gaza.

About 400 members of the Muslim Group for Peace rallied in front of the embassy waving banners reading "Destroy Israel," "Stop the bloodshed," "Free Gaza" and "Where is the UN?"

Bangkok  - Thailand's leading spas, hit by the decline in tourist arrivals this peak season, are offering 50 per cent discounts to clients until February 28, media reports said Monday.

The Thai Spa Association, comprising 13 of Thailand's best-known spas and spa resorts, is offering "Happy Spa-ing" discount coupons to anyone who downloads them from its website in an effort to win customers during an unusually slow peak season.

Bangkok - Delta Electronics (Thailand) will suspend its 50-million-dollar investment in a new factory in Chennai, India, and downsize operations in Thailand, news reports said Monday.

"After finishing a feasibility study, we think that the project is not viable to invest in for the time being given the current market conditions," Delta's executive director Anusorn Muttaraid told the Bangkok Post newspaper.

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Bangkok - Road accidents claimed 278 lives and injured 2,996 people during the first four of the "seven dangerous days of New Year holidays," officials said Saturday.

Thailand's Road Safety Centre said 2,793 road accidents were reported on the kingdom's highways from Tuesday to Friday.

Thailand officially started a five-day New Year's break on Wednesday, but the days before and after the holidays are deemed dangerous for motorists as many vacationers leave early or arrive a day late to beat the holiday traffic.

On Friday, 464 accidents occurred, killing 52 people and injuring 492 others, the centre said.

More than 40 per cent of the road accidents were attributed to drunk driving.

Sydney  - A Thai man who had overstayed his visa made a big mistake when he drove his car at 137 kilometres an hour in a Sydney restricted zone shortly after midnight Saturday, police said.