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Senate probe faults Thai government for bloody crackdown

Laos beefs up patrols at border with Thailand, Cambodia Bangkok - A Senate probe into last month's crackdown on anti-government protestors that left two people dead, concluded Tuesday that the cabinet and police had violated the demonstrators' human rights.

Senate probe faults Thai government for bloody crackdown

Laos beefs up patrols at border with Thailand, Cambodia Bangkok - A Senate probe into last month's crackdown on anti-government protestors that left two people dead, concluded Tuesday that the cabinet and police had violated the demonstrators' human rights.

Thai shares down 3.1 per cent following foreign markets

Bangkok - Thailand's bourse fell 3.1 per cent Tuesday, drawn down by foreign markets, analysts said.

Demand for Bangkok office space slows

Demand for Bangkok office space slowsBangkok  - The global financial crisis caught up with Bangkok's property market last month when demand stagnated and large companies started to scale down their expansion plans, Jones Lang LaSalle, a professional real estate service company, said Tuesday.

"Impact of the global economic meltdown has become more evident since the global financial crisis erupted in October," said Yupa Sathienpabayut, Head of Markets at Jones Lang LaSalle.

Road-side bomb kills ranger, wounds five in Thailand's deep South

Pattani, Thailand - A roadside bomb killed one paramilitary ranger and wounded five others Monday as they were patrolling a trouble-torn district in Narathiwat - part of Thailand's deep South, police said.

The remotely controlled 20-kilogram bomb exploded at about 10 am (0300 GMT) in Ruesoh district of Narathiwat, 800 kilometres south of Bangkok, as a pickup truck carrying a patrol of paramilitary troops passed by, said Ruesoh Police Sergeant Paosri Jaetae.

"We think influential people hired Muslim militants to do this in order to create chaos," said Paosri.

Thailand destroys 8 tons of melamine-tainted products

Thailand destroys 8 tons of melamine-tainted products Bangkok  - Thailand's Food and Drug Administration on Monday burned 8 tons of food products tainted with high levels of the toxic chemical melamine.

About 20,000 boxes of melamine-tainted snacks and more 13,000 cans of unsweetened condensed milk were destroyed at the Bang Pa-in industrial estate in northern Bangkok under the supervision of Deputy Public Health Minister Wicharn Meenchainan, the Thai News Agency said.

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