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A new round of military tension along the Thai-Burma border is looming after Burma called for replacements of United Wa State Army troops posted at a border area opposite Mae Hong Son and Chiang Mai provinces, security sources said.

The sources said during the past several days hundreds of Burmese forces were sent in to replace […]

Safety plan takes flak from monk

Published on Jul 09 , 2005

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The deputy abbot of Wat Chang Hai yesterday slammed a government proposal to issue Buddhist monks with bullet-proof vests, saying the money would be better spent on other programmes.

Phra Mahacharat Uchucharo said monks wearing flak jackets would not only send the wrong message about the […]

Thailand dive shop owners deny they want to rob US war grave

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by LAMAR BENNINGTON - CDNN Industry News Editor

KOH TAO, Thailand (10 July 2005) — Thailand dive shop owners who promote and sell wreck diving tours and technical diving courses deny they intend to exploit the USS Lagarto for tourist diving profits or steal artifacts […]

By DANIEL LOVERING, Associated Press Writer Sun Jul 10, 6:40 AM ET

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BANGKOK, Thailand - Divers in Thailand have sought U.S. approval to explore the purported wreck of an American World War II submarine, but a U.S. official said Saturday that the vessel is a war grave that must remain undisturbed.

The wreck, thought to be of […]

Tighter security for UK embassy, commuters

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Extra-tight security measures are imposed at the British embassy in Bangkok in the wake of the London blasts on Thursday. — SOMCHAI LAOPAISARNTAKSIN
In the aftermath of Thursday’s London bombings, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ordered security beef-ups at the British embassy and other risk-prone embassies in Bangkok, and is […]