- Thai Court Sends Thaksin to One Year in Jail for Dodging Prison Bloomberg.com
- Thai Court Orders Thaksin, Ex-Premier, to Serve a Year in Prison The New York Times
- Thai ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra jailed as court rules hospital stay unjustified
Category: 4. World
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Video. Clashes in Tbilisi as ruling party supporters target opposition rally
The violence comes ahead of municipal elections on 4 October, which opposition parties say they will boycott, accusing the government of abandoning the country’s European path and moving closer to Moscow.
Political tensions have…
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Activist group says drone hit Gaza aid boat off Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — An international activist group seeking to deliver aid to Gaza on a flotilla says one of its boats was hit by what it believes was a drone while docked in Tunisia. Tunisian…
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Nepal social media crackdown is part of a global censorship trend, say experts. Do VPNs help?
Global internet freedom declined for the 14th consecutive year last year.
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New Zealand police investigate how a man hid his 3 children in a forest for years without discovery
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Deep in dense New Zealand forest, a makeshift campsite was the final hiding place of a fugitive New Zealand man who vanished with his three children for several years.
On…
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World War II bomb discovery in Slovakia’s capital prompts evacuations in downtown Bratislava
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The discovery of a World War II bomb in Slovakia’s capital during construction work prompted evacuations on Tuesday, officials said.
The emergency measure covered several…
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Croatian village Jaškovo sets new Guinness record with 3,136-metre strudel
The small Croatian village of Jaškovo has reclaimed its place in the Guinness Book of World Records by baking a strudel measuring 3,136 metres in length.
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