By The Associated Press, published by Yahoo! News MYANMAR security forces today (March 10) raided a neighbourhood in the country’s largest city that houses state railway workers who have gone on strike to protest last month’s military coup. Police sealed off the Mingalar Taung Nyunt neighbourhood in Yangon where the Ma Hlwa Kone train station
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Immigration police deny barring foreign students from joining rallies
THE Immigration Bureau police today (March 10) denied having barred foreign students from attending political gatherings as announced by some educational institutes in Pathum Thani province, Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Col Phakphong Saiubol, deputy director of Immigration Division 1 and deputy spokesman of the Immigration Bureau, said no such order with a warning
Read moreHalf a tonne of Ice, over 100m baht assets seized in the South
A MAJOR drug bust took place in the South with three suspects arrested in the seizure of 510 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 50,000 tablets of methamphetamine (Speed) after a police took action upon receiving a tip-off of this drug smuggling from the North, TV Channel 7 said today (March 10). Also seized
Read moreSuspected gunman carrying 100,000 baht bounty arrested
THE Crime Suppression Division police today (March 10) arrested a suspected gunman for whose capture 100,000 baht bounty had been offered after he had been on the run for 12 years in the murder of man in Phetchabun province, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Boonmee Srikhamkhib, 65, was finally tracked down in Samut Sakhon province
Read moreIndia to buy first US armed drones to counter China, Pakistan
By Sudhi Ranjan, Bloomberg, published by MSN News INDIA plans to buy 30 armed drones from the US to boost its sea and land defenses as tensions persist with neighbours China and Pakistan, according to officials with knowledge of the matter. The South Asian nation will approve next month the $3 billion purchase of 30
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