Glitter faces detention after refusing to board flight from Thailand

There's been more drama in the Gary Glitter extradition to the UK. After the chaos that resulted when Vietnamese officials allowed Glitter to be photographed like an animal on his flight to Thailand yesterday, Glitter has refused to board the connecting flight to the...
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highlighted by Dave Keating | 8 hrs ago | updated 8 hrs ago
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Thaksin to seek political asylum in Britain
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Thaksin to seek political asylum in Britain

Well, when there is act there is always consequence either is bad or good...think about it Mr. Thaksin."Thaksin, 59, and his wife Pojaman, 51, and their three adult children fled to London last week. Pojaman has been...
highlighted by renovatio | 11 hrs ago | updated 11 hrs ago
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Gary Glitter vs. Phil Spector
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Vietnam Releases Gary Glitter

Former pop star and convicted pedophile, Gary Glitter, has been released from jail in Vietnam after serving a three year sentence for molesting two Vietnamese girls.Glitter will now be deported to Thailand, however,...
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highlighted by Jarrett Martineau | 1 day ago | updated 1 day ago
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Olympics: American Christians protest over confiscated Bibles

Religious activities in China have always been seen with doubt and they come under scrutiny especially after the start of the Olympics. Now there is this story coming that Christian activists have been refused to bring in Bible in China . China has...
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highlighted by Sanjay Jha | 2 days ago
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Thaksin Still Face Trial as Thai Supreme Court Denied Case to be Dropped
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Thaksin Still Faces Trial Despite Exile to UK

The man can run but he certainly can't hide, nor seem to shake off his avid grim reapers. On Friday, Thailand's Supreme Court rejected a request by Thaksin Shinawatra's lawyer to suspend his impending corruption case...
created by tiha zaman | 4 days ago | updated 4 days ago
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Bad Week for City Continues; How Thaksin Will Fight Extradition

"Interesting commentaries continue to pour out on the dramatic events of this weeks; Thaksin’s flight from Thailand is worldwide news, as evidenced by this analysis from The Economist and an editorial chiding Thaksin published in the International Herald Tribune after first...
highlighted by malcylon | 4 days ago
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Pepsi, Coke?
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Coke vs Pepsi at Thai boxer's home

Talk about decking it out head to head. Coke and Pepsi are competing for promotion opportunities outside the home of Worapoj Phetkum, the Thai Olympic boxing hopeful. Both companies have been allowed to stay if...
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highlighted by Heiky | 4 days ago | updated 4 days ago
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Slim 'Thai-Combodian' Truce Over the Contest of Preah Vihear Temple
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Thai-Cambodia : Slim Truce Over the Contest of Preah Vihear Temple

" PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - August 14th, 2008 - Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to withdraw most of the 1,000 troops facing off for a month near the disputed Preah Vihear temple on their border, a Cambodian commander...
created by tiha zaman | 6 days ago | updated 5 days ago
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Garden gnome returns home after 7 month world tour

A garden gnome from Gloucestershire, England spent seven months travelling the world to South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong and Laos....
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highlighted by agdobson | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Thaksin's Moment: To Be or Not To Be?
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Thaksin's Moment: To Be or Not To Be?

First it was just rumours, then a few hours afterwards it was proven to be true - atypical of theatrical Thaksin, the scorned but once beloved ex-Prime Minister of Thailand to lead the local and...
created by tiha zaman | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Bush Pauses From Olympics for Georgia Violence
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Bush ends Asian trip after taking in some Olympics

"The Olympics hadn't even started when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin quietly confirmed to President Bush the sketchy reports of Russian troops involved in an outbreak of fighting in Georgia's breakaway...
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highlighted by nirajan | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Thaksin flees Thailand corruption trial and returns to exile in Britain
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Thaksin flees Thailand corruption trial and returns to exile in Britain

The Thai Supreme Court has issued an arrest warrant for ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife after they skipped bail and refused to return to Thailand to stand trial for corruption. The couple issued a...
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highlighted by Dave Keating | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Beijing ready for Olympic opening

After long spell of  controversies in the run up to the Olympic Games, World's focus has now shifted to the opening ceremony. With many years of  meticulous planing and building of world class...
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highlighted by Sanjay Jha | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Bush rebukes China on human rights
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Bush rebukes China on human rights

" The US president has hit out at China's human rights record on the eve of the Olympic games. George Bush issued a blunt rebuke of China's repression of dissidents and called on Beijing to grant its people...
highlighted by danesller0127 | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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US, Thailand: A conflicted alliance

Recent praise of Tahiland by visiting George W Bush has rvived concern over the Washington suppor of  the military and its political allies in the country's ongoing political conflict over democracy.  ...
highlighted by rahul | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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