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BANGKOK — The fourteen pro-democracy activists released from prison this morning say they will continue to campaign against the ruling military junta until democracy is restored in Thailand.

BANGKOK — The fourteen activists charged with sedition for their peaceful anti-junta campaigns have been released from prison, though they are still facing a trial in martial court and up to seven years in jail.

BANGKOK (DPA) — The trial for last year's beach murder of two British holidaymakers began in Thailand on Wednesday.

BANGKOK — Leading members of the ruling military junta and the Royal Thai Navy have insisted that a plan to buy three submarines from China is necessary to augment Thailand's national defense capabilities.

BANGKOK — The fourteen activists jailed for their peaceful protests against the military junta will spend one more night in jail after the martial court ruled to release them this morning, according to a top prison official.

KHON KAEN — Over 100 people gathered for the second protest in northeastern Thailand this past week denouncing the students who are imprisoned for staging a demonstration against the military junta in Bangkok last month.

CHAI NAT — Farmers in central Thailand resorted to substituting a live cat with a Japanese doll in a traditional rain-summoning ceremony yesterday, amid a drought crisis that is choking many parts of the country.

BANGKOK — Thai police are investigating a traffic cop who was filmed admitting that he was "a little bit drunk" while manning a road checkpoint in Bangkok last week.

BANGKOK — Bangkok's military court will rule tomorrow on whether to extend the detention of fourteen anti-junta activists amid mounting support from the public to release the group.

NARATHIWAT — Two Muslim men who were returning home from a mosque in the southern border province of Narathiwat last night were shot and wounded by gunmen on a motorcycle, police told reporters today.