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PATTANI — Two soldiers were killed and five wounded today when a bomb exploded on a road in the violence-plagued, deep south of Thailand, police said.

BANGKOK — Police said yesterday they had arrested a former Philippines provincial governor and his brother, wanted in back home for the murder of a journalist who had been campaigning against mining interests.

BANGKOK (DPA) - Among the non-stop crowds at Bangkok's main international airport are a small group of more unusual travellers going on the trip of a lifetime.

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GENEVA — A fresh surge of refugees and migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh is expected to set out in smugglers' rickety boats for southeast Asia when the monsoon season ends in about a month, the United Nations said on Friday.

BANGKOK (DPA) - Fourteen Indonesian orangutans held in Thailand for five years are finally to head home, an official said Thursday.

BUTTERWORTH, Malaysia — They planned the trip on a whim. The family pastry business was going to close down for the long weekend, and Lim Saw Gek, 49, decided to wrangle the relatives together for a quick trip up to Thailand. As always, it was an open invitation. Anyone who could manage to steal away for the four-day vacation was welcome to join.

BANGKOK (DPA) - An activist who reported on alleged rights abuses at a Thai pineapple processing plant was indicted for defamation and committing computer crimes by the Thai Criminal Court Monday.

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