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BANGKOK — Thai authorities say they are ready to cooperate with the British police who have been authorized to observe the controversial investigation into the murder of two British backpackers in southern Thailand last month.

BANGKOK — Police have arrested a Thai woman accused of running a "Nigerian scam" ring in Thailand that has allegedly defrauded millions of baht from unsuspecting victims.

BANGKOK — The international crowd-sourced taxi company Uber has launched a low-cost service in Bangkok offering cheaper rates than the proposed fare increase for conventional taxis.

BANGKOK — A group of ultra-royalists have accused a prominent Thai historian of defaming the monarchy by raising doubts about a historic elephant battle between an ancient Thai King and a Burmese general 400 years ago.

SURAT THANI — A group of soldiers on Koh Samui island have been accused of torturing a man into confessing to trafficking marijuana and then seizing his belongings for their personal use.

BANGKOK — A man arrested for scribbling anti-monarchy remarks inside a Bangkok shopping mall's bathrooms has been sent to face trial in military court, where he could receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.

PATTANI — A volunteer army ranger is now in police custody for allegedly shooting and killing a five-year-old girl in the restive province of Pattani, where tens of thousands of security officers are stationed to quell a simmering Islamic separatist insurgency.

BANGKOK — Thai police say they have perfected the case file accusing two Burmese migrant workers of murdering British tourists in southern Thailand, after prosecutors initially rejected the case for being “incomplete.”

(Prachatai English)

BANGKOK — The five suspects accused by Thai police of acting as armed militants in the 2010 Redshirt protests have recanted their confessions, their lawyer says.