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  • Chalerm, Sukhumpol: No coup

    10/02/2012 : Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat on Friday rejected the claims of red-shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan that the military is planning another takeover, insisting that there will not be another coup.

  • More illegal items found in Khao Bin

    10/02/2012 : More than 800 packets of cigarettes, pornographic magazines, cell phone chargers, gambling accessories and sharp improvised weapons were discovered during a police raid on Khao Bin Central Prison in in Ratchaburi province on Friday morning.

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  • Terror suspect planned Bangkok attack, says website

    17/01/2012 : A detained Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist suspect was part of a planned attack on the Chabad Jewish community centre near Khao San road in Bangkok, according to a news website which specialises in intelligence reporting.

  • Policeman, young son slain in Pattani

    17/01/2012 : A policeman and his teenage son were killed in a shooting in Pattani’s Saiburi district on Tuesday morning, Pol Col Arsis Ausmayi, chief of Saiburi police station, said.

  • Police seize chemicals cache

    17/01/2012 : Police have charged a Swedish-Lebanese man with suspected links to the Hezbollah militant group with possession of prohibited substances after they found a huge cache of materials used for making explosives in Samut Sakhon's Muang district Monday.

  • US maintains terrorist alert

    16/01/2012 : The US embassy on Monday rejected a call from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to lift its terrorist threat warning for Bangkok.

  • Tensions resurface at Preah Vihear

    16/01/2012 : Thai and Cambodian troops faced off in Phu Makhua in the disputed 4.6 square kilometre area around Preah Vihear temple on Monday, sparking fears of renewed border clashes as neither side would retreat, reports said.

  • PM asks US to revoke terror alert

    16/01/2012 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has urged the United States to revoke its terrorism warning immediately after the arrest of a suspected Hezbollah member linked to sabotage attempts in Bangkok.

  • Security at two airports raised

    16/01/2012 : Airports of Thailand (AoT) raised the level of security at Suvarnabhumi and Chiang Mai international airports on Monday following reports of the terrorist threat in Bangkok.

  • Stockpile of explosive materials found

    16/01/2012 : Police have found more than 4,300 kilogrammes of urea based fertiliser and other materials used for making explosives in a building in Samut Sakhon's Muang district after the arrest of a middle-east terrorist suspect, national police chief Priewpan Damapong said Monday.

  • Kowit: People's safety assured

    16/01/2012 : The government can take care of people's security and they need not be concerned about the terrorist warning issued by several foreign countries, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of security affairs Kowit Wattana said Monday.

  • PM assures public of safety

    16/01/2012 : CHIANG MAI : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday insisted Thailand's anti-terrorism mechanisms are functioning around the clock to ensure public security.

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