http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/-t1.htm News from around the world. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:32:07 GMT 10 http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:EJehkSuyLx20qM:http://www.guiderooms.com/thailand/imag http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/-t1.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/somalis-hijack-3-thai-fishing-boats-t888.htm Admin Somali pirates have seized three Thai fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean in what the EU Naval Force said was the furthest off-shore attack to date. The three vessels, carrying a total of 77 crew members, were hijacked on Sunday, an EU force spokesman said. He said that the attack took place far outside the area in which the EU force operated, about 1,200 nautical miles (2,222km) from the Somali coast. The pirates were said to be taking the fishing boats back to Somalia. "It's ... International News Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:32:07 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/somalis-hijack-3-thai-fishing-boats-t888.htm#6405 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/somalis-hijack-3-thai-fishing-boats-t888.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/are-sheep-now-safe-in-wales-t851.htm Admin An alleged pervert was caught with a picture of a man having sex with a dead SQUID, a court heard today. Andrew Dymond, 46, was netted when cops apparently found a haul of grossly offensive porn on his home computer. JPs heard the sea creature was clearly dead in the picture and a man was having sexual intercourse with it. Dymond is charged with possessing an image of someone "performing an act of intercourse with a dead animal, namely an octopus/squid, which was grossly offensive, disgusting ... International News Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:30:02 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/are-sheep-now-safe-in-wales-t851.htm#6146 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/are-sheep-now-safe-in-wales-t851.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/earth-quake-in-haiti-t688.htm Snowflake How come there are no news in Thai media about the earthquake in Haiti?There might be several thousand people dead, Tsunami warnings... It measured 7.0 on the Richter Scale (that does not tell me anything) and it is the worst earthquake in 200 years down there...  Dead bodies are laying in the streets and most buildings in the Capital (Port-Au-Prince I think) are knocked down, including the presidential palace and the UN building...  Where is the Nation/Bangkok Post now? Presidents ... International News Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:33:47 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/earth-quake-in-haiti-t688.htm#4950 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/earth-quake-in-haiti-t688.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/train-crash-in-turkey-t633.htm Anonymous Two trains collided on Sunday in northwestern Turkey, injuring several people, Anatolia news agency reported. The crash occurred in a rural area of Bilecik province and passengers at the front of the two trains were injured, the agency reported. Both trains were travelling between Istanbul and the northwestern city of Eskisehir. just bloddy typical that aint it! You wait ages for 1 train and two come at the same time! International News Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:30:59 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/train-crash-in-turkey-t633.htm#4538 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/train-crash-in-turkey-t633.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/brit-executed-in-china-t629.htm Admin A British drug smuggler whose family claimed was mentally ill was executed by the Chinese this morning. Akmal Shaikh, (is that a Welsh name?) 53, was killed despite last minute pleas for mercy. His death was confirmed by the Foreign Office. The former cab firm manager from Kentish Town, London, was said to be suffering from bipolar disorder. His supporters claim he was duped into being a heroin drug mule by a gang in Poland where he was living homeless after he was told he would become a ... International News Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:37:08 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/brit-executed-in-china-t629.htm#4504 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/brit-executed-in-china-t629.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/brittany-murphy-is-dead-32-years-old-t613.htm Snowflake
RIP]]> International News Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:11:11 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/brittany-murphy-is-dead-32-years-old-t613.htm#4372 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/brittany-murphy-is-dead-32-years-old-t613.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/a-disturbingly-sad-story-t553.htm C-Bert Milli Vanilli, were extremely popular in the Nineties with their hit" Girl You Know It's True," however, their success turned to infamy when the Grammy award that they won for Best New Artist in 1990 was revoked after it was revealed that the lead vocals on the record were not the actual voices of Morvan and Pilatus but in fact someone completely different. In 1998, ten years after Milli Vanilli's initial debut, Pilatus was found dead in a Frankfurt hotel of an apparent drug overdose. Nov ... International News Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:20:55 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/a-disturbingly-sad-story-t553.htm#3833 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/a-disturbingly-sad-story-t553.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/british-schoolkids-visit-patpong-t532.htm Admin A school has suspended two teachers after claims that teenage pupils on a cultural trip to the Far East ended up watching a live sex show in Bangkok. Horrified parents only found out about the visit to the Thai capital's notorious Patpong red-light district after one girl posted pics from the trip on her Facebook web page. One snap showed a group of the grammar school youngsters, aged 16 to 18, and the two teachers sitting around a table littered with beer bottles outside a Bangkok ... International News Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:59:00 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/british-schoolkids-visit-patpong-t532.htm#3594 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/british-schoolkids-visit-patpong-t532.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/woods-is-world-s-first-billion-dollar-sportsman-t476.htm Admin Tiger Woods has become the first sportsman to break through the billion-dollar earnings barrier, Forbes magazine reported on Thursday. The 33-year-old American, who has won 14 majors, reached the latest landmark of his career when he won a $10-million bonus for his FedEx Cup victory last weekend. According to the magazine's calculations, Woods went into the 2009 season on $895 million which included prize money, endorsements, appearance fees as well as money earned through his golf ... International News Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:07:51 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/woods-is-world-s-first-billion-dollar-sportsman-t476.htm#3321 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/woods-is-world-s-first-billion-dollar-sportsman-t476.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/there-is-hope-yet-t475.htm Admin A way to reverse ageing has been discovered which allows withered muscle to rebuild itself by turning back a “biological clock”. The effect has already been demonstrated on human muscle tissue in the laboratory. Scientists in the US believe the breakthrough could lead to new treatments that rejuvenate and strengthen ageing bodies or combat degenerative diseases. Their findings also underline the importance of staying active for older people, since this reduced age-related muscle ... International News Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:18:13 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/there-is-hope-yet-t475.htm#3319 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/there-is-hope-yet-t475.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/film-world-backs-polanski-t474.htm Admin Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski on Tuesday challenged his detention in Switzerland over a 32 year-old child sex case in the United States, as leading Hollywood figures rallied to his cause. The top Swiss criminal court confirmed that Polanski had lodged a formal complaint against his arrest at Zurich airport pending a US extradition request. "The second court of complaints of the Federal Criminal Tribunal confirms that it has received today a complaint by Roman Polanski against ... International News Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:58:11 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/film-world-backs-polanski-t474.htm#3312 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/film-world-backs-polanski-t474.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/norwegians-sentenced-to-death-in-congo-t428.htm Snowflake (CNN) -- Two Norwegian citizens were sentenced to death Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for espionage, murder and attempted murder, Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed to CNN. Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland have been sentenced to death and have five days to appeal. Asked about the sentence, Lambert Mende Omalanga, Congo's minister of communications, told CNN, "We don't have a habit of commenting on judicial decisions." However, ... International News Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:08:39 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/norwegians-sentenced-to-death-in-congo-t428.htm#2997 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/norwegians-sentenced-to-death-in-congo-t428.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/this-is-your-captain-slurring-t398.htm Admin A pilot got so drunk he LOST the airfield where he was trying to land. The 65-year-old amateur flyer - four times the driving limit - had to be guided down by a helicopter. He had been supping beer and wine before take-off - then swigged cocktails in the cockpit. After a two-hour jaunt gazing at the countryside he was too tipsy to read the meters in his Cessna light aircraft. He muttered into his radio to bemused control tower staff: "Come on, I know you're down there. Where the bloody ... International News Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:27:20 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/this-is-your-captain-slurring-t398.htm#2724 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/this-is-your-captain-slurring-t398.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/final-insult-to-hundreds-if-not-thousands-t380.htm Admin Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al Megrahi flew home to Libya last night - and was greeted by a crowd of hundreds. In scenes described as "sickening" by the Lockerbie MP, Megrahi was cheered by supporters waving placards, wearing T-shirts bearing his picture and waving Libyan and Scottish flags. He was hugged by one of Libyan leader Col Gaddafi's sons, embraced his own boys and was then driven to Tripoli's Green Square to address a mass rally. Tory MP David Mundell said: "This ... International News Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:32:08 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/final-insult-to-hundreds-if-not-thousands-t380.htm#2581 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/final-insult-to-hundreds-if-not-thousands-t380.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/caning-in-malaysia-t379.htm BOON RAWD BREWERY CO LTD Model to be Whipped for drinking beer Have a look at this link for a video then decide how you feel..... http://www.corpun.com/vidju.htm The 32-year-old will receive six lashes at a woman's prison next week in what is being viewed as an example of the growing influence of Islamic hardliners on the country. The mother-of-two who lives in Singapore with her husband, paid a fine of £860, but declined to lodge an appeal so she could get the punishment over with and put the episode ... International News Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:24:38 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/caning-in-malaysia-t379.htm#2558 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/caning-in-malaysia-t379.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/court-convicts-suu-kyi-t359.htm Admin Burma pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another 18 months of house arrest by a Burmese court on Tuesday. The special court set up at Rangoon's notorious Insein Prison was originally scheduled to deliver its verdict on July 31 but postponed the decision until Tuesday, citing legal problems. She was initially sentenced to three years injail with hard labour, but the sentrence was commuted to another 18 months under house arrest. The case stemmed from a May 3 incident ... International News Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:07:52 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/court-convicts-suu-kyi-t359.htm#2425 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/court-convicts-suu-kyi-t359.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/dead-baby-boy-wakes-at-wake-t350.htm Admin A premature baby declared dead by doctors was found to be ALIVE at his own funeral wake. The tiny tot, born 16 weeks early, was placed in a cardboard box and handed over to his devastated parents, after hospital staff said he had passed away. Dad Jose Alvarenga was saying goodbye to the little boy with family members when one held the baby and he began to cry. Liliana Alvarenga said: "I opened the box and took the baby out and he cried. I got scared and I said 'the baby's crying' and ... International News Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:55:39 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/dead-baby-boy-wakes-at-wake-t350.htm#2379 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/dead-baby-boy-wakes-at-wake-t350.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/tsunami-watch-issued-for-five-countries-canceled-t351.htm Admin A tsunami watch issued for five nations after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean was canceled about two hours later. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had issued the watch for India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Bangladesh after the quake, which struck at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday (3:55 p.m. Monday ET). Its epicenter was about 163 miles (262 km) north of Port Blair in India's Andaman Islands, and 225 miles south-southwest of Pathein, Myanmar, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The ... International News Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:53:18 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/tsunami-watch-issued-for-five-countries-canceled-t351.htm#2384 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/tsunami-watch-issued-for-five-countries-canceled-t351.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/malaysians-told-to-stop-masterbating-t344.htm Admin Thai authorities are urging calm after the first case of pandemic A(H1N1) found resistant to the front-line antiviral drug Tamiflu was found in a patient at Ramathibodi Hospital. The discovery was made in a batch of 50 confirmed pandemic A(H1N1) samples being tested by the hospital laboratory. The two cases will be discussed at a meeting of virologists and health authorities tomorrow, which will also review the national strategy for combatting the spread of the virus and the planned stockpiling ... International News Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:24:53 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/malaysians-told-to-stop-masterbating-t344.htm#2349 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/malaysians-told-to-stop-masterbating-t344.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/ronnie-biggs-t307.htm Admin For the Brits out there .... Ronnie Biggs may not last the week after being rushed to hospital with pneumonia, his son said yesterday. The Great Train Robber, 79, was drifting in and out of consciousness and cannot eat, speak or walk. He was taken to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital from Norwich Prison last night. Son Michael, 34, said: "He's supposed to have a parole appeal hearing on Friday - that's if he makes it until then. I've never seen him this weak. The doctors said there's ... International News Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:21:40 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/ronnie-biggs-t307.htm#1870 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/ronnie-biggs-t307.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/jakarta-bombings-t259.htm Admin The bomb blasts which shattered Jakarta’s Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott Hotels this morning, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens more, have sent the topic of terrorism rocketing to the top of the agenda at the 42nd Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting which got underway in Phuket today. Asean Secretary General Dr Surin Pitsuwan said officials and delegates were confident the tight security measures in place in Phuket, especially around the host venue Laguna Phuket resort, would ... International News Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:30:16 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/jakarta-bombings-t259.htm#1230 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/jakarta-bombings-t259.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/teacher-accused-of-attempted-murder-t220.htm Admin A teacher was last night charged with the attempted murder of one of his pupils. Science master Peter Harvey, 49, is accused of trying to kill Jack Waterhouse, 14. He will appear before magistrates this morning. Police said Jack was hit around the head with a 2kg weight used in lab experiments. It happened on Wednesday during a physics lesson at All Saints Roman Catholic School in Mansfield, Notts, England. It is alleged Harvey — recently back at work after a stroke caused ... International News Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:55:41 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/teacher-accused-of-attempted-murder-t220.htm#972 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/teacher-accused-of-attempted-murder-t220.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/h1n1-pandemic-now-unstoppable-t231.htm Admin The swine flu pandemic has grown "unstoppable'' and all nations will need access to vaccines, a WHO official said Monday, as seven new deaths were reported and a study raised fresh concerns. Britain, Thailand and the Philippines all reported deaths on Monday, while Saudi Arabia shut an international school after 20 students were diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus. As the death toll increased, the World Health Organisation official said a swine flu vaccine should be available as early ... International News Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:42:55 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/h1n1-pandemic-now-unstoppable-t231.htm#1015 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/h1n1-pandemic-now-unstoppable-t231.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/warning-for-the-gbp-t207.htm Admin Harvard professor Niall Ferguson sees the handwriting on the wall with Britain’s currency, and he doesn’t like what he sees. “The probability of a real sterling crisis is around one in three, and the probability of major tax hikes and cuts in public spending is roughly one in one,” the British financial historian told Bloomberg Markets. The deterioration of the U.K.’s public finances already has prompted Standard & Poor’s to warn on May 21 that the country could lose its ... International News Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:20:56 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/warning-for-the-gbp-t207.htm#917 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/warning-for-the-gbp-t207.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/woman-killed-by-a-zebra-t11.htm Admin A British woman died after being hit by a ZEBRA while on safari with her husband, an inquest heard yesterday. Eileen Whale, 77, was viewing wildlife when she was knocked down by the animal. Doctors in Kenya, East Africa, treated Eileen and she was able to fly home. But the pensioner from Ipswich, Suffolk, died of pancreatitis within weeks. Medics believe the attack could have played a big part in the tragedy. A full inquest into Eileen's death in February was due to be ... International News Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:59:47 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/woman-killed-by-a-zebra-t11.htm#19 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/woman-killed-by-a-zebra-t11.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/yemen-airliner-comes-down-in-the-comoros-t170.htm Admin A Yemeni plane which crashed into the Indian Ocean was banned from France because of "irregularities", the French transport minister has said. Dominique Bussereau told parliament of ongoing concerns about the safety record of the Yemenia Airbus 310. The plane was heading from Yemen to the Comoros islands, but many on board began their journey in France. Rescuers have pulled a child from the ocean, the only known survivor from the 153 people on board. One of the rescuers ... International News Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:25:58 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/yemen-airliner-comes-down-in-the-comoros-t170.htm#586 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/yemen-airliner-comes-down-in-the-comoros-t170.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/burma-north-korea-in-an-unholy-military-alliance-t166.htm Admin Burma's burning ambition to acquire modern missile technology and to upgrade its conventional weapons is no longer a secret and, if left unchecked, could pose a destabilising threat to regional stability. Thailand, its most prominent historical enemy, should be concerned - its military leaders would not like to see a Burma in possession of missiles that could easily lead to a tit-for-tat arms race. Also, of course, there's the generals' chronic fear of the West, heightened last year when foreign ... International News Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:17:56 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/burma-north-korea-in-an-unholy-military-alliance-t166.htm#568 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/burma-north-korea-in-an-unholy-military-alliance-t166.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/first-image-of-a-memory-being-made-with-pictures-t124.htm HuaNgu By Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 26 June 2009 09:52 am ET For the first time, an image of a memory being made at the cellular level has been captured by scientists. The image shows that proteins are created at connections between brain cells when a long-term memory is formed. Neuroscientists had suspected as much, but hadn't been able to see it happening until now. The experiment also revealed some surprising aspects of memory formation, which remains a ... International News Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:36:27 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/first-image-of-a-memory-being-made-with-pictures-t124.htm#347 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/first-image-of-a-memory-being-made-with-pictures-t124.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/bernie-madoff-gets-150-years-in-jail-t155.htm The Teabagger http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/06/madoff_is_sente.html I think that's a proper sendoff for him. Though it's hard for me to feel that bad about all of those multimillionaires that he ripped off. On CNBC, I heard a Madoff victim say something like, "yeah I guess we'll have to sell 2 of our houses to get by." I mean, it sucks that Mr. Charming Madoff suckered them out of all of their money, but they were all really rich in the first place...so why the hell did ... International News Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:46:28 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/bernie-madoff-gets-150-years-in-jail-t155.htm#485 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/bernie-madoff-gets-150-years-in-jail-t155.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/farrah-fawcett-dies-of-cancer-t113.htm Admin
]]> International News Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:55:32 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/farrah-fawcett-dies-of-cancer-t113.htm#306 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/farrah-fawcett-dies-of-cancer-t113.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/pop-legend-michael-jackson-dead-at-50-t108.htm james634 AP Music icon Michael Jackson, whose fame spanned from his childhood with the legendary Jackson 5 to a superstar solo career that earned him the nickname 'King of Pop,' died Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital, a source close to the family told FOX News. He was 50. Debra Opri, a former Jackson family attorney, confirmed the singers death after other media reported that he had fallen into a coma. He reportedly was taken by ambulance at 12:30 p.m. local ... International News Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:39:49 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/pop-legend-michael-jackson-dead-at-50-t108.htm#277 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/pop-legend-michael-jackson-dead-at-50-t108.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/2-englishmen-die-in-cambodia-t28.htm Admin Two Southampton men died in a Cambodian hotel room after snorting a lethal form of heroin known as "China White" thinking it was cocaine, an inquest heard today. Mark Ganley, 33, and David Hunt, 36, were found dead in their beds wearing only towels in the Royal Highness Hotel, Phnom Penh, on February 17 this year. A plastic bag with 0.13g of white powder heroin and a 2,000 reil note wrapped into a tube were found beside them, with a bottle of Tiger beer and some cigarettes. A Cambodian ... International News Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:02:18 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/2-englishmen-die-in-cambodia-t28.htm#46 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/2-englishmen-die-in-cambodia-t28.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/north-korea-dispute-nears-our-neighbourhood-t56.htm Admin A North Korean ship that a US Navy destroyer is tracking off China as part of efforts to enforce UN sanctions is suspected of carrying missiles or related parts, a news report said on Sunday. South Korea's YTN television news channel, citing an unnamed intelligence source, said the ship was heading for Burma via Singapore. The 2,000-tonne Kang Nam 1 left the North Korean western port of Nampo on June 17, with Burma set as its final destination, YTN said. "The United States suspects that ... International News Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:44:22 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/north-korea-dispute-nears-our-neighbourhood-t56.htm#92 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/north-korea-dispute-nears-our-neighbourhood-t56.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/un-backs-drug-decriminalization-in-world-drug-report-t105.htm HuaNgu In an about face, the United Nations on Wednesday lavishly praised drug decriminalization in its annual report on the state of global drug policy. In previous years, the UN drug czar had expressed skepticism about Portugal's decriminalization, which removed criminal penalties in 2001 for personal drug possession and emphasized treatment over incarceration. The UN had suggested the policy was in violation of international drug treaties and would encourage "drug tourism." But ... International News Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:24:26 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/un-backs-drug-decriminalization-in-world-drug-report-t105.htm#265 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/un-backs-drug-decriminalization-in-world-drug-report-t105.htm http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/pilot-dies-in-mid-air-t33.htm Admin An airline pilot died in mid-flight yesterday - but his jet landed safely. Two co-pilots took control after Fred Lenell, 60, collapsed in the cockpit. Dr Julien Struyzen, who was among the 247 passengers, was summoned but found that he was already dead. Captain Lenell's devastated wife Lynda said: "The co-pilots thought he was sleeping, that he had nodded off, and he couldn't wake him." Passengers were unaware of the situation during Continental Airlines' Flight 61 from ... International News Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:49:03 GMT http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/pilot-dies-in-mid-air-t33.htm#56 http://www.nakhonsrithammarat.com/international-news-f3/pilot-dies-in-mid-air-t33.htm