Thai PM returns bearing gifts, huge seizure of 'ice' : Tim Newton Today - Sep 25

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Thailand News - The Thai prime minister has returned from the US visit with a promised US$5 billion in investment deals, the funeral of five of the children killed by their father in a story that has horrified Thais, the Thai government presses on with its multi-billion baht Land Bridge project, China Mai expecting an influx of Chinese tourists in the wake of the new visa-waiver program for Chinese and Kazakh visitors. Huge haul of crystal methamphetamine in Thailand's north, and a bad way to sneak into Thailand without a visa.

 

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