January 25th, 2007 by admin
Thailand builds reputation as international wine producer
by Nareerat Wiriyapong Wed Jan 24, 12:12 PM ET
In Thailand’s Chao Phraya river basin, workers in boats traverse small canals among lines of vines, tending to Malaga blanc and Pokdum grapes in the world’s only floating vineyard.
The grapes at this unique 25,000-acre (100 square-kilometre) vineyard in Samut Sakorn, 40 [...]
January 24th, 2007 by admin
Second H5N1 bird flu virus case confirmed in Thailand’s Northeast    Â
BANGKOK: — Laboratory tests have confirmed that the avian flu H5N1 virus was found in a poultry farm in Sri Chiangmai district of the northeastern province of Nong Khai where the suspicious deaths of more than 200 chickens were reported last week, according to a senior [...]
January 24th, 2007 by admin
Thailand
/This advice has been reviewed and reissued with amendments to Health section (Legionnaires disease). The overall level of the advice has not changed./
* *On 31 December 2006, eight bombs exploded in various locations in Bangkok, killing three people and injuring at least 36 others including six foreigners. As a result, the Thai authorities have strengthened [...]
January 20th, 2007 by admin
Aberdeen man dies in paragliding accident in Thailand
A retired electronics engineer from Aberdeen has died in a paragliding accident in Thailand.
Colin Rose, 53, had been on holiday visiting his son when he plunged to his death in north-east Thailand.
His son, David, had moved to Thailand three months ago from his home in the Seaton area [...]
January 20th, 2007 by admin
Japanese gangster arrested in Thailand for drug dealing
Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 07:20 EST
BANGKOK — A 38-year-old Japanese gangster has been arrested in central Thailand for alleged drug dealing, authorities said Friday. Lt Gen Suwat Tumrongsiskul, chief of the Thai Immigration Bureau, told a press conference that immigration police detained Minoru Nagashima on a Japanese [...]
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