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TV grab from TPBS shows a Thai protester firing a gun on pro-government activists outside a disused air terminal in Bangkok. Anti-government protesters blockading the Thai premier’s temporary offices and Bangkok’s main airport have opened fire on rival activists, wounding at least five people.
Bangkok’s airport is now closed
Tourists urge to check with airport, police at [...]

PAD closes Suvarnabhumi
BANGKOK: — The Suvarnabhumi Airport has been ordered closed after PAD protesters seized key entrance and other areas.
The Airports of Thailand has decided to close the Suvarnabhumi airport after PAD protesters entered passenger terminals.
Now, there will not be out-bound flights. In-bound planes are being allowed to land for now, but can be diverted [...]

Government urged to cut VAT to stimulate economy
BANGKOK: — The government should reduce its value-added tax (VAT) to 4 per cent from the 7 per cent at present as part of measures to stimulate the country’s economy, according to a top financier.
Supavut Saichue, president of Phatra Securities Plc, said since the economy had expanded at [...]

8 injured in another bomb attack outside Government House
BANGKOK: — Eight protesters were injured, one severely, after two assailants launched a grenade at them at the Misakawan Intersection outside the Government House early Saturday.The attack was made at 2:10 am against a group of some 20 protesters who were standing and talking outside a gate [...]

Phuket second highest HIV infection rate in Thailand
PHUKET CITY: — Phuket now ranks second among Thailand’s 76 provinces in terms of HIV infection, with the large number of nightlife entertainment venues and the sex industry seen as the cause.
Dr Wiwat Sitomnoch of the Phuket Public Health Office reported that the incidence of HIV infection among [...]

Thailand’s fugitive former premier fights back
It’s been hard times for Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the man who dominated the country’s politics between 2001 to 2006 and continues to be the central character in the kingdom’s on-going political drama.
Even with his brother-in-law, Somchai Wongsawat, in place as prime minister and the current cabinet packed [...]