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Army sex pics – if you don't know, keep mum | Bangkok Post: business
Bangkok Post
In a country such as Thailand where the military holds more power and carries more influence than deemed appropriate by supporters of Western-style democracies, should its commanders be schooled in the basics of common sense?

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Army sex pics – if you don't know, keep mum
Bangkok Post
In a country such as Thailand where the military holds more power and carries more influence than deemed appropriate by supporters of Western-style democracies, should its commanders be schooled in the basics of common sense?

Sex slave keeper's tragic history revealed
The Canberra Times
A devout Buddhist who kept a Thai woman as a slave in a Canberra brothel herself came to Australia to work in the sex industry and help her family pay their debts. The circumstances which drove Watcharaporn Nantahkhum into the sex industry were similar …
Brothel madam to find prison onerous, court heardABC Online

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Child sex trade – Kiwi to the Rescue
3News NZ
By Jerram Watts It's a burgeoning trade that's damaging children's bodies and ruining their lives, now a young Kiwi is heading to Thailand in a bid to stop child sex slavery. JD Koppel has left behind a small business and the comforts of home, …

Combating Hardship in Rural Thailand
PBS NewsHour
FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Mechai has long relied on good laughs to explain HIV and sex education in this conservative Southeast Asian nation. Born to physician parents, his mother from Scotland, his father from a prominent Thai family, Mechai was trained as …

What Pacquiao Did and Didn't Say
Wall Street Journal (blog)
When a writer from examiner.com appeared to suggest that Manny Pacquiao believes that gay people should be put to death as part of his comments disavowing same-sex marriage, it didn't get as much attention as if he'd given the quotes to, say, …

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Malaysians, Thais arrested in crystal meth bust
WTVC
BANGKOK (AP) — Police in southern Thailand have seized 26 kilograms (57 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine concealed in a pickup truck's headlights. They arrested six people and say the drugs were to be smuggled to Malaysia. Police Maj. Gen.

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Thai police seize tiger parts said to be for China
WTVC
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police say they have seized the carcasses of tigers and other big cats believed to have been destined for consumption in China. Police Lt. Col. Theerapat Tharithai says a Thai man and a Vietnamese man were arrested Wednesday in a …

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Thailand enraged over army sex video with autistic woman
Bikya Masr
BANGKOK: Thailand is in a frenzy over a video showing Thai army soldiers having sex with a woman. The anger grew this week after the government reported the woman was autistic. A number of women's rights activists and groups are demanding that the …

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Buddhist priest arrested on sex assault charge
ABC7Chicago.com
He was born in Thailand, but he is a US citizen and had been a Buddhist priest in the United States since 1995, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the Cook County Sheriff's office. In October 2011, Barbara Blaine from SNAP (Survivors …
Former Buddhist priest from Stickney arrested in Alaska on sex assault chargeChicago Tribune
Former Suburban Buddhist Priest Arrested For Alleged Sex AbuseCBS2 Chicago
Former Buddhist priest charged after fathering child with suburban teenChicago Sun-Times

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