Video: Bangkok is engulfed by fires and rioting as defeated Red Shirt protesters vent their anger at a military crackdown with a burning and looting spree... more
Heroin smuggler Samantha Orobator, back in the UK from Laos to serve her prison term, today lost her High Court challenge against her continued detention
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Salamander Energy, the London-based explorer which is drilling holes all over South-east Asia, is teaming with big Australian group Origin Energy to become a major player in the Thai power market... more
Pub landlord who drowned after being swept away by a swollen river during his honeymoon in Laos was 'smiling and waving' at his wife moments before... more
Anne Keothavong hopes her path from the parks of Hackney to Wimbledon’s show courts can inspire inner city youngsters to pursue their sporting dreams... more
There is no doubt that Ian Clement, the deputy mayor who quit yesterday over discrepancies in his expenses, had to go. Dishonesty is indefensible... more
A British woman accused of drug smuggling in Laos told authorities she became pregnant in prison to avoid the death penalty, a Lao government-run newspaper reported... more
Inmates at notorious Laos jail quizzed over relationship with pregnant British woman accused of drug smuggling as it emerges that fellow Brit could be the father... more
The trial of a British woman on drug trafficking charges in Laos was postponed after claims she was denied access to a human rights lawyer sent to prepare her defence... more
Britain's number one women's tennis player Anne Keothavong no longer has to share a room with
cockroaches now she's on the verge of elite top 50... more
On the side of a building near Euston station is an artwork of a giant electric fan. On a hot day your brain can be tricked into expecting a waft of cool air - a clever optical illusion... more
The London tennis player who will meet four-time champion Venus Williams on Wimbledon's Centre Court said today the match holds no fear for her... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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