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Extradited banking fugitive back in Thailand

A fugitive former adviser to a Thai bank whose failure caused a crisis of confidence that helped spark the 1997 Asian financial meltdown was back in Bangkok on Saturday, facing prosecution after his extradition from Canada. Rakesh Saxena, 57, had ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, Taiwan News,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Thai Airways,  Adnan Khashoggi,  Martin Cauchon,  Abhisit Vejjajiva

Extradited banking fugitive arrives in Thailand

BANGKOK—A fugitive former adviser to a Thai bank whose failure caused a crisis of confidence that helped spark the 1997 Asian financial meltdown arrived Friday night in Bangkok after his extradition from Canada. Rakesh Saxena, 57, had staged one of the ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, Boston Globe,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: PBS,  Martin Cauchon

Thai billboard with Hitler causes diplomatic flap

BANGKOK—A highway billboard using a saluting Adolf Hitler to advertise a Thai wax museum has been covered up after complaints from the Israeli and German ambassadors, the museum's manager said Sunday. "The idea came from a creative (advertising) agency, ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, Boston Globe,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Adolf Hitler,  Leo Burnett

Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters rally

Thousands of Thai supporters of an ousted prime minister rallied again Saturday to demand a royal pardon for their fugitive leader, amid concerns about the king's health. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch at age 81, ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, Taiwan News,  17 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Bhumibol Adulyadej,  Thaksin Shinawatra

US pushes Thais to extradite suspected arms dealer

BANGKOK—A senior U.S. Justice Department official on Tuesday told Thai officials the extradition of suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout is "a matter of great importance to the United States." U.S. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden told reporters he was ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, Boston Globe,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Ogden,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Charles Taylor,  Muammar al-Qaddafi

Stateless boy gets Thai passport for origami event

A stateless boy who was born in Thailand to Myanmar migrants was granted a temporary passport so he can represent the kingdom at an origami competition in Japan with paper planes that can fly for 12 seconds at a time. Twelve-year-old Mong ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, eTaiwan News,  4 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Abhisit Vejjajiva

Grameen shows poorest of poor can be creditworthy

The global financial crisis has highlighted a curious success story: A bank that doles out loans to some of the world's poorest, least-creditworthy people continues to have a payback rate of nearly 100 percent. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, eTaiwan News,  30 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Muhammad Yunus

Myanmar frees Suu Kyi's American intruder

Myanmar freed an ailing American whom it had sentenced to seven years of hard labour and handed him to an influential U.S senator yesterday, a move that could help persuade Washington to soften its hard-line policy against the military regime. Senator ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, Globe and Mail,  17 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Aung San Suu Kyi,  Jim Webb,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate

Supporters seek pardon for fugitive former Thai PM

Thousands of supporters of fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra gathered Monday to seek a royal pardon for the deposed prime minister before a rare, closely watched march to Thailand's royal palace. After months of calm, Monday's march to ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, eTaiwan News,  17 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Abhisit Vejjajiva,  Thaksin Shinawatra,  Bhumibol Adulyadej

American gets medical tests after Myanmar jailing

BANGKOK—An ailing American who was spared a seven-year prison sentence in Myanmar underwent medical testing in Bangkok on Monday, a day after an influential U.S. senator secured his release from the military-ruled country. John Yettaw's family in the ...

From AMBIKA AHUJA, Boston Globe,  17 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Jim Webb,  Aung San Suu Kyi,  Than Shwe,  Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

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