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Thailand bans Grand Theft Auto IV
Imprint TALK | 6 hours ago by sada ueki
Thai Video game distributor halted sales of “Grand Theft Auto” on Monday after a teenager confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the controversial game. The 18-year-old high school student c read more
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Daily Yummy Male Models | 12 hours ago by Herman
Name: Mario Maurer (Nuttavut Maurer)Date of birth: December 4 1988Country: ThailandProfession: Actor, singerEthnicity: German, Thai, Chinese Famous for acting in the movie, Love of Siam, he's got to be one of the most cutest guy out there! I'd take h read more
Thailand's 10 Violent Games to Avoid List Stolen From Detroit
GamePolitics | 12 hours ago
The situation in Thailand involving a cabbie murder with an alleged GTA connection grows increasingly bizarre...Yesterday we mentioned a Cnet Asia report that the Thai Ministry of Health (left) had issued a list of read more
Fight Night - Muay Thai Boxing
GoBackpacking 'Round the World | 16 hours ago
Steve had trained in Thailand’s national sport, Muay Thai, for three years back in England so he was excited to see his first match, and myself, Chrissy, and Diana joined him for a night out on Koh Phangan. The ride there was about 30 minutes, read more
Patani- The forgotten suffering (Draft 1)
Bilalsblog | August 6th 2008 by Bilal
26 July 2008- The former Malay kingdom of Patani is composed of what are now the three Thai provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. They are home to 1.8 million Muslims or 80 percent of the populace. The most that people from other countries know read more
knife to the head
blog dot luke dot org | August 6th 2008 by luke
thai newspapers will print just about anything to get people’s attention. they particularly love photos of dead bodies, or when the police force a shoplifter to reenact his crime for the camera (causes the criminal and his family to loose face read more
Thai Tech Blogger Scoffs at Claims of GTA Involvement in Cabbie K…
GamePolitics | August 6th 2008
Jesada Chandraprasert (left), who pens the Technology Thailand blog for Cnet Asia, wasted no time in disputing media reports that the murder of a Bangkok cab driver was prompted by his alleged killer's play of Grand Theft Auto:the gist of t read more
¿Grand theft auto, inspirador de homicidios?
Peru es Babel | August 6th 2008 by Kalki
En Tailandia han retirado el video juego Grand Theft Auto porque inspiró le homicidio de un taxista a manos de un joven que querìa comprar un ejemplar. Yo creo que si estàs enfermo igual vas a matar a alguien así estés viendo Plaza Sesamo o a lo read more
After Thai Murder, Filipino Blogger Fears Pirated Copies of GTA W…
GamePolitics | August 6th 2008
Media accounts of Saturday's murder of a Bangkok cab driver have caught the attention of a Filipino blogger who fears GTA-inspired violence.Perhaps more interesting,however, is a brief glimpse into the Filipino game piracy scene offered by the P read more
The Bungalow Bounce
GoBackpacking | August 6th 2008
Paradise does have it’s challenges, such as finding/keeping a bungalow you’re satisfied with for more than 2 nights. Night 1 - Shared bungalow with Steve in middle of beach Night 2 - We got our own bungalows at the resort with The Beach C read more
James Kinch, the alleged British go-between with the Dutch crime…
Arrests Worldwide | August 6th 2008 by Bleeding Deacon
Standen, 51, has been charged with conspiring with Blacktown food wholesaler Bakhos "Bill" Jalalaty, 45, and Briton James Kinch, 49.Kinch, the alleged British go-between with the Dutch crime gang, was arrested in Thailand last June and is fighting ex read more
Best of ASEAN Performing Arts II
MenSAb's Perspectives | August 6th 2008 by Menandro S. Abanes
If 08/08/08 means anything for us, it may as well be our lucky day. Indeed, Thai beauty and grace will be upon us on that day. Featuring Thai traditional dances and puppetry shows, the Best of ASEAN Performing Arts II, aptly titled “Tapestry of read more
Ta Moen temple becomes source of new Thai-Cambodia conflict
The Southeast Asian Archaeology newsblog (SEAArch) | August 5th 2008 by Noel
While I was away at the field over the weekend, another border temple became a source of conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. Despite the sudden media interest, this particular dispute is not new, as Andy Brouwer explains, and has been brewing for read more
V2O Bar Pattaya
Thailand Land of Smiles | August 5th 2008 by tim
There’s a great little upstairs bar just off Walking Street in Pattaya called the V2O bar. It’s a small bar with a nice relaxing atmosphere. Open air with comfortable seating and a DJ that plays the current hits. But that’s not it&# read more
TVXQ, SNSD, Fahrenheit & Rivermaya for 2008 Asia Song Festival
ihyagi.com :: Tales of a Dreamer | August 5th 2008 by Chris
The 2008 Asia Song Festival will be held on October 3-5, 2008 in Seoul World Cup Stadium, South Korea. The event is filled with big and popular Asian stars from Korea, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and more. Here are some a read more
The historic city of Ayutthaya
The Southeast Asian Archaeology newsblog (SEAArch) | August 5th 2008 by Noel
The Economic Times and Malaysia Star both recently ran features on one of Thailand’s World Heritage Sites, Ayutthaya. photo credit: Sofia Brightsea Ayutthaya, Thailand’s historic city Economic Times, 31 July 2008 Awesome Ayutthaya The read more
Why you will end up killing a Taxi Driver sooner or later.
Ostralia . com | August 5th 2008 by Ostralia
It is difficult to find the difference between people that are easy to influence and pure and natural born Stupid human beings. The story today goes about the banning In Thailand of : GTA, Grand Theft Auto game, after a teenager took a Taxi and in th read more
Mer om Tony Jaa och Ong Bak 2
Ambivalent Future - A Japanese Cinema Blog | August 5th 2008 by Executive Koala
Twitchfilm.net har en uppföljning på vad som händer med Tony Jaa och inspelningen av Ong Bak 2. Om man bortser från rykten om svart magi i djungelgrottor och det senaste om att Jaa blivit kidnappad så verkar det som att Jaa återvänt till produ read more
GTA IV: Verkauf in Thailand verboten
Pierre Markuse | August 5th 2008 by Pierre Markuse
GTA IV als Vorbild Der Verkauf von Grand Theft Auto IV wurde in Thailand nach dem Mord an einem Taxifahrer verboten. Ein 18-jähriger hatte einen Taxifahrer erstochen um dessen Taxi zu stehlen und gab nach seiner Festnahmen an, dass GTA ihn zu dieser read more
Gawker Goes Clueless on GTA Cabbie Murder
GamePolitics | August 5th 2008
The Gawker Media Network has gaming super-blog Kotaku in its stable, presumably to handle the video game coverage chores.And, judging from this poorly-reasoned post by blogger Hamilton Nolan, it's clear that Gawker itself ought to stick to read more
Thai Site Offers Local Perspective on GTA Cabbie Murder
GamePolitics | August 5th 2008
Frustrated by sketchy and somewhat conflicting English language news accounts of Bangkok's GTA Cabbie murder, GP went looking for local Thai sources and found Asian Sweetheart. The site is mostly pictures of "gorgeous Thai ladies," read more
Beijing Welcome YOU
Affiliate Marketing Blog | August 5th 2008 by Ann Liu
As the Beijing Olympics gets closer, a century-old dream of the Chinese people is set to become true. All Chinese people across the world are becoming most excited and proud than ever. It is also a... read more
Underwater Creatures at Siam Ocean World - Daily Travel Photo
The Flying Critic | August 5th 2008 by The Flying Critic
Siam Ocean World is an aquarium located in the Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok. read more
Thailand Bans GTA in Wake of Cabbie Killing
GamePolitics | August 5th 2008
AFP reports that Thai government officials have now banned the Grand Theft Auto series following the recent arrest of 19-year-old GTA player Polwat Chinno on murder charges."The police are empowered to immediately arrest shopkeepers if they find read more
New Details on Bangkok GTA Case; Thai Press Blames "Games of Subv…
GamePolitics | August 5th 2008
A few more details have emerged on the alleged killing of a Bangkok cab driver by 19-year-old Polwat Chinno (left), said by Thai authorities to be "obsessed" with Grand Theft Auto.The Bangkok Post reports:The Family Network y read more
Paradise Defined
GoBackpacking 'Round the World | August 5th 2008
It was on Thong Nai Pan Noi that I concluded my personal paradises are qualified by one shared characteristic: they are island beaches, specifically tropical islands (sorry Ireland). To qualify, there must be time spent amidst a blue sky with wispy read more
Between displacement and need for power, tribals get it right
Sinlung Nation | August 5th 2008
By JB LAMA Be it in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur or Meghalaya, tribals seem to have got their act together in denouncing their respective governments for agreeing to construct mega hydro-electric projects. Recently, in deference to public senti read more
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