Read more Thailand stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/904/thailand.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:49:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72599/web-addresses-will-gain-international-flavor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the biggest change ever to the system, Web domains will soon be available in the native scripts of Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, and other non-Latin-based languages. A proposal expected to be approved this week means “Internationalized Domain Names” could be up and running as soon as mid-2010. China and Thailand...http://www.newser.com/story/72599/web-addresses-will-gain-international-flavor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 17:12:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72143/aids-vaccine-data-overstated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe data from last month’s much-hyped Thai AIDS vaccine trial are actually statistically insignificant, according to a secondary analysis published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The original results from the trial, which included more than 16,000 people, concluded that the vaccine reduced infections by a statistically...http://www.newser.com/story/72143/aids-vaccine-data-overstated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 14:36:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71645/thai-man-kills-lover-decapitates-her-child.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man in Bangkok has confessed to murdering his lover and then shooting and dismembering her 5-year-old child, setting off a media frenzy in Thailand. The child's body parts were found in a deserted housing project, stuffed into four separate plastic bags. They were discovered by a garbage man on...http://www.newser.com/story/71645/thai-man-kills-lover-decapitates-her-child.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 4:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70166/vaccine-cuts-hiv-infection-rate-by-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new vaccine tested in Thailand has protected a significant minority of subjects against HIV infection—marking the first time a vaccine has shown even partial success against the virus that causes AIDS. The 16,000-volunteer study, undertaken by the US Army, the Thai health ministry, and two drug companies,...http://www.newser.com/story/70166/vaccine-cuts-hiv-infection-rate-by-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 7:00:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68001/thai-activist-gets-18-years-for-insulting-monarchy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA supporter of Thailand's exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was sentenced to 18 years in prison for insulting the monarchy in what free speech campaigners describe as a severe attack on political dissent, Reuters reports. The 46-year-old woman was arrested last year after a fiery speech denouncing the 2006...http://www.newser.com/story/68001/thai-activist-gets-18-years-for-insulting-monarchy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 5:41:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67675/invasion-of-the-buddhist-body-snatchers-hits-bangkok.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the chaotic traffic of Bangkok, the first to arrive on the scene of an accident is often not an ambulance but a Toyota pickup packed with volunteers in blue jumpsuits. These are the controversial workers of the Por Tek Tung Foundation, who haul the injured to hospitals and the...http://www.newser.com/story/67675/invasion-of-the-buddhist-body-snatchers-hits-bangkok.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 2:40:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67564/writer-wrestles-with-visit-to-long-necked-thai-tribe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost travel companies refuse to take tourists to Thailand’s Burmese Padaung tribe—whose women wear neck coils that artificially elongate their necks—arguing that the practice is exploitative. But Amit R. Paley, writing for the Washington Post , ultimately found a guide and wrestled down his conscience. "My ability to write...http://www.newser.com/story/67564/writer-wrestles-with-visit-to-long-necked-thai-tribe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 18:06:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66995/elephant-getting-prosthetic-leg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 48-year-old Thai elephant who stepped on a landmine 10 years ago got fitted for permanent artificial leg today, the AP reports. Motola, who's become a cause celebré for the plight of elephants worldwide, got measured for the new limb at an elephant hospital in Thailand. Until now she’s been...http://www.newser.com/story/66995/elephant-getting-prosthetic-leg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Aug 2009 11:29:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66046/pilot-killed-as-plane-skids-into-thai-control-tower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pilot was killed and at least ten passengers were injured when a plane skidded off the runway and crashed into an air traffic control tower on the Thai island of Koh Samui today, AP reports. The Bangkok Airways plane, flying from the resort of Krabi, slid off the runway...http://www.newser.com/story/66046/pilot-killed-as-plane-skids-into-thai-control-tower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 5:08:21 CDT