bbc.co.uk Sandra Gregory, the Briton sentenced to death then later jailed in Thailand for drug smuggling, has been held at Bangkok airport after trying to enter the country, the BBC understands. The 44-year-old spent four-and-a-half years in the notorious ”Bangkok Hilton” for smuggling heroin before being transferred to a jail in Kent.
xinhua Two Chinese tourists died in a speed-boat-clash on Wednesday off Pattaya, while at least another 14 people on board were injured. The Chinese travel agency that organised the tour group identified the two men who drowned, and an injured tourist said the accident happened about 100 meters offshore when two single-engine speed boats, Ta-wat-chai-nam-chok and New Friend, collided.
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asiaone.com A controversial virtual-tour service by Google has arrived in Singapore and it has polarised Internet users on whether it infringes privacy. Street View is now accessible for free in more than 100 cities in the world. Singapore is the first country in South-east Asia to get the service. Privacy advocates complain that images featuring private gardens as well as people sun-tanning, leaving strip clubs or falling off their bikes are made available to all and sundry.
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