Friday - 3 September 2010

Archive for July 28th, 2009


Page 1 of 41234»


Pregnant Briton ‘to leave Laos’

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
A pregnant Briton jailed for smuggling heroin in Laos could be returned to the UK to serve her life sentence under an agreement signed by the two countries.Samantha Orobator, 20, from south London, wa...

Source | Discuss this article

Pregnant inmate set for UK return

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Official: "Memorandum of understanding" speeds up prisoners return Samantha Orobator and John Watson could be home within weeks Orobator, 20, was jailed last August, charged with carrying he...

Source | Discuss this article

newborn infected in utero by swine flu

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The baby has been infected by the mother during pregnancy. Thailand is the Asian country hardest hit by the pandemic with almost 7 thousand infections and 44 deaths. Also, first victims in Saudi Arabi...

Source | Discuss this article

Ala. student vanishes during trip to Thailand

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Authorities say they have found a body in Grand Canyon National Park and believe it's that of a Northern Arizona University student missing on a hiking trip. Search and rescue crews have been looking...

Source | Discuss this article

Britain, Laos sign transfer of pregnant drug trafficker

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
An agreement signed in Laos yesterday will allow a pregnant British heroin trafficker to be sent home to serve her life sentence, British and Laotian officials said.The two sides signed a memorandum o...

Source | Discuss this article

Rights groups protest against Cambodia ‘AIDS colony’

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
AIDS campaigners and rights groups protested yesterday at Cambodia's shunting of sufferers of the virus into an insanitary "AIDS colony" outside the capital.Over 100 international and domestic pressur...

Source | Discuss this article

Pregnant drug smuggler to leave Laos

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Samantha Orobator at the court in Laos after her penalty for smuggling heroin was reduced from execution to life in jail. Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP A Briton convicted of smuggling drugs who faced...

Source | Discuss this article

Up to 200 children killed at Khmer Rouge prison

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia has heard how up to 200 children were among the thousands of prisoners processed and killed at the Khmer Rouge's most infamous detention centre. Sous Th...

Source | Discuss this article

Pregnant Briton to serve jail term at home under Laos deal

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A pregnant British drug smuggler jailed for life by a court in Laos will be allowed to serve her sentence in Britain, a Lao government official said on Tuesday. Samantha Orobator, ...

Source | Discuss this article

Thailand to apply for UNSC’s non-permanent member for 2017-2018 term

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Thailand's weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday agreed the country would apply to sit on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent member for the 2017-2018 term, deputy government spo...

Source | Discuss this article



Page 1 of 41234»