With just three days before the planned major anti-government rally in Bangkok, security has been tightened as tension rises over the city, but analysts say that no side would win the fighting, neither the government nor the pro- Thaksin movement.

HITTING THE PADS: Blind boxer Sujet Salee, 29, left, practises with his trainer.

Yet another set of delays has hit the launch of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport Express Rail Link.

Politics and tourism make strange bedfellows at best but the launch of Southeastasia.org has created controversy by tourism officials in Myanmar.

The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to invoke the Internal Security Act from March 11-23 to cope with the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship's mass protest rally, as recommended by the security monitoring committee, acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said.

Phuket, just off the west coast of Thailand, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.

Sandbars protrude here and there as the Mekong River courses past Thailand. To the naked eye, it's the driest season in decades, villagers say.

One of the best ways to see Bangkok, Thailand is by river boat. Taking a river boat on the Chao Praya River, which runs the length of Bangkok, is wonderful as you avoid Bangkok's terrible traffic and get the river breezes, making the world's hottest city more bearable.

Just because Bangkok, Thailand is a mega-city, it doesn't mean it doesn't have snakes.

If you have a sick pet in Bangkok but don't speak Thai, where can you find an English-speaking vet? There are quite a lot of vets in Bangkok, but not many of them have staff that speaks English.

One of the most popular animal attractions in Bangkok, Thailand is Dusit Zoo. First opened by King Chulalongkorn, it was donated by the King of Thailand to Bangkok in 1938, so you can see how long it has been open.

A handheld scanner that claims to detect bombs at a distance of 700 meters but has been described by British scientists as a scam continues to stir political controversy in Thailand.

The British-made GT200 scanner has been used for years by Thai troops battling a Muslim-led southern insurgency to check for explosives and locate bombs. But in a recent Thai government test, the scanner failed to detect explosives hidden in 4 out of 5 containers.

The test follows weeks of pressure by domestic critics. A BBC investigation last month into several UK-made portable bomb detectors found no scientific basis for their stated use. In response, the British government banned the export of one such device, the ADE 651 made by ATSC, to security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Britain has warned foreign governments that similar detectors, including the GT200, are unreliable.

At least two people were injured in several blasts at ATM machines in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on Tuesday morning, police said.

KHON KAEN, Thailand, Mar 2, 2010 - As a former bureaucrat, Sakda Orphong cuts an unlikely figure as someone who is busy fomenting a grassroots protest movement to confront Thailand's current government.

Suspected Islamic militants shot dead a father and his young daughter in Thailand's troubled south, while a roadside bomb wounded five soldiers, police said on Wednesday.

Greg Lowe has come comments by Chula professor Thitinan, AKA the quotemeister. Key excerpt: "In the 60s and 70s military dictators had some assets taken away but that was for corruption and graft, basically [in retribution] for their taking state property and state money.

I was no fan at all of Thaksin when he was in office, but the subsequent actions of those who overthrew him almost make me sympathetic. Almost.

Master Sgt. Ray Sneed disembarks a C-17 Globemaster III at Udon Thani Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, on Feb.

A total of eight bomb attacks by suspected insurgents occurred Tuesday morning at various places in a southernmost province of Thailand, with bank branches being seemingly the main targets, the National News Bureau of Thailand reported.

Five small bombs planted by suspected insurgents exploded Tuesday outside banks and ATMs in Thailand's restive south, wounding two people, police said.

For many western parents, who find themselves staying in Bangkok, Thailand for a prolonged period of time, choosing a good and safe kindergarten, pre-school or nursery is important.