Pro-democracy Thais ignored a ban by the current military regime on political rallies to mark the Oct. 14, 1973, uprising against military dictators.
Thailand's capital, built on a swamp 250 years ago, is slowly sinking back into the primeval muck, at the rate of about two inches a year.
Police in Thailand say they are ready to hand over the case against two Uighur men from China who they say set off the bomb in the center of Bangkok that killed 20 people on Aug. 17.
In central Bangkok, a bomb explosion at a Hindu shrine killed at least 16 people and left dozens of people wounded, The Guardian reported.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM
