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...taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement and charged with producing child pornography. Interpol depicted him as an aging deviant who entertained children by dressing up as Santa Claus and painting their faces at parties. According to prosecutors, Corliss, 58, described his sexual encounters with three prepubescent Thai boys as a "euphoric" experience. He is being held without bond and scheduled for a hearing on Monday. He could face 20 years in prison if convicted on the charges...
...only the second time such an international public appeal has been made. In the fall of 2007, Interpol published images in media outlets worldwide that drew tips leading Thai police to arrest a man named Christopher Paul Neil, whom they accused of sexual abuse and who went on trial earlier this year. The lightning effectiveness of the tactic raises the question: why not do it more often...
...announced it would welcome foreign aid. Three days after the storm, a trickle of donated food started reaching victims near Rangoon, although scores of other aid workers were still grounded in neighboring Thailand as the Burmese embassy considered processing their visas. Meanwhile, U.S. navy ships were idling in nearby Thai waters, seeking permission to enter Burmese waters and help with the relief effort. On May 6, U.S. President George W. Bush pledged $3.25 million in emergency aid to a country normally cut off from American largesse because of sanctions motivated by the Burmese regime's appalling human-rights record...
...They hate each other. Right or not, I cannot [say.] If world [leaders] want me to talk to the Burmese and ask them to release Aung San Suu Kyi, I will do it. But as Prime Minister of Thailand, I cannot mention that [I want her released.] Because the [Thai] Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said one, two, three four, which I must do. But I believe the military is ready to release her. It's so easy, it doesn't harm anything. No torture, just [the condition] that she must be out of politics...
...Thai democracy returned to a state of normalcy? The coup was a waste of 17 months. [Before] we were on the frontline of ASEAN. After a year and a half [of military rule], we dropped back. When they staged the coup, the United States [and other countries] turned their back to us. Now that we have an elected government, they have all turned [toward] us, and we feel we have come back to normal...