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...Group properties between now and Sept. 30, and 10% of that room's revenue will be donated to a nominated charity. Beginning last year as an initiative at Houston's Hotel Derek, the Giving Room idea has now spread to hotels like the Landmark Bangkok (in aid of the Thai Red Cross), the Hotel Majestic in Barcelona (for Oxfam), and Ireland's Dromoland Castle (in support of the Barnardo's children's charity). For the full list, go to phggiftts.com...
...Supporters of Siriporn's beaten Japanese opponent, Ayaka Miyano, have complained that the Thai fighter profited from a home-ring advantage. Certainly, the crowd assembled at the Klong Prem Prison, affectionately known as the "Bangkok Hilton," was on Siriporn's side. Between rounds, transvestite inmates performed a saucy fashion show, while a prison band serenaded the audience with Thai folk songs. But the claim of home-crowd advantage will soon be tested when the Black Rose, now a free woman, defends her title against the winner of an upcoming matchup between a Mexican and a German...
...Siriporn is not the first Thai to box her way out of jail. Two years ago, fellow inmate Wannee Chaisena faced another Japanese, Nanako Kikuchi, in the 2005 world straw-weight title bout. Like Siriporn, Wannee was in prison for dealing methamphetamine, or "crazy drug" as it's known in Thai. Unlike Siriporn, Wannee suffered a technical knockout. But the beaten fighter still managed an early exit from prison the following year, when Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej pardoned her, along with three other female prison pugilists...
...coincidence that Thai women's prisons are producing such a steady stream of boxing contenders - both Siriporn and Wannee are products of a prison boxing camp started by correction officials hoping to provide women prisoners with a steady source of income after their release. For a country of 65 million, Thailand has a relatively high incarceration rate, with roughly 250,000 people behind bars. Most are locked up on drug convictions. The use of methamphetamine is a particularly pernicious problem among poor, urban Thais, in part because cheap pills flood over the border from Burma, one of the world...
...Thailand's ruling military junta has promised fresh elections by the end of this year. But TRT, a party that made history by capturing the biggest-ever mandate in a Thai election, will not appear on the ballot. Although lower-level TRT figures are free to form a new party, TRT's leadership coterie appears to have been sidelined from politics by the five-year ban. Even before Wednesday's ruling, Thaksin, from his overseas exile, had vowed to quit politics. Many Thais, however, believed he might attempt a political comeback. Last month, the former Prime Minister was awarded...