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 Supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as Red Shirts, held coffin-burning and cursing ceremonies at exactly 12.12 pm on Friday, as an opening for their mass demonstrations at the weekend. |  A senior police officer nearing retirement after serving more than 20 years in the violence-affected areas in the southern Thai provinces, and being for 40 years in total in service, was killed on Friday in an ambush by suspected Muslim militants. |
 Suspected Muslim insurgents on Thursday shot dead three Thai telephone repairmen and a 61-year-old salesman in two incidents in the southern Thai province of Pattani. |  Since Thursday midnight, the internal security law has been enforced and military, police and civilian forces are deployed at security checkpoints have been set up around the Thai capital, ahead of the upcoming anti-government mass demonstrations this weekend. |
 Documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) shows more than two dozen complaints were filed with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) by travelers over the use of full body scanners at U.S. airports during the past year or so. An article on FastCompany.com contemplates whether travelers should worry about full body security scans at airports or is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) what they should be more concerned about? |  Visitors in Bangkok should prepare for more traffic than usual and avoid sites near anti-government protests this weekend, Thai government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said Wednesday. |
 The Tourism Authority of Thailand will assign its crisis management centre to operate as a national tourist assistance centre to help travelers during this weekend's anti-government mass demonstrations in Bangkok. |  Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has ordered his cabinet to be alert, in case the emergency rule needs to be declared following the enforcement of the Internal Security Act (ISA) tomorrow. |
 Somali pirates released a Thai fishing vessel, they had held for more than four months, after a ransom of $3 million (97.9 million baht) was paid. |  A new test explosion shows the bomb that a Nigerian passenger hid in his underpants in order to bring down a U.S. Christmas Day Detroit flight, would have still let the plane land safely, even if it had exploded successfully. |
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