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) American dies of apparent generic Viagra overdose in bar girl romp
Bangkok - An American tourist died after taking a generic version of Viagra sexual potency tablets before having sex with a Thai bar girl, police said Monday. The tourist, Roald Kipu, 58, took three pills of Kamagra, a drug with the same formula as Viagra, before climbing into bed with a bar girl he had picked up Sunday evening in Thailand's resort city of Pattaya. He arrived at the seaside city, known for its booming sex trade, earlier that day.
The girl reported to the police at half an hour past midnight that Kipu had collapsed and stopped breathing during their tryst.
Police officers found nothing unusual in the dead man's room on the sixth floor of the New Star Apartment in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district, nor signs of violence on his body, according to the Nation Online website. More>> - (
) p0630 BC-Myanmar 12thLd-Writethru 09-28 1817 9/28/2007
Eds: CORRECTS word in "believe" in Brown quote. AP Video. AP Photo BK102, LON101, KL101, KL108, MLA103, XITS108, BK108, XITS111 AP Graphic MYANMAR TIMELINE YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Soldiers clubbed and dragged away activists while firing tear gas and warning shots to break up demonstrations Friday before they could grow, and the government cut Internet access, raising fears that a deadly crackdown was set to intensify. Troops also occupied Buddhist monasteries in a bid to clear the streets of Myanmar's revered monks, who have spearheaded the demonstrations. The government said 10 people have been killed since the violence began earlier this week, but British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he believed the loss of life in Myanmar was "far greater" than is being reported. Dissident groups have put the number as high as 200, although that number could not be verified. More>> - (
) Hotel tariff hike may hit Rajasthan tourism, say agents
Jaipur, Sep 25 : Rajasthan travel agents have expressed concern over the increase in hotel tariff, which they think would affect the arrival of tourists in the desert state.Some of the five and four-star hotels, especially in Jaipur, have announced hike in their tariff rates by 25-40 percent from October this year.An average room in a five star hotel in Jaipur after the increase would cost Rs. 14,000-28,000 per night. "The sharp increase in tariff would certainly impact the trade", says Navendu Goswami, a Jaipur-based inbound tour operator. "The city has become costlier in comparison to other neighbouring cities like Bangkok, Kula Lumpur etc., and if we really want to attract more tourists, we have to be more competitive", says Karan Singh, a travel agent, here.Some of the travel agents were more critical of the decision, saying that it may benefit the hotel industry in a short term, but in the long run it would hurt them badly."A reasonable increase of 5-10 percent is understandable, but not a steep hike of 30-35 percent. More>>
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) Suspected Canadian pedophile arrested in northeastern Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand - A Canadian schoolteacher suspected of sexually abusing boys was arrested in rural Thailand and charged on Friday after an international manhunt that relied on digitally unscrambled photos and tips from the public.Police found 32-year-old Christopher Paul Neil after tracing the phone call of a Thai acquaintance who then led them to the suspect, officials said at a news conference in Bangkok where Neil also was present.
"I think he knew we were coming," said police Col. Paisal Luesomboon, who was in the five-man team that made the arrest in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. "He knew that there was an arrest warrant issued and that his face was posted everywhere."
Driven to Bangkok, about 130 miles away, Neil was in handcuffs and had a blue shirt draped over his head as officers led him into national police headquarters. More>>