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A Thai citizen was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison on charges of insulting the king and his family by posting edited photos of the monarchy on the Internet, a court said.
Thai police arrested the webmaster of a popular online newspaper Friday after a reader posted a comment considered offensive to the monarchy. Just hours earlier, the prime minister said he would review the law designed to protect the royal family from criticism.
An Australian author who was jailed in Thailand for defaming the country's monarchy in a novel that sold just seven copies returned home Saturday, after he was granted a royal pardon.
A prominent academic facing 15 years in prison for allegedly insulting Thailand's monarchy fled to England, saying Monday he does not believe he will receive a fair trial.
A few lines in a novel that sold just seven copies have earned an Australian writer three years in a Thai prison.
Police charged a prominent Thai political commentator Tuesday with insulting Thailand's revered king in a 2007 book — a day after an Australian writer was jailed for three years for a similar offense.
One of Thailand's most prominent intellectuals has been arrested on a charge of insulting the country's monarchy, an offense that could send the 75-year-old to prison for 15 years, his lawyer said Friday.
It was a surprising sight in a land grown accustomed to surprises: the king at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz, driving himself and his queen through the crowded streets of Katmandu.
Nepal's parliament voted Friday in favor of abolishing the centuries-old monarchy and turning this Himalayan nation into a republic.
The world's last Hindu monarchy is to be swept aside under an agreement between Nepal's former communist rebels and its major political parties that sets the stage for the country once idealized as a Himalayan Shangri La to become a republic.
It's about bloody time: Canadian support for monarchy drops dramaticallyFinally. Some great news. It's been pretty hard being a Canadian of late. Not only do we have a right-wing buffoon for a prime minister, but the progressive majority here has been left with no attractive, electable alternative.
DAWN.COM | World | Thirty years on, Mecca mosque siege reverberatesRIYADH: Thirty years ago, as tens of thousands of hajj pilgrims were completing dawn prayers inside Mecca, gunshots pierced the sanctity of the Grand Mosque.
Albania seeks to repatriate bones of exiled kingAlbania's prime minister says the country wants to repatriate the remains of late King Ahmet Zog from France.
How EU bureaucrats are destroying public lifeFor the EU oligarchy, elections to the European Parliament are an administrative inconvenience that they simply have to put up with. Held every five years, these caricatures of democratic decision-making expose the contempt in which the European public holds the rulers of the EU.
On 19th May, all the Bretons in the world will celebrate "Gouel Erwan" (or St-Yew's day, i.e.
Britain names first female Poet Laureate -- she is also the first Scot to be appointed to the 341 year old positionCarol Ann Duffy has been named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post. Duffy, 53, who takes over immediately from Andrew Motion and will serve 10 years in the position, says she will give the £5,750 annual payment away.
How Prince Charles helped Spanish tile empire build a chain of 28 superstores in UK 
Royal succession: Tories back end of discrimination"It does not make sense in the 21st century to say that men have priority over women when it comes to inheriting the throne. It does not make sense to say that the king cannot marry a Catholic. So we do need change but we have to recognise that the Queen is not just our queen.
Japanese dare to ask - do we need an EmperorThe Japanese Imperial family are different from the British royals - they have no private money, no private phones and no private lives.
Obama the ConservativeThe Obama presidency is not a revolution, but a restoration. His words and actions are steeped in the conservative tradition.
Thailand blocks Economist BANGKOK - THIS week's edition of the Economist has not been distributed in Thailand because of local objections to an article about the royal family, the second disruption in two months, the magazine said.
The News of the World claims a 'world' exclusive in revealing a video where Price Harry is using racist terms to describe his fellow soldiers in his regiment.
•King Charles III, To Gag Or Not To Gag. That Is The Question - For Some. But Perhaps We Should Not Be Afraid To Upset The Apple CartWriting in the Sunday Times in November, Jonathan Dimbleby said that "there are now discreet moves afoot to redefine the future role of the sovereign so that it would allow King Charles III to speak out on matters of national and international importance in ways that at the mom …
Option ARMageddon » Blog Archive » Nice work, if you can get it"In sum, these firms just got hired to buy assets from themselves.'' -- On the public dime... the Fed will "monitor" each firm to avoid conflicts of interest
General Secretary of the Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) Jhalanath Khanal on Friday accused the Nepali Congress (NC) of trying to disrupt the process of drafting the long-awaited new constitution.
Thailand reverts to old-style politics "It's over, Boss." With those three words, veteran politician Newin Chidchob finally broke the deadlock that has paralysed Thailand for the past three years.
The pointless prince"This week Charles Windsor turns 60. Now at the age when many choose to retire, Charles is still waiting to finish his apprenticeship and start the job he's been promised since birth. This desire to be king, with the ever unpopular Queen Camilla by his side, appears undiminished.
Reading comments written by minorities from all over the world, reacting to Barack Obama's glorious election to the US presidency (one Brazilian and one African wishing they could come to America to bask in the glory), reminded me of an article I wrote prophetically last November.
Bhutan gets young king to guide young democracyTHIMPHU – In the Chamber of the Golden Throne, a 28-year-old with an Oxford education will assume the Raven Crown of Bhutan Thursday, to guide the world's newest democracy as it emerges into the modern world.
The 'unitary executive' questionUnitarians (for lack of a better word) want to expand the many existing uncheckable executive powers -- such as executive orders, decrees, memorandums, proclamations, national security directives and legislative signing statements -- that already allow presidents to enact a good …
America's 'Lost Monarchy': The Man Who Would Be King What if George Washington had NOT refused to be king. Here's a fun little story about history, politics and "Joe Six-Pack". Enjoy.
America's 'Lost Monarchy': The Man Who Would Be KingHad George Washington ascended to the throne, Paul Emery Washington (Joe Six-pack, incarnate) could now go by King Paul, the first.
Russia: return of the Czar via courtRussia's Supreme Court ruled in favor of full rehabilitation for Russia's last czar and his family on Wednesday, officially recognizing the Romanovs as victims of "unfounded repression" 90 years after they were executed.
UK - Catholics and first-born daughters to be allowed on throne in massive reform to constitutionThe 300-year-old rule excluding Catholics from the throne is set to be abolished under plans drawn up by Downing Street. The reforms would also put an end to the automatic male succession - so if Prince William's eldest child turned out to be a girl she would be his heir.
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