A foreign suspect with alleged links to Hezbollah militants
has led Thai police to a warehouse filled with materials
commonly used to make bombs, as Thailand and the US disagreed
over whether Bangkok was the target of a terror plot.
Thai police were questioning a Lebanese man with alleged
links to Hezbollah militants as the US Embassy and Israel
warned of a "real and credible" terrorist threat against
Americans and Israelis in Bangkok.
The nationwide death toll from flooding in Thailand has
climbed past 500, as the polluted black water continues its
march through parts of the capital.
Floods swamped a new area of Thailand's capital on Wednesday
as some shops rationed food and Bangkok's governor warned of
"massive water" on the way that could put many parts of the
sprawling city in danger by the end of the week.
Thailand's capital was breathing easier yesterday as barriers
protecting Bangkok from the country's worst floods in half a
century held together and the Government said floodwaters
ravaging provinces just north of the capital had begun
receding for the first time.
Yingluck Shinawatra, the sister of an ousted Thai leader,
vowed on Monday to work for national reconciliation as she
formally became the country's first female prime minister.
The sister of Thailand's fugitive former prime minister has
led his loyalists to a landslide election victory, a stunning
rout of the military-backed government that last year crushed
protests by his supporters with a bloody crackdown that left
the capital in flames.
Southern Thailand faced more torrential rain after heavy
downpours caused at least 15 deaths and forced the Thai navy
to help evacuate hundreds of tourists stranded on some of the
country's famous resort islands.
