Thailand’s military government sent thousands of troops and police into central Bangkok yesterday, stifling any mass dissent against the army’s coup on May 22 and limiting protesters to small gatherings held mostly around shopping malls.

A dentist looks down from his 20th-floor apartment and sees a body on the pavement, blood streaming from the head.

Three Canadian boys barely into their teens are suspected of robbing seven bank over six weeks, handing the cashier a note in each case and using the Vancouver’s elevated train to make their getaway.

AIRLINE tycoons have paid tribute to the “pioneer of low-cost travel” Freddie Laker, who has died at the age of 83. Mr Laker, whose cheap fares opened up a new era in air travel in the 1970s, died of undisclosed causes in Miami.