Thailand's prime minister is warning that rising floodwaters which have wreaked havoc across the nation are now threatening the capital, Bangkok.

BRITISH health chiefs are preparing to vaccinate the entire population against swine flu, it emerged yesterday, while Thailand has opened a pilot vaccine plant fearing “hundreds of thousands” of cases.

China today announced a new outbreak of bird flu while Thailand said it had a suspected case in a return of the highly contagious disease that devastated birds earlier this year and killed 24 people.

Thailand suspects a new outbreak of bird flu at a farm in a central province where thousands of chickens have died.

ALLEGED extremist leader Hambali was targeting US interests before he was captured, Thailand said as Indonesia said nine people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the Marriot Hotel in Jakarta.

Terror suspect Hambali was plotting an attack on an upcoming Asia-Pacific summit in Thailand to be attended by US President George W. Bush, it was disclosed today.

Thailand's prime minister has told how a suspicious cash transaction led to the arrest of Asia's most wanted man, terror suspect Hambali.

THE man accused of being al-Qaida’s operations chief in South-east Asia was planning an attack on a summit in October attended by US President Bush when he was arrested, officials said yesterday.

The man accused of being al-Qaida’s operations chief in South-east Asia was planning an attack on a summit in October attended by US President Bush when he was arrested, officials said today.