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          Thai Printer of Int'l NY Times Blocks Stories for Third Time

   by Associated Press

   The New York Times has decried limits on press freedom in Thailand
   after its local printer refused to publish articles about the Southeast
   Asian country for a third time.

   The printer removed a column from the opinion page of Friday's edition
   of the International New York Times about Thailand's Crown Property
   Bureau, which manages the financial affairs of the royal family. The
   column said the bureau's assets may total as much as $53 billion.

   Discussion of Thailand's monarchy is highly sensitive, and criticism
   can be punished by up to 15 years in prison.

   A statement on the corporate website of the New York Times said the
   printer's refusal to publish the articles denied readers in Thailand
   the right to open access to news.
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