Int'l NY Times' Thai Printer Refuses to Run Front-Page Story

The printer of the International New York Times in Thailand refused to print an article portraying a gloomy outlook for the country, leaving in its place a large blank space at the center of Tuesday's front page. The printing company called the story too "sensitive" but declined to specify the offending material. The article, titled "Thai spirits sagging with the economy" in the paper's other Asian editions, described a moribund economy, pessimism after...

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