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The wife of an alleged Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" told a Thai court on Tuesday that her husband was entirely innocent and merely ran a legitimate air cargo business. Viktor Bout, 41, is fighting moves to extradite him to the United States over charges that he channelled arms to some of the world's most violent conflicts and to Osama Bin Laden's Al-Qaeda movement. He was arrested in a sting operation in Bangkok a year ago after allegedly agreeing to supply surface to air missiles to US anti-drug agents posing as guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

 Tourist arrivals in Thailand may fall less than was originally feared this year however tax revenue may be worse than expected due to the severity of the economic slump Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday. "We had expected the arrivals number to fall eighteen  or twenty percent, but the latest projection is eleven percent," Abhisit told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting. He said tourism had started to recover after Government efforts to promote the sector, which employs 1.8 million people and accounts for about 6 percent of GDP.

 Tourist arrivals in Thailand may fall less than was originally feared this year however tax revenue may be worse than expected due to the severity of the economic slump Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday. "We had expected the arrivals number to fall eighteen  or twenty percent, but the latest projection is eleven percent," Abhisit told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting. He said tourism had started to recover after Government efforts to promote the sector, which employs 1.8 million people and accounts for about 6 percent of GDP.

 Tourist arrivals in Thailand may fall less than was originally feared this year however tax revenue may be worse than expected due to the severity of the economic slump Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday. "We had expected the arrivals number to fall eighteen  or twenty percent, but the latest projection is eleven percent," Abhisit told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting. He said tourism had started to recover after Government efforts to promote the sector, which employs 1.8 million people and accounts for about 6 percent of GDP.

 Tourist arrivals in Thailand may fall less than was originally feared this year however tax revenue may be worse than expected due to the severity of the economic slump Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday. "We had expected the arrivals number to fall eighteen  or twenty percent, but the latest projection is eleven percent," Abhisit told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting. He said tourism had started to recover after Government efforts to promote the sector, which employs 1.8 million people and accounts for about 6 percent of GDP.