Thailand has pulled copies of Grand Theft Auto IV after a teenager allegedly killed a tax driver trying to emulate the violent video game, police said. New Era Interactive Media, the video game's regional publiisher, yanked the software from shelves after an 18-year old teenager car-jacked a taxi, allegedly killing the driver when he resisted.

At least 30 people out of the 3,200 marathon runners, were rushed to the hospital in southwestern Japan after a swarm of bee attacked the participants on Sunday, rescue workers said. According to local officials, they dispatched five ambulances during the race because of the incident.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Chiang Mai University are conducting a workshop in Thailand about insect consumption, collection, harvest, processing and marketing. The workshop aims to impart to forest managers the knowledge on insects and insect management possessed by traditional forest dwellers and forest-dependent people. It also aims to provide income and jobs in rural areas for people who capture, rear, process, transport and market edible insects.

ilipino inventor Virgilio Malang invented a vitamin-enriched beer that has garnered awards and recognition worldwide even before it is commercially marketed. Malang's Vitamin Beer, fortified with Vitamin B Complex, became widely popular at the First International Inventors' Day Convention held recently in Bangkok, Thailand. It also won a gold medal at the European Union-sponsored Genius-Europe competition at the Budapest Fair Center in Hungary and it also won the Romanian Ministry Education and Research Cup few years ago.

A 52-year old woman from Thailand is claiming that aside from enjoying riding toy motorcycles, her pet frog can also predict winning lottery numbers. Tongsai Boommrungtai, 52, said she came across the black spotted frog outside her house in Roi-Et.