Thailand: Bomb hoax reported near PM Thaksin's residence.

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: General News - A suspicious object was found near caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Bangkok residence Monday morning, setting off a new round of bombing fears and was reported to authorities but police later determined it to be an intentional hoax.

Found in a plastic bag reportedly inscribed with a rude message for Mr. Thaksin, the suspicious package was ticking.

The early morning discovery at about 06:00 a.m. made behind Siam Commercial Bank's Sirindhorn Branch--a few hundred metres from the prime minister's residence.

A police bomb-disposal squad sealed off the area to the public, but later …