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Child suicide bombers strike
News, Reuters, Published on 24/08/2016
» The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, they found a 2kg bomb strapped to his skinny frame.
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Never judge a charter tweak by its cover
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 24/08/2016
» Judging by its cover, the National Legislative Assembly's recent constitutional amendment proposal looks good.
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Data essential to ending violence against women
News, Published on 24/08/2016
» The 2012 New Delhi gang rape on a bus that eventually resulted in the young woman's death. The 2015 Chiang Mai case of a woman who was beaten and killed. This year's so-called "honour killing" of a prominent feminist and social media star in Pakistan.
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Suu Kyi's challenge
News, Pankaj Mishra, Published on 24/08/2016
» Yangon is suddenly a city of "phablets". Nowhere in Asia, let alone Europe, have I seen so many supersized smartphones in public spaces, and with such egalitarian appeal: Pavement vendors selling early 20th century British guides to English grammar seem as transfixed by them as Yangon's smart set playing Pokemon Go.
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Commuters see red over Purple Line
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/08/2016
» Reading reports about the two-week-old Purple Line, and how the struggling service is racking up losses of three million baht daily, doesn't surprise me.
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Rethink the tax on sugary drinks
Oped, Adis Israngkura na Ayudya, Published on 24/08/2016
» Thailand has had the bright idea of curbing public health problems such as obesity and heart diseases by imposing an excise tax on sugary drinks sold mainly in convenience stores. This idea has been implemented in some developed countries such as the UK, US, Norway, Denmark and France. In the case of the Thai tax scheme, the sugary drinks to be taxed include, for instance, carbonated drinks, green tea, canned coffee, energy drinks, sour milk, soymilk and bottled juice. The tax rates to be imposed on such sugary drinks are 20% for those with sugar concentrations between 6g-10g per 100ml while those with higher sugar concentrations will be subject to 25% tax.
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In a Pokemon bubble
News, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2016
» Re: "Cops launch 'Pokemon' blitz", (BP, Aug 22).
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PromptPay sows doubts
News, Editorial, Published on 24/08/2016
» If anyone has questions about joining the e-payment system dubbed PromptPay, they should start with Phansuthee Meeluekij. That name may not be familiar, but he is the man who hit the headlines last week for every wrong reason. Mr Phansuthee is the small-business owner from Ayutthaya whose bank account was cleaned out by cyber thieves. Both the somewhat elaborate theft and the response by everyone involved are not just unacceptable. They should cause second thoughts about the security of the entire e-payment project currently pushed by government agencies and banks.
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