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Man critical after Ayutthaya boat crash
News, Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 03/01/2016
» AYUTTHAYA: A man is in intensive care after he and his fellow passengers were thrown overboard when a ferry collided with an oil barge on the Pasak River yesterday morning.
Bangladeshis take plunge in world's biggest swim lesson
AFP, Published on 24/12/2015
» DHAKA - After her eldest son Amanto became one of the 50 children to drown on an average day in Bangladesh, Jahanara Anwar was determined that his younger brother join the world's biggest swimming lesson.
Chinese media warns Taiwan on independence after meet
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» BEIJING - Chinese state media warned Taiwan against pursuing independence Sunday, a day after a historic meeting between the leaders of the mainland and the island it calls its own.
Jakarta, Canberra dodging mines
News, Pierre Marthinus, Published on 07/10/2015
» Indonesia's growing hostility against Australia presents a challenge Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will need to tackle.
Missing crewmen found in salvaged ship's engine room
Online Reporters, Published on 06/10/2015
» The bodies of four crewmen from a container ship that sank near Samut Prakan last month were found in the engine room after the ship was salvaged Tuesday.
Malaysia boat death toll rises to 61
Published on 07/09/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — Sixty-one bodies have been recovered from an overloaded wooden boat which sank off Malaysia carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants, maritime officials said.
Search on for eight missing after South Korea boat capsize
AFP, Published on 07/09/2015
» SEOUL - South Korean coastguard and navy vessels, backed by rescue aircraft, were still searching on Monday for eight people missing after a fishing charter boat capsized, leaving 10 passengers dead.
At least 13 dead in Malaysia boat sinking
AFP, Published on 03/09/2015
» A rickety wooden boat believed to be carrying as many as 100 Indonesian migrants sank in the Malacca Strait early Thursday, killing at least 13 people, Malaysian officials said.
China's disaster playbook falls short in Tianjin blasts
AFP, Published on 18/08/2015
» BEIJING - Chinese authorities' handling of the Tianjin explosions bears many of the hallmarks of their standard approach to the litany of disasters in the country -- a clampdown on discussion, official obfuscation, and carefully targeted media condemnation.
Pre-Olympic sailors embark on Rio warmup
AFP, Published on 16/08/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The world's best racing sailors dueled each other, tricky winds, currents -- and floating garbage -- on Rio's iconic Guanabara Bay in a warmup Saturday for next year's Olympics.