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House panel to visit Thaksin
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 15/12/2023
» The House committee on police affairs has promised to visit former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra -- who is currently serving a prison sentence for graft in a premium ward at the Police General Hospital -- sometime in the first two weeks of January, according to committee chairman Chaichana Detdacho yesterday.
RTP's underbelly
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/09/2023
» Re: "I don't want revenge, insists 'Big Joke'", (BP, Sept 28).
Managing the mind
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/03/2019
» A cosy room with some festive decorations was full of cupcakes and pizzas. It looked like a party. Women dressed in blue sang, danced and even rapped. At the front of the room, a man in his saffron robe was smiling and clapping. Such a lively and joyous atmosphere made it hard to believe that all this was actually happening in a prison. Now even some of the guards were dancing along.
Creating a buzz
Life, John Clewley, Published on 19/02/2019
» Some years ago, I reviewed Colin McPhee's marvellous book, A House In Bali, about life and gamelan music (traditional Balinese music -- mainly percussive and driven by metallophones or gongs) in Bali during the 1930s. Published in 1947, the book details how a young man, after hearing some rare gamelan music on old records, journeys to Bali in 1929 to seek the music that will change his life. It is an enchanting book, well worth reading.
Taking the long view
Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 19/10/2017
» In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne is the goddess of memory. Impregnated by Zeus, she gave birth to the nine muses with whom artists, poets, musicians, writers and historians are familiar. As a daughter of Uranus, Mnemosyne is also a goddess of time; she provides the role of rote memorisation and invents language and words where her daughters, the muses, pick up and render them. She is a goddess that makes memory alive and is often acquainted with vivid remembrance.
Flashmob in Italian jail pays tribute to Pope Francis
AFP, Published on 30/10/2015
» ROME - Inmates at Italy's largest women's prison gathered in the jail yard Thursday to shake their hips in a flashmob dance -- in honour of Pope Francis.
Dwarf 'lap dance' gets Brazil police in trouble
AFP, Published on 09/09/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian anti-narcotics cops were in hot water Wednesday after footage emerged of a nearly naked dwarf lap dancing at a party attended by officers at the police station.
At least 60 die in Iraq prison attack
AFP, Published on 24/07/2014
» An onslaught on a convoy transferring inmates north of Baghdad left at least 60 dead Thursday, even as politicians and diplomats stepped up efforts to end Iraq's worst crisis in years.
"Harlem Shake" in prison
dpa, Published on 29/12/2013
» PARIS - The Harlem Shake comes in thousands of varieties but now there's a prison version.
Dancing inmates inspire prison film
Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2013
» MANILA - Filipino inmates whose choreographed "Thriller" dance has attracted 52 million YouTube hits since 2007 are getting their own stories told in a movie.