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Reds protest peacefully
Published on 20/09/2010
» Red shirt rallies in Bangkok and up-country to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sept 19, 2006 coup yesterday were large and peaceful.
Reds protest peacefully
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/09/2010
» Red shirt rallies in Bangkok and up-country to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sept 19, 2006 coup yesterday were large and peaceful.
Tsunami drill causes concern
News, Published on 14/09/2010
» In the past few years, tsunami drills have pointed to a number of problems and it is not clear that officials have paid enough attention.
Oil and water don't mix
Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 13/07/2010
» Oil is always in the news for some reason or another, whether for fluctuating barrel prices, oil-rig fires, or tanker crashes and leaks. Recently, it is because of the gigantic semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (Modu), called Deepwater Horizon, that exploded on April 20, resulting in millions of litres of crude oil gushing into the pristine waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The oil rig is leased by BP Plc, fka British Petroleum, a British-based global energy company.
Freedom of social networking
Muse, Samila Suttisiltum, Published on 12/06/2010
» It's been four years since the last World Cup, which was held in Germany, and the world has changed a light year in terms of technology since then. For a start, this World Cup will be held during the current surge in popularity of social networking - the first World Cup for many global Facebook, Twitter and other mass-social-networking-sites users.
Breaking News!
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/05/2010
» Back in 1989 I was a journalist working for a daily newspaper in Australia, and one of the very last assignments I had before embarking on my trip to Thailand was one of the toughest. Through a few contacts, and my reputation for being a fair journalist (this was a long time ago, remember), I interviewed a group of paedophiles who met once a week in an anonymous suburban house.
The Eruption's disruption
Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 04/05/2010
» You would have to be living under a rock (or a volcano!) to not know about Eyjafjallajokull - pronounced EYE-ya-fyat-lah-YOH-kuht and means "island-mountain glacier" in Icelandic - the Iceland volcano that, at its peak, spewed huge amounts of ash into the atmosphere, grounding much of Europe's air travel. Today we will explore volcanoes, the effect of the Eyjafjallajokull eruption on global air travel and its dangers to aircraft.
Petite and sweet
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 21/04/2010
» It is extremely humbling to be a Database columnist temporarily (or, I suppose, permanently) sidelined. The email enquiries have been somewhat overwhelming.