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Debt & Poverty: Trapped by loan sharks
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/12/2012
» Poor borrowers forced to sign blank contracts so loan sharks can increase size of loan & interest rate to as high as 1,095% per year (3% per day).
Museum of human body in health & disease
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/09/2012
» At first frightening, taking a closer look at the inside of the human body helps you lead a healthier life.
From floods to drought
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/03/2012
» Thailand seesaws from too much water in Bangkok to too little in farming areas like Nan that need water for crops.
Soi dogs' best friends
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/02/2012
» Retired UK couple set up organisation to save soi dogs from having too many pups ... and also to save them from Vietnamese dinner tables.
Animal flood rescue
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/11/2011
» Marooned on the couch with bowl of dogfood, floating over the sea of floodwaters in a plastic basin, these poor hungry dogs are the lucky ones, alive & ready to be rescued.
Poisonous floodwater animals
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/10/2011
» With floods come poisonous snakes, insects & even crocodiles. In this watery world, humans must be very careful.
Crocodiles in the flood waters
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/10/2011
» Tame farm crocodiles are actually afraid of people, but in the wild they are known for striking before their victim can react.
Human eggs for one million baht each?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/09/2011
» Man from China seeking eggs to make family sparks ethics debate over for-profit babymaking (commercial surrogacy).
Top Thai women chemists
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/09/2011
» Food packaging, nanotechnology, genetic diseases and shrimp medicine, the diverse research of L'Oreal fellowship winners.
Labour justice
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/07/2011
» Will better wages and benefits for labour really lead to lost export competitiveness, bankruptcy and a flood of cheap immigrant labour?