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Asian Tsunami Anniversary: LIVE REPORT
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» 11:52 GMT - Minute's silence in the rain - Thai PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha leads at the Khao Lak ceremony: "I want to take this opportunity to pay respect to those Thai and foreign nationals who lost their lives in the tsunami."
Post-tsunami aid was not always on target in Asia
dpa, Published on 25/12/2014
» The houses are not yet 10 years old but already walls and roofs are collapsing on a housing estate in Sirikandurawatte in Sri Lanka.
10 years on, tsunami warning stumbles at the 'last mile'
Reuters, Published on 22/12/2014
» In April 2012, Indonesia's Banda Aceh, the city worst hit by the tsunami that killed at least 226,000 people on Boxing Day ten years ago, received a terrifying reminder of how unprepared it was for the next disaster.
Thai sea gypsies embrace modern life after tsunami
AFP, Published on 16/12/2014
» As he gently lowers a fishing net into an azure lagoon, Saponkit Klatalay concedes he no longer roams the waters for days and nights like generations of sea gypsies before him, but prefers to sleep on the Thai mainland where he was resettled after the 2004 tsunami.
Two tourists missing in boat crash near Thai resort
AFP, Published on 20/10/2014
» BANGKOK - Two tourists -- believed to be from China -- were missing late Sunday after their tour boat crashed into a fishing vessel between two Thai resort hubs, local police told AFP, adding several others were "seriously injured".
Thai police seize 16 'illegal' elephants
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» Thai police said Wednesday they had seized 16 elephants from tourist destinations as part of a nationwide swoop on operators suspected of using smuggled wild pachyderms for entertainment.
Travel weather warning to HK, China
Published on 14/08/2013
» Travellers to Hong Kong, Macau and southern China should closely monitor weather conditions, even though Typhoon Utor has been downgraded to a tropical storm, the weather bureau warned on Wednesday.
Thai police use water cannon on Rohingya asylum seekers
AFP, Published on 09/08/2013
» Thai police used water cannon to prevent scores of Muslim Rohingya boat people from Myanmar breaking out of a detention centre to celebrate the end of Ramadan, officials said Thursday.
Asia Muslims mark Eid as 52 die in Pakistan, Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 08/08/2013
» Muslims across Asia celebrated the Eid al-Fitr festival Thursday with lavish feasts and religious services, even as bomb attacks killed at least 52 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Thailand denies shooting Rohingya
AFP, Published on 13/03/2013
» Thailand on Wednesday denied accusations its sailors shot Rohingya boat people fleeing sectarian strife in Myanmar, after a rights group urged a probe into the alleged deaths of at least two migrants.