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City must learn to deal with disasters
Business, Published on 06/08/2013
» Bangkok is familiar with disasters but as their severity increases, the city's ability to deal with them diminishes, says an expert.
Argentina's River Plate open first football university
AFP, Published on 05/08/2013
» Deep in the depths of Buenos Aires' iconic Monumental Stadium, not far from where Mario Kempes once inspired Argentina to World Cup glory in 1978, fitness trainer Fernando Mas is planning for the future.
Foreign-worker limits could hurt Singapore tourism plans
Asia focus, Published on 05/08/2013
» Singapore for years has set ambitious targets to increase tourist numbers and spending, but government limits on foreign workers may make it hard for the tourism industry to reach its targets, according to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).
Mars rover hoping to yield more secrets, one year on
AFP, Published on 05/08/2013
» The dazzling success of NASA's rover Curiosity has paved the way for a human conquest of Mars, scientists say, almost one year after the groundbreaking probe first touched down on the Red Planet.
Psychics in suburbia
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 05/08/2013
» Want to become rich and famous? Be a psychic who accurately predicts the future. "Accurately" is the operative word. For millennia there were people who claimed to have this gift/ability, but in fact were only guessing. According to the law of averages, they were probably right some of the time.
As dams loom, Mekong fishermen fear for their future
AFP, Published on 04/08/2013
» The waters of the mighty Mekong have sustained generations of families but nowadays its fishermen often find their nets empty and fear hydropower mega-dams will destroy their livelihoods.
Lured to the big time
B Magazine, Published on 04/08/2013
» It's not often a man gets to parlay his hobby into a lucrative career, but Sittipon 'Oz' Chanarat is doing nicely after turning his back on a 9-5 job and going fishing.
No slick explanation for huge PTT oil spill
Spectrum, Published on 04/08/2013
» The head of PTT's oil slick clean-up team was driving back to Bangkok last Sunday evening from Rayong when he received a phone call he wasn't expecting.
Rebel with a cause
Spectrum, Published on 04/08/2013
» When Lahpai Seng Raw, along with several other prominent Kachin, first started the Metta Foundation in 1998, she was faced with a humanitarian crisis in northern Myanmar and a lack of funds to deal with it.
Cuba-to-US paddleboarder conquers Straits of Florida
AFP, Published on 03/08/2013
» A 35-year-old jazz musician laid claim Friday to being the first person to cross the treacherous Straits of Florida, separating Cuba and the United States, on a stand-up paddleboard.