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Airline should have 'added a zero'
News, Kara Alaimo, Published on 13/04/2017
» On Monday, one of the top stories on Twitter (and nearly everywhere else) was about a doctor who was violently removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight to make room for a company staffer. Other passengers filmed the screaming man, who was bloodied and later removed from the plane on a stretcher, as he was dragged off the flight on Sunday evening. Before long, their videos racked up hundreds of thousands of views online.
In our Oscar worthy Blah Blah Land
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 25/02/2017
» The bonbon labelled La La Land is likely to rule the Oscars come Monday morning. While in our Blah Blah Land the drama is bitter, the song muted and the sky inclement.
A pleasant escape into La La Land
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/01/2017
» I must admit to being a bit wary of cinema musicals, simply because if you don't like the music, it's unlikely you will enjoy the film. When I saw that La La Land was showing in Bangkok, the prospect of sitting through a "musical romance" did not appeal at all.
White House in-tray still looking a bit grim
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/01/2017
» When Barack Obama won the US presidential election more than eight years ago, the BBC commented that when he took over the White House from George W Bush a few months later, he would be inheriting "the in-box from Hell".
Klity offers lessons for us all
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/07/2016
» The scene is almost deja vu: A group of Karen villagers dressed in traditional costume and their representative lawyers clad in solemn suits hold their hands high in victory. The location is the Supreme Court. Journalists rush to interview them and file reports that read: "Klity villagers win court battle". Again.
Show of frustration at Egypt's courts
News, Associated Press, Published on 02/06/2016
» Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif decided she had had enough of Egypt's justice system.
Real life can't really mimic the movies
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/05/2016
» In the final scene of the Oscar-winning road movie, Thelma & Louise, the two desperate housewives and fugitives look at one another and hold hands. "Let us keep going." "What do you mean?" "Go!" "You sure?" Then, they hit the gas of the 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible classic and fly off the cliff.
Hot and more than just a little bothered
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/05/2016
» It's been a bit on the warm side lately hasn't it? Actually, that's not quite correct.
'Gangsta Islam' has very little to do with religion
News, Pankaj Mishra, Published on 21/04/2016
» 'Islam's borders are bloody," Samuel Huntington once wrote, "and so are its innards." Since the Sept 11 attacks, that conventional wisdom has fuelled a bizarre search for the Islamic roots of modern terrorism.
Climb every mountain … ford every stream
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/03/2016
» About 18 months ago, I stood at the foot of Phu Kradung (Bell Mountain) in Loei province, contemplating whether I was capable of making it to the top.