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UAE president pardons five jailed Internet activists
AFP, Published on 28/11/2011
» Five Emirati Internet activists, jailed for up to three years on charges including insulting the Gulf state's leaders, have been pardoned, state news agency WAM and their lawyer said on Monday.
China lifts Great Firewall for golf World Cup
AFP, Published on 26/11/2011
» International golf stars, spectators and media at the World Cup on the southern Chinese island of Hainan are enjoying uncensored Internet access denied to 1.3 billion Chinese.
Flood management controversy
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/11/2011
» Residents living above where the "big-bag barrier" was recently dismantled are cheering, while those below it are protesting.
Winds of change in radio industry
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/11/2011
» After years of waiting for the NBTC to be appointed & start breaking up monopolies on radio and television frequencies, the time has now arrived.
Post-flood leptospirosis danger
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/11/2011
» Outbreaks of disease possible after floods, 2-3 thousand infected every year in Thailand, 15,000 cases & 400 deaths in last outbreak (1997, 1999).
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.
Ballmer says "Windows Era" everlasting
AFP, Published on 16/11/2011
» Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer proclaimed an everlasting "Windows Era" as the software giant's board easily won re-election at an annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday.
Police as Thailand's new media censor?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/11/2011
» Secret plans to hand media censorship over to police. Yingluck govt plan to give power to close newspapers to police chief.
Floods: Losses to Thailand's economy?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/11/2011
» Ongoing threats with damage still preventable far greater than damage already done in this survey of flood economic impact by economists at TMB Bank.
Flood-safety inventions
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/11/2011
» Floating toilets with wastewater treatment solve one big flood problem, keeping floodwaters safe and clean. Plastic car wraps & steel boats also, now very useful.