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Smith: Bangkok unlikely to escape floods
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/10/2011
» Timing and coordinating water release from dams was key to avoid Bangkok flooding. Crop irrigation & electricity generation handled by different govt agencies.
Bangladesh launches $130 laptop for schools
AFP, Published on 12/10/2011
» Bangladesh on Tuesday unveiled a $130 locally made laptop that it hopes will help bridge the digital divide in the impoverished South Asian country.
Pearl farming in Phuket
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/10/2011
» Take a guided tour through pearl farming and the history of Phuket's most successful pearl farm.
Populist housing policies for the rich?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/10/2011
» Housing needs of poor still not met in first-time homebuyer program even after several revisions, yet many handouts for the rich included.
Floods hit auto & electronics exports
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/10/2011
» Auto supply chain stops with roads and transport flooded. High-tech equipment in electronics factories damaged.
Hacking case half-solved
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/10/2011
» Chula student Aekawit Thongdeevorakul admits to sending messages with PM Yingluck Shinawatra's twitter account, but he was apparently not the hacker who stole her password.
Learning English the Pisit way
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/10/2011
» English is important to Khun Pisit in the import-export business andhe shares his learning methods with us. They include traditional methods and heavy use of online resources, including websites and Facebook.
Immunology sweeps Nobel Medicine Prize
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/10/2011
» Medicine is only half the story in fighting disease; under our skin the immune system waits like a huge army ready to fight invaders.
McGraw-Hill sells TV stations to Scripps
AFP, Published on 04/10/2011
» US media conglomerate McGraw-Hill said Monday it had agreed to sell nine television stations to media company E.W. Scripps for $212 million in cash.
'Unfunny, unlike': The Onion joke raises eyebrows
AFP, Published on 30/09/2011
» The satirical news publication The Onion gets a lot of laughs by crossing the line. But even some of the most devoted fans of the popular humor outlet were complaining on Thursday that it may have gone too far.