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Blue whale "concert" off Antarctica
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/03/2015
» Have you ever heard a blue whale "sing"? Here is an example from whales being tracked by Australian and New Zealand scientists off Antarctica.
Solar-powered plane: Welcome to India (UPDATED)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/03/2015
» Solar Impulse 2 is now safely in India after making its first sea crossing from Oman. This is the first attempt to fly a plane around the world. On March 16 it will fly to Myanmar, the closest the aircraft will come to Thailand.
Babies switched at birth; court orders compensation
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/02/2015
» Mistakenly taken from their real mothers at birth, two French girls were 10 years old when the error was realised. Now a court has ordered the clinic at the centre of the mix-up to pay almost 2 million euros in compensation.
Koh Tao autopsy raises medication + alcohol suspicions (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/01/2015
» AFP reports that a British backpacker who was found dead on a popular Thai tourist island had consumed a potentially fatal combination of alcohol and Valium, police said
Six million turn out for Pope in Manila
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/01/2015
» Pope Francis drew a record six million people as he celebrated mass in the rain-swept Philippine capital Sunday, a triumphant finale to an Asian tour in which he championed the plight of the poor.
Paris attack: Police kill gunmen, freeing hostages
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 10/01/2015
» Heavily-armed elite French forces killed two brothers and an ally in a dramatic end to the country's worst terrorist crisis in decades. Three blood-soaked days left 17 people dead, including four hostages killed yesterday as one gunmen stormed a Jewish grocery store. (Videos included)
Thai boats sunk by Indonesia
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/12/2014
» Indonesia is getting tough on fishing boats found encroaching its territorial waters. Two Thai boats are the latest to be destroyed in the crackdown.
Ten years on, tsunami warning systems still lacking
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/12/2014
» With Thailand's two tsunami warning buoys out of service and its disaster warning towers insufficient, natural disaster experts say people living in coastal areas are still at risk from a tsunami like the one that hit ten years ago today.
Who will pay for failed election? EC to sue – somebody
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/12/2014
» Who will pay for the failed February 2 general election: those who blocked the vote or those who ignored the Election Commission's warning that the risks of proceeding were too high? The EC says it will soon name those to be sued.
Koh Tao suspects plead not guilty
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/12/2014
» Two Myanmar workers have pleaded not guilty to charges including murder over the killing of two British tourists in Thailand, their lawyer said Monday. He indicated a guilty plea is still possible, however.