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Bangkok speed champion
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/03/2011
» If speed is what you want in getting around Bangkok, it's hard to beat a bicycle.
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Men in black strike again
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/07/2011
» Explosions and gunshots rang out yesterday afternoon as a 200-strong group of black-clad men attacked a squatter community occupying a deserted factory in Khlong Luang.
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Eternal youth for 100 year old bank
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/09/2011
» 100 years old, the Government Savings Bank is becoming young again, helping rural communities, with only 1.1% non-performing loans,
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Bangkok fights on (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/10/2011
» Thousands of volunteers have joined the effort to prevent flooding in Bangkok's most vulnerable districts as defences continue to crumble above the city.
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Mother Nature steps up the pressure
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/10/2011
» As a mass of floodwater from the north reaches the city's outer defences, authorities are sounding less and less confident that Bangkok will be spared the flooding that has ravaged much of the country.
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Government asserts control
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/10/2011
» Local residents have been ordered not to interfere with flood management efforts like the building of the dyke pictured below to block floodwater from flowing into Khlong Prem Prachakorn.
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Northern run-off hits Sai Mai
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/10/2011
» The Bangkok governor has just told residents of the Sai Mai area to evacuate as the northern run-off overwhelms local defences.
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Not the end of the world
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/10/2011
» The situation is bad but it is not quite as bad as we thought, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday. Things may begin to improve within the next few days.
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Angry residents complicating flood control
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 31/10/2011
» The Bangkok governor wants protection for city workers building and repairing flood dykes as residents in flooded communities get angrier.
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Residents angry over "big bag" barrier
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/11/2011
» The big bag (sandbag) barrier in northern Bangkok has been credited with saving the inner city from flooding, but it has left residents in the outer city under water, prompting protests.
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