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Eat, pray, exercise: Monks battle weight problems
AFP, Published on 22/11/2018
» Every morning monk Pipit Sarakitwinon takes walks around his temple and does hundreds of arm exercises, part of a new regimen aimed at shedding pounds as a health overhaul for members of the clergy gathers pace in Thailand.
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US, allies roasted as UN climate talks end in Bangkok
AFP, Published on 09/09/2018
» BANGKOK: Developing countries rounded on the United States and its allies at emergency climate talks Sunday, accusing the world's richest nations of stalling a deal aimed at preventing runaway global warming.
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Thai 'Indiana Jones' divers scour Bangkok's murky river for treasure
AFP, Published on 31/07/2018
» BANGKOK: Kneeling before his homemade metal scuba helmet, Bhoomin Samang prays for good fortune before he dives into the day's work -- scouring the bed of Bangkok's Chao Phraya river for sunken treasure.
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Cave boys speak of 'miracle' rescue after hospital discharge
AFP, Published on 18/07/2018
» Twelve boys and their football coach who survived a highly dangerous and dramatic rescue from a flooded Thai cave spoke publicly of their incredible ordeal for the first time on Wednesday at a press conference that was beamed around the world.
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Mozambican fugitive deported in sweep on foreign villains
AFP, Published on 01/08/2018
» A Mozambican fugitive wanted for a string of kidnaps for ransom and murders has been extradited, police said Wednesday, as a crackdown deepens on foreign gangsters using Thailand as a bolt-hole.
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Cave rescue site cleared to 'help victims': officials
AFP, Published on 08/07/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Authorities told media on Sunday to leave a camp site near the cave where 12 boys and their coach have been trapped for more than two weeks so that "victims" could be helped, possibly signalling a long-awaited rescue effort to get them out.
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Plastic wasteland: Asia's ocean pollution crisis
AFP, Published on 05/06/2018
» THANH HOA, Vietnam: A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian "paradise" islands -- grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia.
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UK to ban sale of plastic straws to tackle marine waste
AFP, Published on 19/04/2018
» LONDON: Britain on Thursday announced plans to ban the sale of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds in England, as part of a push to tackle global marine pollution.
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California to require solar panels on all new homes
AFP, Published on 10/05/2018
» LOS ANGELES: California on Wednesday became the first US state to require solar panels on all new residential buildings as part of efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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China to ban ivory trade by end of 2017
AFP, Published on 31/12/2016
» China will ban all domestic ivory trade and processing by the end of 2017 in a move hailed by activists as a "game changer" for African elephants.
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