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A little bit of Myanmar without leaving Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/08/2012
» If you can't afford to fly to another country for your vacation this year, the border town of Mae Sot offers a glimpse of Myanmar at a fraction of the price.
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Suu Kyi stresses people-first policy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/06/2012
» Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi sent a clear message to investors interested in her country as it begins to open up to the world - be transparent and think deeply about its people.
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Hopes few for slum dwellers drowning in 'ocean of meth'
Spectrum, Frank Lombard, Published on 29/04/2012
» The police tend to call communities with substandard housing "red zones", while others call them slums. There are over 400 in Bangkok. One thing nearly all have in common is that they are saturated with amphetamines. Ask residents and they will tell you that most everyone except the very young and very old is on ya ba. Yes, there are some who abstain and no one gives them any problems.
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Development drive sees ethnic groups displaced by land grabs
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 22/04/2012
» At the ramshackle Ei Tu Hta camp more than 4,000 displaced people fear not just the the Myanmar military downstream on the Salween River, but also a constitution that will ''legally'' dispossess them of the land they were forced to flee.
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Govt 'holds vulnerable underwater to keep big business afloat'
Spectrum, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 18/03/2012
» Those whose homes and farms were ravaged by last year's floods are fuming over government compensation plans that they say unfairly favour big business at their expense. About 2.23 billion baht will go to build a 77km floodwall around Rojana Industrial Park and 728 million baht and 700 million baht, respectively, has been earmarked to build floodwalls around Bang Pa-in and Nava Nakorn industrial estates. Many of society's most vulnerable who lost nearly everything in the floods _ including labourers, small farmers, slum dwellers and home-based workers _ are entitled to a mere 5,000 baht in compensation.
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Sudan rebels still hold 29 Chinese: Chinese media
AFP, Published on 30/01/2012
» Rebels still hold 29 Chinese workers in Sudan, Beijing's official news agency reported on Monday, after the Sudanese military said it had freed a number of other Chinese.
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Sudan rebels say they captured 29 Chinese workers
AFP, Published on 29/01/2012
» Rebels in Sudan's South Kordofan state have captured 29 Chinese workers after a battle with government forces, a spokesman for the insurgents said on Sunday.
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Couple lifted out of anguish with new home and new lives
Spectrum, Published on 08/01/2012
» Wichean Lumlha was a very happy man during the week of Dec 12-19. It was a very special time for him and his wife Lamyai Bunlead as they watched their new home being built by Habitat for Humanity Thailand in Mahasorn village in Lop Buri's Ban Mi district after losing their old one to last year's devastating floods.
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