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    Songs in the key of death

    Spectrum, Jim Algie, Published on 23/03/2014

    » Black metal musicians are more infamous for wreaking havoc than they are for making music. That legacy includes arson attacks on historic churches, murders, suicides and a police investigation into a Norwegian band called Gorgoroth who staged a Satanic black mass in Poland in 2004, complete with dozens of severed sheep heads on stakes, 80 litres of sheep blood and four nude models tied to crosses.

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    Truth buried under the trash

    Spectrum, Published on 23/03/2014

    » If a fire hadn’t started at a Samut Prakan rubbish dump last Sunday sending a toxic cloud billowing across the province, the questionable practices at the fenced-off site would have continued as they had for decades.

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    The danger could lurk for years

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 23/03/2014

    » The spectre of death and suffering from cancers and other chronic illnesses could haunt Samut Prakan residents for many years to come, for it is a reality of major environmental disasters that the after-effects are often worse than the immediate consequences.

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    Tapping a neighbour's energy

    Spectrum, Angus Mitchell, Published on 23/03/2014

    » As Asean nations continue to grow, they are becoming more integrated by relying upon other members to help fuel and sustain that growth. Previously we examined Thailand’s energy relationship with Laos, and outlined the way in which Thailand is investing in Laos to help satisfy its own energy needs. This week we turn our focus from the northern border to the west, and take a look at the energy relationship between Thailand and its rapidly evolving neighbour, Myanmar.

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    Discord develops in Phuket

    Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 30/03/2014

    » In the 1930s, parts of Phuket resembled a lunar landscape dotted with hundreds of pits, a legacy of its long history as a tin mining centre that brought hoards of Dutch, French, British and Chinese fortune-seekers to the island.

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    Here come the men in black, again

    Spectrum, Published on 16/02/2014

    » He’s become widely known as the “Popcorn Shooter” due to the corn seed sack he hid his military rifle in at the Laksi gun battle last month — and depending on what side of politics you fall on, he represents either a white knight or a return of the sinister “men in black”.

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    Stocking up problems as anger spills out

    Spectrum, Published on 16/02/2014

    » Mother of two Sasikarn Puang-In, 41, has been waiting almost two months for the Yingluck Shinawatra government to pay her for her rice and if she doesn’t get the money soon she won’t be able to afford to sow another crop.

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    Former political captives denied higher education

    Spectrum, Published on 16/02/2014

    » After attending the university of life, as Myanmar’s jails are often referred to by former political prisoners, a real university education is still denied to students who have spent their young years behind bars.

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    Finding Energy savings in real estate: Effort is one thing, results are another

    Spectrum, Published on 16/02/2014

    » In today’s world of climate change and rising fuel tariffs, more property owners and occupiers have set a goal to make their real estate sustainable and operate sustainably by focusing on energy efficiency.

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    Righting the waterway wrongs

    Spectrum, Angus Mitchell, Published on 16/02/2014

    » Last week, we began wading into the issue of water pollution in Bangkok by taking a look at the laws and government agencies that regulate the waterways. After defining the different factors that are tested for when determining the level of water pollution in a given area, we compared the statistics found by the Pollution Control Department (PCD) to the standards set forth by the US EPA. This week, we will try to trace that pollution back to its source and discover why the waterways are as filthy as they are, as well as look at a couple of high-profile cases of citizens fighting back against the polluters that illegally dump toxins where fishermen fish and swimmers swim.

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