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China celebrate record Olympic pool haul
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» China will celebrate their best ever Olympic swimming performance on Sunday and hope an unprecedented badminton clean sweep can put them back on top of the London Games medals table.
One dead, 26 missing after north India floods
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» Flash floods triggered by heavy rains in two mountainous north Indian states have killed one person and left 26 others, mostly power plant workers, missing, officials said Saturday.
Officials use radar in race to find potential sinkholes
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 05/08/2012
» The Highways Department is using ground-penetrating radar to survey Bangkok roads hit by last year's flooding to check for sinkholes after another one appeared on Chaeng Watthana Road on Friday.
Flash floods ravage Thai, Myanmar border markets
News, Published on 05/08/2012
» Flash floods wreaked havoc at the main border market in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district while the Mekong River surged close to crisis level in Nong Khai province yesterday.
Coming up for air after drowning in booze
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/08/2012
» Buddhist Lent is upon us. I'm going to refer to it by its Thai name, Khao Phansa, not to be a show-off but more because I've never felt comfortable with ''Lent''.
The great bite north: Canada offers more than maple syrup
B Magazine, Published on 05/08/2012
» Ask people what their favourite Canadian dish is and you'll probably get a blank stare or at best a mention of maple syrup and probably a moose joke. It's just not a country known for its cuisine or native foods. That's just what the Canadian Embassy is hoping to change with its ''Gourmet World Best Taste _ Canada'' promotion currently under way at several up-market food outlets throughout Bangkok.
The kitchen delights of the monsoon season
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 05/08/2012
» Commercial vegetable farmers love the rainy season, because the rain helps cut down on labour and costs. Consumers love it, too. Monsoon season vegetables are beautiful, fresh, inexpensive and tasty.
China buries badminton scandal with golds
AFP, Published on 04/08/2012
» China recovered from the expulsion of its top seeds in a match-throwing scandal Saturday when Zhao Yunlei and Tian Qing won the Olympic women's doubles, as Li Xuerui also took women's singles gold.
GB jump to third in medals table
AFP, Published on 04/08/2012
» Great Britain jumped to third in the Olympic medals table on Saturday with double gold in the rowing tournament at Eton Dorney.
Britain top Olympic rowing final medals table
AFP, Published on 04/08/2012
» Great Britain reaped a record Olympic harvest at the London 2012 rowing regatta which concluded here Saturday with the host nation claiming two of the four concluding finals.