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Inequality threatens global stability
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 12/02/2013
» In the shadow of the euro crisis and America's fiscal cliff, it is easy to ignore the global economy's long-term problems. But, while we focus on immediate concerns, they continue to fester, and we overlook them at our peril.
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It's time to lay the Kaeng Sua Ten Dam project to rest
News, Published on 14/02/2013
» Last Saturday Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, who is chairman of the government's Water Management and Flood Prevention Commission, proposed to implement the Mae Wong Dam and resurrect the Kaeng Sua Ten Dam as part of the huge flood-prevention package now being formulated. Neither of these dams, if implemented, would offer enough flood prevention to offset the damage caused to forests and wildlife.
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Waiting for answers
News, Published on 23/02/2013
» I have two questions for the Bangkok governor candidates and ex-governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, should he be re-elected.
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A better way to fight climate change
News, Jeffrey D Sachs, Published on 03/03/2013
» Of all major world regions, Europe has worked the hardest to implement policies aimed at countering human-caused climate change. Yet the cornerstone of Europe's approach _ a continent-wide emissions trading system for the greenhouse gases that cause climate change _ is in trouble. That experience suggests a better strategy for both Europe and the rest of the world.
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Postbag: Let's all burn the duvets
News, Published on 06/03/2013
» Re: ''No jacket racket makes climate sense'' (BP, Feb 22).
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Biodiversity depends on sustainability
News, Published on 17/03/2013
» The city of Bangkok and the staff at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center can be proud of the professional job done in hosting more than 2,000 delegates from 170 countries at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) meeting that ended on Thursday. Likewise, the delegates and Cites officials deserve credit for the progress they made in establishing protective measures to prohibit or limit the trade in endangered species. These measures strike out at those who shamelessly profit from the often cruel poaching of wild animals and the subsequent trade in them and their parts.
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Our future's worth sweating over
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 27/03/2013
» Judging from the sweat dripping down on to my keyboard, I'm certain Bangkok has become too hot to handle. The phrase "global warming" has echoed in my head over and over, like a chant from hell. It is happening now _ and what luck, we have no way out.
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Postbag: We have enough malls
News, Published on 30/03/2013
» I notice a construction is under way on a prime site opposite Siam Paragon. A few locals led me to believe the site is slated for another shopping mall. As if we don't already have enough of them.
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Burning issues
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/04/2013
» Summer does not come only with scorching heat. In the northern part of Thailand, summer is the season of forest fires.
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Power of the three
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 07/04/2013
» Shifting alliances, it's deliciously Machiavellian. There are no BFFs (best friends forever) in politics. Don't be surprised if the old establishment, the military and the Thaksin Shinawatra political machine make a pact to govern Thailand as a triumvirate, leaving the Democrat Party out in the cold. Don't be surprised if negotiations are already under way to achieve that.
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