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6 dead in Pattaya ferry sinking
Associated Press, Published on 03/11/2013
» A tourist ferry capsized and sank near the popular seaside resort of Pattaya on Sunday, killing six tourists, including two Russians and a Chinese, police said.
Top condom maker lists in Malaysia
Associated Press, Published on 06/11/2013
» KUALA LUMPUR - Karex Berhad, the world's top condom producer which has one manufacturing plant in Thailand, surged more than 30% in its trading debut Wednesday on Malaysia's stock exchange, following a 125 million ringgit (1.22 billion baht) initial public offering to bolster its market share.
Typhoon death toll could reach 10,000
Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2013
» TACLOBAN, Philippines — The death toll from one of the strongest storms on record that ravaged the central Philippine city of Tacloban could reach 10,000 people, officials said Sunday after the extend of massive devastation became apparent and horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees.
Taiwan, Singapore sign trade deal
Associated Press, Published on 07/11/2013
» Taiwan on Thursday signed a trade deal with Singapore, part of the island's efforts to reduce reliance on the Chinese market.
Typhoon death toll in city could reach 10,000
Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2013
» TACLOBAN, Philippines — As many as 10,000 people are believed dead in one Philippine city alone after one of the worst storms on record sent giant waves roaring inland to wash away homes, schools and airport buildings, officials said Sunday. Ferocious winds ravaged several central islands, burying people under tonnes of debris and leaving corpses hanging from trees.
IMF calls on Thailand to end costly rice subsidies
Associated Press, Published on 13/11/2013
» The International Monetary Fund has called on Thailand to drop its multi-billion baht subsidies for rice growers, saying the programme is undermining confidence in the country's finances.
Drug-resistant malaria spreads in SEA
Associated Press, Published on 13/11/2013
» WASHINGTON - International experts raised the alarm Tuesday over the spread of drug-resistant malaria in several Southeast Asian countries, saying it endangers major global gains in fighting the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 600,000 people annually.
8 crushed looting rice in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 13/11/2013
» TACLOBAN, Philippines - An official says eight people were crushed to death when thousands of typhoon survivors stormed a government rice warehouse in the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines.
Displaced Muslims flock to madrassa
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2013
» SITTWE, Myanmar - A year after Buddhist mobs forced almost all members of the minority Rohingya Muslim community from this northwestern Myanmar city, creating a state-sanctioned sectarian divide, thousands of children while away their long, empty days in dusty displacement camps.
Pro-Boeing ad uses Airbus plane
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2013
» SEATTLE - There was one thing wrong in a full-page ad in <i>The Seattle Times</i> urging state lawmakers to pass a transportation package aimed at persuading Boeing to build the new 777X in Washington state.