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Putting traditional Chinese medicine to the test
News, Adam Minter, Published on 17/09/2015
» Toad skins and turtle shells aren't the cures most westerners turn to when they learn they've developed cancer. But in China, the market for traditional remedies like these grew 35% last year, twice as fast as the overall anti-cancer market. Though the effectiveness of these treatments is unproven, Western doctors, elite medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies are starting to put them to the scientific test.
Making city bike-friendly a distant hope
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 17/09/2015
» Undoubtedly, cyclists, especially those in the Big Mango, are looking forward to their big day this week which comes around once a year. That event is none other than Car-Free Day on Sunday.
Boats confined to port after Vamco slams Gulf
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/09/2015
» Chon Buri: Boats were banned from leaving shores in Pattaya and nearby Sattahip after tropical storm Vamco sank at least 10 trawlers and left almost 400 tourists stranded on Koh Lan island yesterday.
Tsunami alert after 8.3 Chile quake
Published on 17/09/2015
» SANTIAGO - A powerful earthquake has hit central Chile, causing buildings to sway in the capital Santiago, officials say.
Marine police claim 'self defence' in firing on Vietnamese fishermen
Reuters, Published on 17/09/2015
» Thai maritime police said they opened fire on a Vietnamese fishing boat while trying to intercept another vessel in waters near Malaysia last week, a clash Vietnamese state media said killed a fisherman and wounded two others.
New BoT chief gets 62.4% confidence vote
Online Reporters, Published on 17/09/2015
» Leading economists gave an overall 64.4% vote of confidence for Veerathai Santiprabhob, who will become the Bank of Thailand governor from Oct 1, in an opinion survey by Bangkok University, or Bangkok Poll.
200 protected birds seized from smugglers
Post Reporters, Published on 17/09/2015
» A total of 200 smuggled red-whiskered bulbuls, a protected bird species, were seized from two men in a forest in Ubon Ratchathani province on Wednesday.
530 officers sweep Talad Thai market for aliens, vice
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/09/2015
» More than 500 police officers and soldiers swept through the Talad Thai market area in Pathum Thani province early Thursday, targeting illegal aliens, drugs and other vices.
Island tour boats ordered ashore in stormy Phuket
Online Reporters, Published on 17/09/2015
» Tour operators in Phuket have been told not to take tourists out to Phi Phi, Racha and other islands unless their boats are at least 10 metres long, because of rough seas and high winds in the area.
Somsak impeachment trial begins Oct 29
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 17/09/2015
» The National Legislative Assembly has set Oct 29 to begin impeachment proceedings against former education minister Somsak Prisnananthakul, who is accused by the National Anti-Corruption Commission of being unusually rich.