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Obesity in monks ‘a ticking time bomb’
New York Times, Published on 13/08/2018
» The Buddha, in his laughing incarnation, is often depicted with a jolly smile and a giant, quivering belly. That model of plenitude seems ever more apt in Thailand, where the waistlines of the country’s Buddhist monks have expanded so much that health officials have issued a nationwide warning.
US bikers divided over Trump's war with Harley-Davidson
New York Times, Published on 13/08/2018
» STURGIS, South Dakota: Gary Rathbun rumbled into town to attend the United States' pre-eminent gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts atop his Harley-Davidson, a 2009 Ultra Classic that brought him 800 miles from Idaho. It is the 40th Harley he has owned. It will also likely be his last.
Stationed in Singapore, solving crimes in New York City
New York Times, Published on 23/08/2018
» "How did you get here so fast?"
Cables detail CIA waterboarding at its secret Thailand prison
New York Times, Published on 10/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: In late November 2002, CIA interrogators at a secret prison in Thailand warned a Qaeda suspect that he had to "suffer the consequences of his deception".
They saw the light: 5 cave rescues that worked
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2018
» The world is watching as emergency workers in Thailand prepare to rescue 12 boys and a soccer coach who were discovered in a flooded cave on Monday.
Thai cave search turns to how to rescue trapped team
New York Times, Published on 04/07/2018
» THAM LUANG CAVE, Thailand — British diver John Volanthen was placing guide lines to try to get closer to 12 missing boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave network when he ran out of line himself, forcing him to the water’s surface.
Transgender in the Philippines: passion and paradox
New York Times, Published on 30/04/2018
» MARIA RESPONDO, Philippines: Angel Cabaluna dusted makeup onto her thighs, styled her hair in loose curls and applied smoky eye shadow that glittered on her lids.
Belarus escort at heart of political flap faces new charges
New York Times, Published on 07/04/2018
» A Belarusian escort jailed in Pattaya who claims to have evidence of Russian meddling in US elections faces new criminal charges of solicitation and conspiracy, police say.
Born in blood, Myanmar's army prospers
New York Times, Published on 29/01/2018
» YANGON: For Myanmar's army, the campaign of atrocity it has waged to drive hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims out of the country is no innovation. The force was born in blood 76 years ago and has been shedding it ever since.
Lurking: Snakes of Bangkok
New York Times, Published on 29/11/2017
» Panarat Chaiyaboon was using the toilet in her downstairs bathroom in July when she felt a sharp bite on her thigh. She jumped up to see a scene straight out of a nightmare: an 8-foot python emerging from her toilet.