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Pilgrimage of pain for sick
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 08/07/2012
» Mary Boullier's pale fingers probe the swollen skin surrounding the barely opened slit that remains of nine-year-old Tin Tin's left eye and says, "We don't know what is causing the swelling around her eye, but when Tin Tin was admitted here she had severe anaemia. If it was left untreated it could have caused heart failure."
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Clean needles mean less damage done
Spectrum, Tunya Sukpanich, Published on 08/07/2012
» Providing clean needles and syringes to intravenous drug users is a proven way to slow the spread of HIV infection. It's the cornerstone of an approach known as harm reduction that has had success around the world.
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Tattoo master leaves mark on rich and famous
Spectrum, Published on 08/07/2012
» Finding Wat Mae Takhrai isn't easy. Driving from Chiang Mai to Mae On district, which by the most direct route takes no more than 40 minutes, we spend two hours winding up and down narrow, ill maintained back roads following conflicting sets of directions offered by villagers along the way.
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Pattaya has its pluses as condo market remains hot
Spectrum, Published on 08/07/2012
» Thanks to demand from local buyers, the Pattaya condominium market continues to have a rosy outlook despite global economic blues. Previously, the majority of the property buyers in Pattaya were foreigners, but their numbers have thinned since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008, from which major Western economies are still struggling to recover.
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Lifting the fog on financial options open to expats
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 08/07/2012
» As expats, we need to be financially self-reliant, yet we often tend to look the other way when it comes to planning our futures. Maybe we need a kick-start. For most of us, it is imperative to make arrangements for our investments because there will be little in the way of state provisions when we get older and wish to stop working.
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PETS IN THAILAND V Dog bites man _ part one
Spectrum, Published on 08/07/2012
» If your pet harms somebody, who is responsible? Let's say, for example, you always let your dog out into the street in the afternoon. There are some children who often play football in the same street. One night your dog is sleeping in his usual spot in your house. There's an angry banging on the door. It's the father of one of the children, accompanied by a policeman, who says your dog attacked his son. The father says his son is now in hospital with torn ligaments. He says his son will never walk again and you will pay.
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