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The tragic toll of trafficking
News, Published on 11/10/2013
» They came from different places in Laos. All 26 of them. They also had the same dream to work in Thailand and send money home. On Monday, their dream was shattered when the pickup truck that was transporting them lost control and hit a tree on a slippery road in Buri Ram province. Nineteen of them died.
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Asia's future lies in renewable energy
News, Published on 11/10/2013
» The world is at a critical juncture, with energy consumption rising dramatically. Even allowing for the positive impacts of the policy commitments and plans announced by countries to address global climate change, total primary energy demand in Asia and the Pacific alone is expected to nearly double between 2010 and 2030.
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Booze study flawed
News, Published on 11/10/2013
» The study of young Thais' drinking patterns and alcohol branding (BBQ booze branding 'lures young to drink', BP, Oct 9), should not be considered serious science. Or, at least not the way the study results are being interpreted.
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Floods are a wake-up call from mother nature
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/10/2013
» A short video clip posted on YouTube recently is poignant. In it a teenage girl in working clothes pleads for the authorities in Sukhothai to open the flood walls of the provincial airport to allow floodwater to drain from surrounding rice fields.
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Don't read too much into Obama's Asean no-show
News, Published on 11/10/2013
» Not even the sharpest media spin can spare the United States from criticism making the rounds in East Asia over President Barack Obama's inability to show up for the Asean-led summit season this past week. The contrast could not be clearer. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang stand out as China's tag team at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bali and later the East Asia Summit in Brunei, which chairs Asean this year.
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When water rises, you need nerves of steel
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 11/10/2013
» The wet season is upon us once again and with it comes a test of nerve. Around this time two years ago, Bangkok was helplessly complacent. Quite a few of us thought the water from the North that had swallowed the Central Plains, one province after another, would somehow be diverted away from us.
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Towards a disaster-conscious society
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/10/2013
» Heartbreaking scenes are flashed across TV screens and the internet day in and day out. These days, Thai news is centred round the floods and the havoc they are causing. It seems like deja vu, including the glaring fact that nothing really tangible is being said by authorities to address this mammoth predicament in a decisive manner.
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Science — 1; Dummies — 0
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 11/10/2013
» Let’s start this week’s column off with a little visual exercise, shall we? Close your eyes and imagine the most scrumptious thing you can think of. No, I didn’t mean boobies, you gutter rat! Think of a delicious plate of food, a dish that titillates your taste buds, an item that you would request as your last meal if you plan to become a death-row prisoner sometime soon.
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Guru asks
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 11/10/2013
» Why did Bangkok Airways have to issue an apology recently?
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OAG's decision on Thaksin has implications yet to be seen
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/10/2013
» Thaksin Shinawatra's opponents may be angry with the Office of the Attoney General (OAG) and its former chief, Chulasingh Vasantasingh, for letting him off the hook on charges of terrorism, but the decision was not surprising given the current political climate.
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