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    Burma election fever grips Suu Kyi party

    AFP, Published on 20/01/2012

    » With the fighting peacock flag flying outside, Aung San Suu Kyi's Rangoon party headquarters are once again a hive of activity as her Burma opposition prepares for its first poll battle in two decades.

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    Lifescapes returns

    Life, Published on 01/02/2012

    » Southeast Asian cinema seems to be finally asserting its relevance. Starting tomorrow, in Chiang Mai, the Lifescapes Film Festival will be offering a four-day showcase of Southeast Asian perspectives, with movies from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand.

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    Film festival needs direction

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/02/2012

    » If the Red Carpet works, the film festival works. That seems to be the motto of the hype machine behind last weekend's Hua Hin International Film Festival, which proudly paraded stars down the sandy, horse-free beach of the InterContinental while the cinemas were haunted by ghosts. Nothing's wrong with using a movie festival to support tourism, as long as some attention is paid to what it's all about: film, and the film-going experience.

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    Highway, industrial zone proposed

    Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 30/01/2012

    » Experts are proposing a new highway linking Ratchaburi and Kamphaeng Phet provinces, western and eastern floodways, a new economic zone and an outer ring road for eastern Bangkok as solutions to flooding problems.

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    Still bobbing and weaving

    Life, L. Bruce Kekulé, Published on 30/01/2012

    » As the sun starts its daily ascent from the eastern horizon, the early morning air is crisp and cool. It's November and not a single cloud is to be seen in the clear blue sky. Heavy dew blankets everything in Mae Lao-Mae Sae, a wildlife sanctuary situated in the northern province of Chiang Mai. Mist rises from the forest as the morning heat builds. The scent from pine trees, some hundreds of years old, is refreshing. A sea of fog covers the lowland valleys and the view from the mountaintop is truly breathtaking.

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    Superheroes ride to the rescue

    Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 30/01/2012

    » Life's great when it's lived with passion, but the world would be a better place if people also lived life with compassion. Fortunately, expats David Savage and Donovan Richards live with both.

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    All systems go in India

    Business, Umesh Pandey, Published on 23/01/2012

    » India's "Look East" policy will be on full display with the visit of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra this week, as both sides look to expedite various deals that have been in the pipeline.

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    Suu Kyi 'postpones major election rally'

    AFP, Published on 03/02/2012

    » Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has postponed a major political rally in the central city of Mandalay because the venue offered by the authorities is too small, according to her party.

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    Declining failure rate underlines strength of franchise business

    Business, Somporn Thapanachai, Published on 24/01/2012

    » The franchise business in Thailand is expected to grow by 17% this year to a value of 160 billion baht as more people look to earn more income by opening their own businesses.

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    FCCT to screen Myanmar documentary

    Life, Published on 25/01/2012

    » Into the Current: Burma's Political Prisoners, a documentary by Jeanne Hallacy depicting the lives and hardships of prisoners of conscience in Myanmar, will be screened tomorrow night, at 8pm, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT).

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